Just got back in town from a week away and feel the need to plug the Twin Cities PC User Group's "Linux on Saturday" sessions. We have a lot of beginners and folks that have been trying various things for a while now. All are welcome we meet the second Saturday of the month from 9-11 AM at the Eagles lodge in Bloomington. More info at www.tcpc.com On Monday 19 June 2006 12:32 pm, Chuck Cole wrote: > Great suggestion! I think the self-paced options are best, and > occasionally meeting for BS and coffee may be a way to keep moving or to > learn some tricks. > > Chuck > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Donovan Niesen [mailto:dniesen at gmail.com] > > > > > > If you're wanting a good fundamental tutorial and you're cheap (like > > myself), The Linux Documentation Project has a fantastic "Introduction > > to Linux" tutorial: http://www.tldp.org/guides.html > > > > I've personally found it best to go through guides like this and learn > > the fundamentals then look for guides for specific distros or tasks > > that you're trying to accomplish. It is a learning preference and I > > find that I learn better by going through tutorials like this and then > > seeking help if I'm really stuck on something. > > > > On 6/19/06, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Might be better to buy a book - something like Sam's "Teach Yourself > > > Linux in 24 hours" and do a study group that meets at WiFi hotspots > > > occasionally. I think there are some online tutorials also, but I > > > haven't looked lately. For stuff that's distro-specific, might be > > > better to stick with mailing lists for beginners in that distro. If > > > most are in the South end of town, how about Dunn Bros in > > > > Apple Valley? > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > > > > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of jerry Nolan > > > > > > > > I also am interested in a tutorial session. I am retired > > > > in Cottage > > > > > > Grove and have installed FC2&3 but I need a lot more > > > > knowledge to use > > > > > > effectively. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com http://www.jacku.com