On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 08:22:08AM -0500, Alexander Wallace wrote: > Hello there! I don't want to start any controversy here or anything like > that.... But I was reading the newbiezided help files at > http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/distronhf.html > and found out that in the reviews they make about several distros, they > don't have a very good one for debian, not necesarily becouse the guy > making the review doesn't like debian very much, but becouse he doesn't > know it... He in fact is requesting that someone that uses debian more > contributes with a better review... I'm no way close to make a good non > biased review about debian (which i just started using as itself and love) > but since I like it so much and think that is the best distro I thought > that maybe an expert here would like to make such review available again > at http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/distronhf.html... >
It may be a good idea to avoid linuxnewbie.org altogether. The instructions they provide suck. They try to propagate an idea that Linux is "cool" and think that using so-called modern language will attract people to use it. I read through one of their so-called newbieized help files on installing portsentry. It was full of errors - but full of cool language. Three aspiring users I know came to grief and decided to postpone a full-time trial of Linux after following their instructions. Bill McCarty's book on Debian (still online, free) is, IMHO, still the best guide for new users. Marcel Gagne has recently released a book on system administration - he writes very simple and engaging columns for Linux Journal. His stuff is a bit rpm-oriented but he does offer instructions for other distributions as well. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
