> 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 >
Hey i was curious where this book by Bill McCarty online. I would love to read it.
