Sorry. That should have gone to the list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Heddle Weaver <weaver2wo...@gmail.com> Date: 19 April 2011 10:33 Subject: Re: New to Linux To: Steven Rosenberg <stevenhrosenb...@gmail.com>
On 19 April 2011 09:58, Steven Rosenberg <stevenhrosenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/15/2011 12:49 PM, Krzysztof Bieniasz wrote: > >> FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN >>> GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good introduction and step-by-step >>> guide to installing and using Debian. I got it for free from the Debian >>> booth at Las Vegas COMDEX 1999. This was the first year Linux had a >>> major presence at COMDEX. Having the Linux people all in one exhibit >>> hall greatly simplified my investigations of making the switch from the >>> Amiga. I still have the book. However, ultimately, I chose Mandrake 7 >>> as my first distro. Debian was not a distro for the noobie, either then >>> or now. >>> >> >> I wouldn't agree. I started with Debian being a complete noob and I >> manage somehow. >> > I didn't actually start with Debian, but with a debian-based distro from Canada, called Libranet. Taught me everything I know about partitioning (cfdisc) and other installation tasks through an NCurses interface. Being forced to think doesn't hurt. When that folded, I moved straight to Debian. Still learning. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
