On Wed, 07 Jan 2004, Justin Ellison wrote: > I'm a linux user of 3 years who manages 10-15 RedHat servers at work, > and I've run Gentoo on my laptop since 1.2.
> The mailing list is great, but the noise floor is too much for me.
First of all, a good email client, aliases, and a killthread script is
your friend. Impliment one using your email-client-of-choice and your
scripting-language-of-choice. Procmail + Mutt + common shell tools can
do it. debian-user is a flood of information.
> I know all the generic linux related stuff, I need to know more about the
> specifics of Debian, ie, roll-your-own deb's, kernel building, adding my
> own modules to the installation kernel, etc.
You don't need books to learn debian. For the basics, try:
http://www.debian.org/doc/
For package management, including building debs, try:
man apt-get
man apt-cache
man dpkg
man dpkg-source
man dpkg-buildpackage
ls /usr/share/doc
For roll-your-own-kernels the debian way, try:
apt-get install kernel-package
man make-kpkg
For patching the boot floppy for a customer kernel, try:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html
If you are planning to switch those 10-15 RH servers over to Debian in
the future, may I also suggest looking at:
apt-cache show apt-proxy
For all good debian questions, try:
http://groups.google.com (include debian in your search terms)
> Anyone have any good books that could get me up and running nice and
> quickly?
There is a _Running_Debian_ book, but I have yet to review it.
_Unix_Power_Tools_ is a must read for any linux user, I like to think.
_Running_Linux_ is a good general linux book.
Plus, of course, a good reference book for your favorite scripting
language. :)
Btw, are you trying to move away from Redhat do to the nearing
end-of-life of their 'free' line? Just curious.
~ Jesse Meyer
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