[clug-talk] n00b

2011-09-05 Thread Stuart Gilmour
Hello, My name is Stuart and I just started to learn linux. I was just wondering if anybody had any thoughts on where a good place to start would be. (books, links, courses in the calgary area) I have "googled" and read few a articles and lessons on the net but there is so much to choose from.

Re: [clug-talk] n00b

2011-09-06 Thread Stuart Gilmour
beware that some of it will be out of date. The >> Linux Documentation Project www.tldp.org <http://www.tldp.org/> is a >> good place to start and each distro will have its own documentation and >> release notes which are usually woth a browse, and man pages are your &g

Re: [clug-talk] n00b

2011-09-06 Thread Stuart Gilmour
>>>> Debian based like Ubuntu and learn the software management tools. Play >>>> with user interfaces Gnome, KDE and a lightweight GUI like xfce. Here >>>> virtual machines (VMs) are your friend. I use VMware server which is >>>> free but somewha