Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-20 Thread jennyw
Thanks to everyone for suggestions! The list of directories from Lilly was great! Jen - Original Message - From: "Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fan, Laurel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 6:18 PM Subje

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2000-06-20 Thread Fan, Laurel
Melissa Plunkett, [EMAIL PROTECTED], said: > Hey perhaps all of us can review our favorite books that we > are posting > and then put them on the linuxchix.org site and/or FAQ? http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=107898&group_id=4338 _

Re: [Fwd: Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...]

2000-06-19 Thread Jeff Frasca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Melissa Plunkett wrote: > Doh! I sent it to Jeff only, sorry Jeff...let's try this again... Don't worry about it. Procmail put the first one in right spot -- I thought it had gone to the list myself (that's what I get for not

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2000-06-19 Thread Melissa Plunkett
Doh! I sent it to Jeff only, sorry Jeff...let's try this again... Jeff Frasca wrote: *snip* > > > What good resources are there that describe things like the above? Are > > > there any books that anyone can recommend? > > Once you've gone through a book that gets you started, or if you have a

Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread Jenn V.
"Fan, Laurel" wrote: > > Amanda Owens, [EMAIL PROTECTED], said > > Whoever's working on the Techtalk FAQ (Jenn?), this looks like a > > *marvelous* template for a newbie section! Anyway, here's my attempt. > > If you (Amanda or anyone else) have an idea for a question or answer > in the techta

Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread Jenn V.
Amanda Owens wrote: > > Whoever's working on the Techtalk FAQ (Jenn?), this looks like a > *marvelous* template for a newbie section! Anyway, here's my attempt. Laurel Fan, actually, who's currently away from her main system and can't CVS. There's so much useful-interesting stuff flying aroun

RE: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread Fan, Laurel
Amanda Owens, [EMAIL PROTECTED], said > Whoever's working on the Techtalk FAQ (Jenn?), this looks like a > *marvelous* template for a newbie section! Anyway, here's my attempt. If you (Amanda or anyone else) have an idea for a question or answer in the techtalk FAQ, I encourage you to file a bug

Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread Robert Wade
most of the boot up files are in /etc/rc.d, just look around there and look at what it does on resources: I'd really reccommend you get a book such as Running Linux (O`Reilly), this particular one has helped me immensely, and it just plain rules. A tip, don't get a book such as 'Linux for Dummies

Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread Jeff Frasca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Amanda Owens wrote: > Whoever's working on the Techtalk FAQ (Jenn?), this looks like a > *marvelous* template for a newbie section! Anyway, here's my attempt. Definately. > > On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, jennyw wrote: > > > Hi, all!

[techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread jennyw
Hi, all! I'm just starting to get into Linux. I've installed it on a few computers, but now want to learn more about what happens behind the scenes. Hopefully I can find some answers here! Specifically, I'm interested in knowing ... What are typical directory structures and file locations? I

Re: [techtalk] Learning more about Linux ...

2000-06-19 Thread Amanda Owens
Whoever's working on the Techtalk FAQ (Jenn?), this looks like a *marvelous* template for a newbie section! Anyway, here's my attempt. On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, jennyw wrote: > Hi, all! I'm just starting to get into Linux. I've installed it on a few > computers, but now want to learn more about wha