linux starters manual

[Stephen Dawes]

You can also take a look at the linux How-To list.

www.linuxdocs.org

There is a How-To on almost everything.

On the topic of dos commands converting to linux equivalents, try

Dos-Win-To-Linux-HowTo

Good luck!



Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
PHONE:  (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423
E-MAIL ADDRESS:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca




> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Watson, Keith
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 8:12 AM
> To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca'
> Subject: RE: linux starters manual
>
>
> One more addition to the list. O'Reilly Press makes all their texts
> available to the blind community in ascii format. All you have to do is
> provide them with a doctors note proving that you are visually
> impaired and
> sign a statement saying that you will not distribute any material obtained
> from them, and they will provide you with whatever text you need
> (As long as
> its an O'Reilly Press, <grin>).
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:01 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: linux starters manual
>
>
> I have two suggestions:
>
> 1.)	RFB&D has at least one good title that I'm aware of. The book is
> "Understanding Unix," and it's available in electronic text. While it's a
> bit old, it's still very useful;
>
> 2.)	The Internet is your best friend in learning about linux.You might
> want to start at:
>
> 	http://www.linux.org
>
> Select 'documentation' and then select 'general information.'
>
> >From there you might want to select 'linux newbie' which will
> take you to:
>
> 	http://www.linuxnewbie.org
>
> where you'll find simplified how-to documents that will explain Linux in
> plainer English.
>
> You can and should also look at the online manuals for linux distributions
> like Redhat which is at:
>
> 	http://www.redhat.com.
>
>
> Lastly, I want to offer a tip that has helped me a lot.
>
> When I find an article that I want to keep and reread, I save it, but I do
> not save the text. Rather, I retrieve the html and save that. That way, I
> can pull it up in my browser and have access to all of the links. Also, if
> I want, I can go in and clean out all of those garbage links at the
> binning of many html files that most of us just plow through patiently.
>
> Enjoy and explore. Everything you need is available in accessible form
> somewhere, and one source of information will lead you to the next.
>
>
> 	 On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Jack wrote:
>
> > this has probably come up before but, where can i find a good
> looong book
> > that explains just how to get started, why things do what, and how to
> > operate linux in general.
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
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