linux

[andrew shipp]

Hello Tomass,  Is there any documentation that I can get to read up about
Linnux?  if so could you send me the  website to get this from please.
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From: "Thomas Stivers" <stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: linux


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> On 03/16/04  3:54 AM -0800, Bob Dodd wrote:
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> [snip]
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> > those out there. Further, there are many books on, say, how to use
> > Microsoft Word, but precious few about the equivalent applications used
> > on Linux, so again the learning curve can be quite steep.
>
> While I agree that the learning curve is pretty steep there certainly are
> *vast* amounts of documentation. The information may not be MS Word for
> dummies style books, but IMHO if you take the time to read what is
available
> you will know much more about how your linux system works than you can
> ever know about how windows works.
>
> [snip]
>
> > to get onto the Usenet discussion groups about Linux and its
> > applications to help you learn how to use them.
>
> While I love mailing list style discussion groups, I would not advise a
> newbie to touch usenet with a ten foot pole. The signal to noise ratio
> on most of the news groups I've read was not very high at all. Again of
> course this is my opinion.
>
> - -- 
> Clarke's Corollary:
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org
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