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Thread ID: 14691	2002-01-16 02:24:00	Linux Books for Novices?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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31402	2002-01-16 02:24:00	Anyone know of any good books that teach everything right fom the basics about Linux (pref Red Hat) for a newbie? Please include costs and where to buy. Cheers	Guest (0)
31403	2002-01-16 02:34:00	Whitcoulls have a good one called 'Red Hat Linux 7' a 15 hr weekend crash course. It is very easy to read, comes with Red Hat 7.1 Cds and cost me about $40 I think. An excellent book for beginners. They have 20% off all computer books at the moment. I have seen a smaller book called Linux for beginners and it also comes with Red Hat 7.1. It is a very basic but good guide to get up and running with Linux. I haven't seen it at Whitcoulls but have seen it in a couple of the smaller independantly owned bookstores. Graham has just told us of an excellent new site with heaps of easy to understand info on Linux. http://www.startlinux.co.nz/	Guest (0)
31404	2002-01-16 05:01:00	Books? It's user-friendly and intuitive! Or is that an Other OS? ;<) . The beauty of most of the Linux books is that they (a) contain real information; not just a printed form of the manufacturers 'Help' pages, and (b) are written by people who have used the software (or written it) and know the tricks. I put up a reading list in October. Use the search window at the top of this page for 'reading list'; click on 'Site', and my list has the date 27/10/01. Check out your public library ... it might have some of the good books.	Guest (0)
31405	2002-01-16 05:21:00	This is likely to stir up some discussion but Linux is definately the least user-friendly OS out their, for a user migrating from a Windows or even Mac environment, the workings of linux are far too hard to comprehend. This may only be with Red Hat as this is the version i've been using but i've heard that mandrake is better for first time users.	Guest (0)
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