[Xastir] Beginers Book Suggestion...

[vic]

On Sunday 11 May 2003 12:51 pm, Rich Garcia wrote:

I know what you mean... but ain't it fun... hi hih i
and thanks, I for one will get the book....


> I have mentioned to a few on the list that I am having a hard time with
> Xastir/Linux since all of the books I found are either for someone who
> does not know the difference between a hard drive and a floppy, or are
> written for administrators that know what they are doing but need help
> because of "last night's party".
>
> Last night I found a book that may help others that are somewhat in the
> same boat as I, knows DOS and Windows very well and has a basic
> understanding of what is needed in Linux.  Linux Administration a
> Beginners Guide by McGraw Hill/Osborne and written by Steven Graham and
> Steve Shah.
>
> The book starts off by telling you that they assume you have a thorough
> Win2K or NT background and are migrating over to Linux, just the ticket.
> I have not gone in depth yet but reading parts of all the chapters it
> seems to be geared just right for many in the ham community who know
> computers at an advanced hobby level. Many comparisons are made as to
> how windows does it and how linux does it and why. One example was Drive
> Mapping vs. Drive Mounting, never had someone explain exactly what
> mounting accomplished till' last night and how it is better than
> mapping.
>
> Hope some others on the list in the same boat as I can make use of the
> lead.Any other suggestions are welcome, we all know that books are not
> inexpensive anymore. I have already spent as much on Linux books in the
> past month that I would on a nice bare bones system.