Re: [aclug-L] Linux newbie manual

["Jeffrey L. Hansen" <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Greg.
       I downloaded the Debian one and tried to make sense of it during 
the process, but it was too cryptic.  I hear Debian 2.1 is much better.  As 
for 5.1, I got a pretty thick manual with it so never really looked around 
the site much.  I probably should call them, but just can't seem to get 
motivated unless it's 2:00 am.  I had high hopes for this iteration of 
installation because the basic system is working flawlessly now.  Just one 
problem: my modem won't dial.  It's always something.  I posted a list 
request for help, but if you could help me I'd really appreciate 
it.  Acutally, I haven't seen it show up on the list yet.  I wonder if it 
fell into the Learjet bit bucket.  Anyway, HELP!!!  :-)
jeff

At 08:37 PM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote:



> > I've attached the file for anyone who's interested.  My open question is,
> > could we possibly do this exact thing for Debian, Slackware, etc. to
> assist >morons like me with the initial powerup until the environment is
> stable >enough to fine tune?
>
> Jeff,
>
> Did you ever take a look at the Linux Installation and Getting Started
> Guide, part of the Linux Documentation Project?  It's pretty beginner
> oriented, guides you through installation and initial configuration and
> some of the most essential commands.  It's well written, mostly by Matt
> Welsh, the guy who wrote O'Reillys "Running Linux" (which, strangely, I
> didn't find as useful or as interesting) and many other things.
>
> Frankly, I don't know how anyone could use Linux without having access to
> the LDP.  There are other guides, current HOWTOs, man pages, you name it,
> there too.
>
> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/index.html#guide
>
> Anyone compared the newbie guide to the LDP Getting Started guide?
>
> Oh yeah, FWIW, both Red Hat and Debian have installation guides available
> on their web pages.  The Debian one is pretty basic.  I haven't read the
> Red Hat one.
>
> Greg