Re: Any good Debian books highly recommended

e usefully. On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 04:08:27 +1200 Eric Richards <2eric.richa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > As the Subject says Any good Debian books highly recommended or Linux > for that matter. > > I found one the other day Debian 12, it only had a one star review > and

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I can hardly believe it's been 20 years since you wrote that. We're all getting old! It's good to see your name on the mailing lists again! -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎j...@debian.org 🔗 https://jmtd.net

Re: Any good Debian books highly recommended

On 2024-08-25, Eric Richards wrote: > Hello > As the Subject says Any good Debian books highly recommended or Linux for > that matter. > > I found one the other day Debian 12, it only had a one star review and the > buyer wishes he could get his money back Very good book

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On August 26, 2024 9:10:48 PM PDT, Martin Krafft wrote: >I'll send you a book if you pay postage from Germany. Commands have evolved. >The described ones still work, but there are now improved tools/commands like >apt, which are not covered. > How do we

Re: Any good Debian books highly recommended

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 1:06 AM martin f krafft wrote: > > Regarding the following, written by “jeremy ardley” on 2024-08-26 at 09:58 > Uhr GMT: > > It’s almost 20 years old now but it’s still pretty relevant since Debian > hasn’t changed that much. > True. However, systemd is also not Debian-

Re: Any good Debian books highly recommended

Regarding the following, written by "jeremy ardley" on 2024-08-26 at 09:58 Uhr GMT: It's almost 20 years old now but it's still pretty relevant since Debian hasn't changed that much. 20 years old means it's missing all the systemd stuff. That's quite important. True. However, systemd is als

Re: Any good Debian books highly recommended

On 26/8/24 08:17, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: I really like The Debian System by Martin Krafft https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1593270690/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It's almost 20 years old now but it's still pretty rel

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an hasn't changed that much. In fact, No Starch Press is an excellent resource on anything open source. My first call. https://nostarch.com/ Cheers! > > On August 24, 2024 11:08:27 AM CDT, Eric Richards > <2eric.richa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello > > As the Subjec

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chards <2eric.richa...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello >As the Subject says Any good Debian books highly recommended or Linux for >that matter. > >I found one the other day Debian 12, it only had a one star review and the >buyer wishes he could get his money back > > > > > &

Re: Any good Debian books highly recommended

On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 04:08:27AM +1200, Eric Richards wrote: > Hello > As the Subject says Any good Debian books highly recommended or Linux for > that matter. > > I found one the other day Debian 12, it only had a one star review and the > buyer wishes he could get his mon

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Hello As the Subject says Any good Debian books highly recommended or Linux for that matter. I found one the other day Debian 12, it only had a one star review and the buyer wishes he could get his money back *From Eric.* *Sent from Raspberry Pi 5 * *Now we have wasted all our money on

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:28:37PM -0800, Nick Jacobs wrote: > --- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > > 2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills > > the dead tree book market, IMHO. > > I agree with (1) but not with (2). > Firstly, I'd

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

On Saturday 06 March 2004 1:28 am, Nick Jacobs wrote: > Firstly, I'd pay to get some of the material on > http://www.debian.org/doc/ in the form of a printed, > bound book; a book is more convenient to read and > tires the eyes less. Hehe, thats one reason why I have a laserprinter and a three-hol

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 07:19:19PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > Nick Jacobs wrote: > >--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > >>2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills > >>the dead tree book market, IMHO. > > > > > >I agree with (1) but

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:28:37PM -0800 or thereabouts, Nick Jacobs wrote: > > --- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > > 2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills > > the dead tree book market, IMHO. > > I agree with (1) but not with (

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

Nick Jacobs wrote: --- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ 2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills the dead tree book market, IMHO. I agree with (1) but not with (2). Firstly, I'd pay to get some of the material on http://www.debian.org/doc/

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > 2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills > the dead tree book market, IMHO. I agree with (1) but not with (2). Firstly, I'd pay to get some of the material on http://www.debian.org/doc/ in the form o

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

why would Barns and Noble not have Debian books . I > complained to the manager and his answer was he didn't know why but he would > find out and E-mail me. Nothing yet??? > If this is standard practice for them it is not good PR for debian. If > you go in a sto

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why would Barns and Noble not have Debian books . I > complained to the manager and his answer was he didn't know why but he would > find out and E-mail me. Nothing yet??? > If this is standard practice for them it is not good PR for debian. If > you go in a store and they do

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ne cd was no good at all. I am currently using the fedora book along with the downloaded Debian book and between the two am beginning to understand How to set up and run Debian. My point is why would Barns and Noble not have Debian books . I complained to the manager and his answer was he didn&#

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

Incoming from Adam Funk: > > Aaron Van Couwenberghe: Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed, Sams, 1999. Unless this one's been updated recently, I'd advise against it. It's way out of date, and what's there is better covered elsewhere. Except if you're a raw newbie and buying a second-hand copy, I'd try

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

On (05/03/04 10:09), Adam Funk wrote: > I know that a lot of people here recommend "The Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > by Steve Hunger, which my library is getting. But I've also seen in > secondhand catalogues the following books (some of which I think are > out of print) and I'd appreciate any commen

Opinions on some Debian books?

I know that a lot of people here recommend "The Debian GNU/Linux Bible" by Steve Hunger, which my library is getting. But I've also seen in secondhand catalogues the following books (some of which I think are out of print) and I'd appreciate any comments about them. Bill McCarty: Learning Debian

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on Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:51:06PM -0500, Eric Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 05:52:24PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > How many Debian books is there ? > I don't know how many debian books exist. There are quite a few Linux > administration

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On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 05:52:24PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > How many Debian books is there ? I don't know how many debian books exist. There are quite a few Linux administration books out there that have information that pertain to Debian as well. > I'm wondering if you

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Re: Debian books

ramsubs wrote: > The book's back cover indicates Reader Level is "Beginner to Advanced". Unfortunately, Debian is not for beginners. Use Mandrake, as long as you do not encounter problems! (See the Debian FAQ for more detail). In my place, there are *many* "Debian Server" maintainers who are u

Re: Debian books

> > Also, he talked of installing KDE using task-KDE. But there is no > > Task-KDE!! KDE was never included in Debian > 2.0 (if I remember > > correctly), and the accompanying CD is at 2.2R2. He's really > > out-of-whack. > > That's unfair. task-kde is available for potato from kde.debian.net, and

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Linux Cookbook http://www.linuxfreak.org/post.php/08/11/2001/119.html ramsubs wrote: > > > > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly > for > > > > Debian instead of just general linux? > > > > > > > > > > > I have a book called Debian Unleashed that is excellent. Alth

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On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:04:44AM +0800, ramsubs wrote: > Also, he talked of installing KDE using task-KDE. But there is no > Task-KDE!! KDE was never included in Debian > 2.0 (if I remember > correctly), and the accompanying CD is at 2.2R2. He's really > out-of-whack. That's unfair. task-kde is

Re: Debian books

> > > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly for > > > Debian instead of just general linux? > > > > > > > > I have a book called Debian Unleashed that is excellent. Although, I > > bought it some time ago and it came with 2.1. See if there is a new edition > > for 2.2

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I have GNU/Debian Bible (based on potato) and another from Unleashed (called Debian 2.1, or so I think). I think the first is a fine book but for advanced users it looses for the latter. Although Unleashed's a bit dated, I'm sticking with it. Anyway, you can see comments on these to books in am

Re: Debian books

On Sunday 14 October 2001 16:53, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly > for Debian instead of just general linux? As a newbie of two and a half months I found one book "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1" From SAMS (ISDN 0672317001) but that 2.1 bit

Re: Debian books

on Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 11:53:46AM -0400, Matthew Daubenspeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly for > Debian instead of just general linux? My experience is there is no such. The O'Reilly book (McCarty) is a disappointment. There

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-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian books > > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly for > > Debian instead of just general linux? > > > > > I have a book called Debian Unleashed that is excellent. Although, I > bought it some ti

Re: Debian books

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 02:59:59PM -0500, Emerson Falcon wrote: > > > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly for > > > Debian instead of just general linux? > > I have a book called Debian Unleashed that is excellent. Although, I > > bought it some time ago and it

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> > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly for > > Debian instead of just general linux? > > > > > I have a book called Debian Unleashed that is excellent. Although, I > bought it some time ago and it came with 2.1. See if there is a new edition > for 2.2. Thi

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On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 11:53:46AM -0400, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more directly for > Debian instead of just general linux? > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

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Matthew On Sunday 14 October 2001 3:53 pm, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions of helpful books that are more > directly for Debian instead of just general linux? There's the O'Reilly one but it's really only for people who are just starting to use Debian ... http://www.sh

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I found dozens of up to date books > for RedHat and just one out of date book for Debian (O'Reilly) in the 4 > large bookstores that I visited. It's not that the Debian books were > sold out, there just don't to be many published. There is stuff on the web. Download it and

Re: Debian books

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:45:10AM -0700, Kurt Lieber wrote: > "Running Linux" for instance, tells you that to configure your TCP/IP > address, you should modify the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 file. At least on my > Debian box, that's completely wrong - I don't even have an rc.d > directory, let alone an

RE: Debian books

> Can someone tell me what they consider to be a good up to > date Debian book for a beginner, one that doesn't assume that > the reader has a background in Unix or DOS? Is there such a book? As a couple of people have mentioned already, most of the good documentation is online. Some folks als

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kaging system, and FAQs, check out debian.org. You should find enough info to get you started. > Where are the books about Debian? I found dozens of up to date books > for RedHat and just one out of date book for Debian (O'Reilly) in the 4 > large bookstores that I visited. It's

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Re: Any good Debian books?

Try to look in debian's home page. > I am searching for a good Debian Linux book. > Does one exist? I tried meta keyword searches as above and > didn't come up with anything specific to Debian. > I have "Using Linux" published by QUE - Slackware > and "Linux Unleashed" published by Sams - Redhat5

Re: Any good Debian books?

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am searching for a good Debian Linux book. Since I have no connection to either Linux Press nor to Dale Sheetz, I will give a plug for a book I have found to be very useful. Dale Sheetz is one of the Debian Developers. He has written "The Debian

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On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 11:24:38PM +, ktb wrote: | |I have looked at several books and from a beginners perspective the only ones I have |found worth my money, at this point are: |"Linux in a Nutshell," O'reilly Jessica Hekman |"Running Linux," O'reilly Matt Welsh & Lar Kaufman |"A Practical

Re: Any good Debian books?

I haven't been in this game too long but the only Debian specific book I have come across can be found here: http://www.linuxpress.com/001002.htm I have looked at several books and from a beginners perspective the only ones I have found worth my money, at this point are: "Linux in a Nutshell," O

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Re: Debian Books?

> > Mark Wagnon wrote: > > > > Hi all- > > > > I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was > > wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. > > I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to > > rpm -q with rpm-based distributions

Re: Debian Books?

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Hi all- > > I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was > wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. > I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to > rpm -q with rpm-

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Re: Debian books

"Dave Cinege" wrote: > This IS NOT acurate. Off the top of my head: > > everything init.d > rc0.d -rc6.d > ppp > adduser, start-stop-daemon., as well as other scripts things > fs layout What makes you think all that list is debian centric (no, that's not a flame-bait :))? The fs stuff is, some

Re: Debian books

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: > >Well, it seems to me that once debian is INSTALLED, you administrate it > >just like any other linux, unix or *nix system. There are a few > > This IS NOT acurate. Off the top of my head: > > everything init.d > rc0.d -rc6.d Ok. I see your poin

Re: Debian books

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:15:41 -0400 (EDT), Will Lowe wrote: >Well, it seems to me that once debian is INSTALLED, you administrate it >just like any other linux, unix or *nix system. There are a few >quirks, but it really isn't possible to say that one *nix is >_standard_, so you might say

Re: Debian books

Well, it seems to me that once debian is INSTALLED, you administrate it just like any other linux, unix or *nix system. There are a few quirks, but it really isn't possible to say that one *nix is _standard_, so you might say they're _all_ unstandard. While I can understand that