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Re: [Wlug] Good Beginners Book

by Gary Hanley

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Andy Stewart wrote: > How about Matt Welsh's book: Running Linux That was my intro to Linux. 2nd edition, I think. But maybe a better idea would be to build a Gentoo system as a class project. The Gentoo on-line documention is fabulous and goes into easy to understand detail for any technical novice. Just a thought. -- Gary

March 26, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Good Beginners Book

by Adam Keck

Hello Eric, Don't forget to check out resources available online. I found these via a pdf searches on google: LINUX NEWBIE ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/ Introduction to Linux www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/ Also, more resources are available on: http://www.tldp.org/guides.html -Adam On Mar 25, 2004, at 12:57 PM, Martin, Eric wrote: > Anybody have good suggestions for a good beginners linux book? I > teach Adult Education classes for Worcester, and I'm thinking of a > Linux class target towards small business owners (figure they'll be > the easiest to see the benefits.) Any ideas? > > Eric Martin > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 26, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Good Beginners Book

by jeff

Martin, Eric wrote: > Anybody have good suggestions for a good beginners linux book? I teach > Adult Education classes for Worcester, and I'm thinking of a Linux class > target towards small business owners (figure they'll be the easiest to > see the benefits.) Any ideas? > > Eric Martin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug http://www.marcelgagne.com/LSAbook/index.html :-) -jeff

March 26, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Good Beginners Book

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 25 March 2004 12:57 pm, Martin, Eric wrote: > Anybody have good suggestions for a good beginners linux book? I teach > Adult Education classes for Worcester, and I'm thinking of a Linux class > target towards small business owners (figure they'll be the easiest to see > the benefits.) Any ideas? > > Eric Martin How about Matt Welsh's book: Running Linux -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 26, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Good Beginners Book

by JONATHAN BEALL

hi, i just wanted to answer your question, and thank you for the meeting the other night. my friend and i attended for the first time. your question: try linux in the workplace by the linux journal press. isbn is 1886411867 it's not the newest (not that old either) but it covers most of the KDE aps from 3.1 -Jonathan Beall p.s.- my friend and i just started a business called JBC Solutions. It's desktop and server linux solutions aimed specifically at the small business owner (Koffice, OOo, Samba, Apache, etc). would you mind keeping me up to date with your class? thankyou. >From: "Martin, Eric" <MartinE(a)worc.k12.ma.us> >Reply-To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >Subject: [Wlug] Good Beginners Book >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:57:43 -0500 > >Anybody have good suggestions for a good beginners linux book? I teach >Adult Education classes for Worcester, and I'm thinking of a Linux class >target towards small business owners (figure they'll be the easiest to see >the benefits.) Any ideas? > >Eric Martin >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp

March 25, 2004

Good Beginners Book

by Martin, Eric

Anybody have good suggestions for a good beginners linux book? I teach Adult Education classes for Worcester, and I'm thinking of a Linux class target towards small business owners (figure they'll be the easiest to see the benefits.) Any ideas? Eric Martin

March 25, 2004

ACM Installfest

by Ryan Caron

Just a reminder that the Installfest is NOT this weekend. It will be held on Sunday, April 4th, from 3 to 7PM. We will be showing Revolution OS and other computer related movies for your enjoyment between swapping out Linux installation CDs. Sincerely, Ryan Caron ACM Secretary

March 24, 2004

RedHat 9 Network Problem

by Joel Young

I just replaced Windows XP with RedHat 9 on one of my machines at home. My problem is that I can't connect to the network. If I specify DHCP and then try to connect I don't get any responses from my DHCP server and 'eth0' won't activate. If I specify a static IP address (i.e. 192.168.1.2) then 'eth0' will activate but I still can't get out on the network, event to ping. My network configuration consists of a Netgear 10/100 Wireless Router connected to a Cable Modem, with a Linksys Router/Switch to the Netgear Router to expand my ports. I've been running fine from all my XP Desktops through this configuration using DHCP. Any ideas would be appreciated.

March 24, 2004

free stuff

by Scott Venier

I'm currently in the process of moving into a new apartment and have a couple of boxes worth of stuff that I don't really feel like packing up and moving. That means it's time for the annual WLUG freestuff shuffle. ;) http://www.scooter.cx/~scott/freestuff First come, first serve. Act quickly, and I can even bring it to the meeting tomorrow evening. Act less quickly, and we can meet some other time. Act slowly, and I have to lug it into the new apartment. That's no fun. If you're not local, or know someone who's not local that wants something, I'll ship as long as I get paypal'd the cost of shipping. Anything that's not claimed by Friday is getting put up on craigslist, so don't delay. Scott

March 23, 2004

Reminder: Meeting Wed 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

Hi Everybody, Our next meeting is on Wednesday, March 24th at 7:00 PM in the usual place (Access Grid room). At this meeting, Doug Waud will be our speaker. He will talk about TeX, LaTeX, and pdfLaTeX, which are document processing systems for generating really beautiful books, especially those with alot of mathematics. I have put a couple of links on the WLUG home page for your reference. I'll bring refreshments to the meeting, and we can go out afterwards for some food. I'm not sure if the Boynton Restaurant has completed its renovations, but if not, we can go to the mexican place. I look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting. Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 23, 2004