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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:28:28 -0500
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

T.Q. Publications wrote:
> i have just overwritten my windows xp (computer was overtaken by a
> hacker) with fedora core 2 (unleased by ball and duff) I have no clue
> how to use linux. Where do I start? I figured as former C++ and VB
> programmer, i should be able to handle this but i must humbly ask where
> do i get the BASICS so that I can understand what is going on and how to
> "hit the ground running". I got my software from the book RED HAT
> FEDORA2 unleased by ball and duff (sams publishing) but the book is
> definitely not for beginners. Anyone know of a book that is recommended.
> A to the point book of commands, what they do and where files go, and
> what in the world is going on.. Thanks
> signed... a true beginner-i need the very basics

sorry to hear about your ordeal, but welcome to the real world all the
same. The best advice I can give you as a seasoned Linux user is to
break something, and have to fix it yourself. Remember this... in fact,
right it on a sticky note and attach it to your monitor:

        Google is my fiend and if I can't find it
         on Google it doesn't exist.

I was surfing around this afternoon looking for good information sources
on Fedora Core and found out that there are a ton of forums popping up
all over the place for Fedora Core. ( I'm a Linux Mandrake user who just
got sick of the way Mandrake has been handling my hardware - or rather
"not" handling things correctly. )

Anyway, most of Fedora is Linux with a different skin on it, while there
are yet a few things that are distribution specific and thats the fun of
getting to know a new distribution.

I'll list a few URL's that are likely to yeild lots and lots of good
useful information for new folks.

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/

http://linuxhelp.ca/distributions/

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=Linux+forums+Fedora+Core+3

And of course there is this list, which i've found to be very active and
quite helpful. Folks here are quick to respond with good information.

Enjoy,

-- 
Mark
"If you have found a very wise man, then you've found
a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough
to learn from his own stupidity."
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