Re: pclinuxos book

On Mar 22, 1:54 pm, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The best way to learn Linux is to simply install it and use it.
Refer to the man pages as needed and ask for help on Usenet.
Years ago, when I started with Linux, I had a 486. And when I tried to
use the man pages, it was start the search and then go out for coffee.
It could take a half hour or more churning the drive looking for
something.

Even now, man dont have an index, so you dont know if there's a page
of anything similar. And be sure to use "man" and not "MAN". Sometimes
you find nothing, other times you are snowed with trivia.
.

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