Re: Looking for info/Crash Course

Yard Dog wrote: 
Was wondering if anyone here could point me to a "Linux in a nutshell" type
link? I am starting an IT position soon that does not "require" Linux
knowledge but would definitely give me a leg up right off the bat if I knew
at least a little about it. Also what is the most popular flavor?


Wow. Congratulations for your objectives.

Oreilly books are very good and there is one
Linux in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly Nutshell) (Paperback) by Ellen Siever, The staff of O'Reilly Media
(Which I have not used, but will be a good reference I am sure).

I have used one called Running Linux, Fifth Edition By Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Matt Welsh
(mine is an earlier edition) It is an excellent background and again a good handbook and for me, reference.

The many linux 'live' Cds are very useful indeed to get the feel of things in a mostly very safe way.
Knoppix is a front runner classic for tools and utilties. Most other distributinons have a live CD.

Lean and mean distros are also worth being aware of such as DSL (live)

As mentioned elsewhere, dual boot is easy. (backup, scandisk (xpee) well and I also defrag twice before I do that, it has always worked ok).

multi boot with say xp and many linux distros is not difficult but complex for a newcomer with not spare time. Consider a low spec PC and put lots of memory in it - quite useful for experiments.

In UK I have one of these, but not for experiments(!)
www.dabs.co.uk  quicklinx:  3XT8WS   (no display)
(150 uk pounds includes tax)
http://www.dabs.com/ProductList.aspx?&CategorySelectedId=11011&NavigationKey=50010&NavigationKey=11011&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=linux&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All

good luck
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ac
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