[ale] Recommended Linux newbie sites?

[jsheets at yahoo.com (Jerald Sheets)]

My favorite set of books to start newbies on has been the Craig Hunt
library.

If they're coming from the Windows world, the fillowing book is
paramount for them:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141196/qid=1084471504/
sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/102-9259772-5083347?v=glance&s=books

It is "Linux Administration for Windows Server Administrators" and was
written by an old hand Mark Minasi.  

The thing I like about Hunt's library is that everything is well laid
out, easy to understand, and gives a topic-by-topic breakdown of each
subject covered.  I mean, can you remember the first time you needed to
know something about BIND, and cracking open the Oreilley on BIND?  I
was overwhelmed!  

The Hunt library starts from square one, and assumes you know nothing.
It takes you through the most advanced topics in a systematic format,
and when you're done, you know what you're doing at a very detailed
level.  This is when you're ready to use the Oreilley.

I have all but two of his books and am nothing but pleased with them.

--JMS

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John
Wells
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 8:09 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Recommended Linux newbie sites?


Guys,

I have a young intern working for me and I'm hoping to show him the true
path.

I need a site that looks at Linux from a beginner's standpoint and walks
you through the typical Linux install process (tar -zxvf package.tar.gz
&& vi README || vi INSTALL && ./configure && make && make test && make
install) in a very gentle fashion...this guys knows his way around the
command line via basic commands but that's about it.

Any recommendations?

John



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