On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Weber Walter M wrote: > "Running Linux 3" > > Now, what I want to know is Linux 3 a distro of > Linux, such as Redhat, etc., or is it something else? "Running Linux" is a well written beginner's book on Linux, and I am guessing the 3 is for the 3rd edition. You can get an earlier version of this book in electronic format at http://www.tldp.org/, called The Linux Installation and Getting Started Guide, or something like that, by Matt Welsh (do a search). I am guessing that much of the stuff in later editions pertains to GUI stuff, and won't interest you much; the basic text based stuff is very stable, and doesn't change a lot. You may also profit from looking at the same publisher's free electronic titles, at: http://www.oreilly.com/openbook And O'Reilly also makes some titles available in electronic format, for blind/VI users, for free. LCR -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html