You can also take a look at the linux How-To list. www.linuxdocs.org There is a How-To on almost everything. On the topic of dos commands converting to linux equivalents, try Dos-Win-To-Linux-HowTo Good luck! Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, The City of Calgary PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Watson, Keith > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 8:12 AM > To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca' > Subject: RE: linux starters manual > > > One more addition to the list. O'Reilly Press makes all their texts > available to the blind community in ascii format. All you have to do is > provide them with a doctors note proving that you are visually > impaired and > sign a statement saying that you will not distribute any material obtained > from them, and they will provide you with whatever text you need > (As long as > its an O'Reilly Press, <grin>). > > Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:01 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: linux starters manual > > > I have two suggestions: > > 1.) RFB&D has at least one good title that I'm aware of. The book is > "Understanding Unix," and it's available in electronic text. While it's a > bit old, it's still very useful; > > 2.) The Internet is your best friend in learning about linux.You might > want to start at: > > http://www.linux.org > > Select 'documentation' and then select 'general information.' > > >From there you might want to select 'linux newbie' which will > take you to: > > http://www.linuxnewbie.org > > where you'll find simplified how-to documents that will explain Linux in > plainer English. > > You can and should also look at the online manuals for linux distributions > like Redhat which is at: > > http://www.redhat.com. > > > Lastly, I want to offer a tip that has helped me a lot. > > When I find an article that I want to keep and reread, I save it, but I do > not save the text. Rather, I retrieve the html and save that. That way, I > can pull it up in my browser and have access to all of the links. Also, if > I want, I can go in and clean out all of those garbage links at the > binning of many html files that most of us just plow through patiently. > > Enjoy and explore. Everything you need is available in accessible form > somewhere, and one source of information will lead you to the next. > > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Jack wrote: > > > this has probably come up before but, where can i find a good > looong book > > that explains just how to get started, why things do what, and how to > > operate linux in general. > > thanks > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > janina at afb.net > (202) 408-8175 > http://www.afb.org/gov.html > > > The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning > achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon > eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: > > http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. > Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
