* David Jones <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-10-08 20:52 -1000]: > > Hmm, as someone who made a living as a technical writer who mainly wrote > user documentation ... I too find the standard Linux documentation (what > is commonly available online and/or comes with Linux) I've read not very > accessible for newbies. It makes many assumptions about the readers' > background knowledge. What do you think of the DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO? I've recommended it to a few people before, and they don't seem to have had too much trouble with the conversion. At any rate, I think that "lack of documentation" is a bit of a null argument these days, when most newbies know about WWW search engines. > The best Linux book I've ever read (from a non-technical person's > viewpoint) is The CorelLinux Official Guide. While other Linux distros > have eclipsed CorelLinux in many ways, their user documentation hasn't. Is CorelLinux still around? I haven't heard of it in years. > Note: I haven't looked at the Orreilly book mentioned below, because > books are out of date before they even arrive on the shelf! What does it matter if a book is out of date, if the information is still useful? When I was first learning UNIX in 1996 (SunOS 4 at school and Slackware 3 at home), the book I found most helpful was a 1983 McGraw-Hill publication called _Introducing the UNIX System_ I'd picked up cheap from a second-hand book store. -- Joshua 'bruce' Crawford ... http://www.geocities.com/mortarn Reality's the only obstacle to happiness.
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