(should been "free books")

[mascarasnake]

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	It's what you make it man
	Takes time
	A little bit
	A little bit more

			-The Minutemen

dontdrill@earthlink.net
mascarasnake@mac.com
On May 22, 2004, at 7:05 PM, mascarasnake wrote:

> First of all, kudos to suzy, Ed, norberto, clint and longman. 
> Excellent job on the FAQ site - for many reasons, so all I can say is 
> "solid gone, daddy o's"
>
> Anyway - the reason for the post -
> 	I do some volunteer admin stuff for a small network here (more like a 
> triage unit for ancient PCs really, as I spend most of my time ripping 
> guts out of one donated machine to use in another, re-installing 
> Windows when someone comletely screws a system, et. al.). Wellllll... 
> I finally convinced the chick who runs the lab to slowly convert to 
> linux and came to the realization that "my" PC was somewhere(?), had 
> never had linux installed, and I didn't have the foggiest as to how to 
> set up a samba or nfs network (I love my mac). I also promised to set 
> up the first linux box on Monday. Really bright, I know.
>
> While cruising around in my convertible Google engine on this 
> otherwise beautiful Saturday, I stumbled across this site.
> 	<http://freebooks.by.ru/Linux.html>
>
> Inevitably a newbie will ask the question, "Are there any really good 
> linux resources or books online?" to which inevitibly comes a reply of 
> "Get that O'Reilly book, <insert title here>."
>
> Here it is. Lots of free books. It's a little dated, but in essence 
> linux commands are linux commands, always have been, always will be.
>
> Thought I might share (read take a break so my brain could quit 
> bleeding)
>
> Oh, Yeah. I had a kinda OT questio as well. I installed Fedora FC1 on 
> my i586 with 80 MB RAm and it's slower than molasses. Should I have 
> chosen a different distro? (For those of you in the know)
>
> thx
>
>
>
>
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>
> 	It's what you make it man
> 	Takes time
> 	A little bit
> 	A little bit more
>
> 			-The Minutemen
>
> dontdrill@earthlink.net
> mascarasnake@mac.com
>
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