Linux Questions Answered

[Bender10]

I'll try and get to the 32 bit adaptation to Firefox 64 this weekend maybe. Thanks.

[Nflight]

I am looking to get serious with my Ubuntu 8.10 I downloaded over New Years Eve. But before I stick my neck out and have lose ends and no connectivity with out being able to get the connection online, I want to read a manual I think~~?

The Question is what is the best book to read on Linux as I am planning on installing the 8.10 as soon as I feel I have a good feel when I scrap the WinBlows OS and go with the linux ? Would it be better to read something off the net or I would like a hard copy shorten version cheater book if possible. I don;t need the extended explicative book, just the pages that show me the correct lines of code to activate the format I am trying to implement. I hope this helps the Linux Guru's with advice in my and anyone elses direction as most of us leave Winblows OS in the near future!

[Brucifer]

I'm assuming that you have a couple computers with internet access. I say that as truthfully my suggestion would be to just load Ubuntu 8.10 onto the system you intend to run it on. If you are going to run a nvida cuda card, then put that in before you install ubuntu. It is really about the most painless one to initially start with. Once you have it loaded, it will leave you at a screen with internet access via dhcp. There will be an icon on the screen for updating the system. It is pretty rock solid and runs on autopilot. About the only issue I've ever had with it is if their server is loaded down so that your connection is downloading slowly. The same goes for the icon that will pop up about the system needing a driver for the nvida card. Take the 177 version if you plan on using cuda.

I bought myself a copy of Ubuntu Unleashed that I keep handy for reference. For someone starting off with Ubuntu it's pretty decent. For someone that has been using linux for a long time, it could get into stuff much deeper, but for what you want, it is good.

There are several Ubuntu users on here that will help you over any humps you encounter. As for getting started on a project, once you get the system loaded up, then just post your question here and you'll get the help.

Laslty, linux and UNIX isn't an operating system that you learn overnight. I've been a unix user for over twenty years. I still go to book to figure stuff out. The O/S is just too huge to stuff it all in your head. Even the really hard core big boys that I know still have to get into the books now and then to refresh their memory on stuff they don't use or do much. So don't ever feel that you are a slow learner because you have to ask questions. Everyone is still learning all the time with linux/unix. And the other thing is that there are multiple ways of doing things.

[jamers]

Laslty, linux and UNIX isn't an operating system that you learn overnight. I've been a unix user for over twenty years. I still go to book to figure stuff out. The O/S is just too huge to stuff it all in your head. Even the really hard core big boys that I know still have to get into the books now and then to refresh their memory on stuff they don't use or do much. So don't ever feel that you are a slow learner because you have to ask questions. Everyone is still learning all the time with linux/unix. And the other thing is that there are multiple ways of doing things.

Truer words have never been spoken. Having been an HP-UX admin, contrary to popular belief one never truly "masters" Unix.

[vaughan]

Nflight here is a link to the official Ubuntu 8.10 documentation that might be a start for you. Also try their forums.