[plug] Can you recommend a book on learning Linux?

[Jacqueline McNally]

Linux for the Rest of Us by Mark Rais (http://www.reallylinux.com/) has 
been recommended and commendably reviewed by a number of people. It was 
on /. but I can't find it at the mo'.

Rais' previous book, "Getting Linux Onto the Desktop: A Small Business 
Guide"
http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/desktop.shtml also received good reviews.

I have not got a copy of either, but they are what I would go looking 
for if window shopping.

All the best
Jacqueline McNally
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Leon Brooks wrote:

> I've had three customers ask for same within the last week, and I 
> generally don't use books.
> 
> The machine the most recent querant is using is a Mandrake 9.1 box which 
> is RPM-based and has a fairly modern KDE as the default WM, so I 
> suspect that a book starting there would be fairly apropos.
> 
> Generally, expense is not a big problem but a book which is obsolete or 
> lacks relevancy (too computer-sciency and light on practical examples, 
> or too fluffy and up to the eyeballs in cute icons at the expense of 
> real content) is.
> 
> What can you recommend?
> 
> Cheers; Leon
> 
>