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<br>I have just finished reading the Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation
and Usage book by Newriders. My first impressions of the book were
quite unimpressive, as the typesetting leaves a little to be desired.
The content of the book is quite broad and the detail is a little bit inconsistent
(much like the way I write :-) but I haven't read a book so dense with
useful information, and yet easy to read, in some time. My book shelf
is populated mostly by O'Reilly books, which hurt my head to read sometimes.
The density of information in an O'Reilly book can be daunting for someone
who is very new to Linux, I know because the first Linux book I bought
was Running Linux, and I still have not read some chapters.
<p>I have found the book very useful and would recommend it to a person
who has used RedHat for some time and wants to go 'hardcore' and use Debian.
The skills that I have picked up using RedHat came in handy and the apt
desription ('scuse the pun) of the Debian package manager allowed me to
be up to speed with it quickly.
<p>The book is not all that pretty but on the positive side, it comes with
Debian Slink 2.1, has a good intro to Linux (better than most books its
size), and is GPL. I think it is probably the Debian answer to the
APC Redhat Booklet, although it costs about $40.
<p>Chhers,
<p>Brad
<p> <a href="http://www.newriders.com/0914-9.htm">Debian GNU/Linux:
Guide to Installation and</a></html>