On Saturday 04 September 2004 04:22 pm, Steve wrote: > Can I get someone to recommend a reference book to help me get started > with this new adventure. I have installed FC2 and am feeling a little > overwhelmed. Problems that I am encountering are probably old hat to > most of you ;) but I feel lost and alone. I think a book would be the > most useful tool so I don't ask questions that have been answered a > hundred times already. > > Thanx in advance. Steve: As others have already pointed out to you, the best sources for current information directly related to Fedora are online. While dead tree books have their place, they tend to get killed by the lead time it takes to get the book written, edited, proofread, typeset, published and distributed. That said, there are some exceptions. The two most valuable desktop references are: (1) Running Linux by Walsh, Dalheimer and Kaufman (2) Linux in a Nutshell by Siever, Spainhour, Figgins and Henkman Both of these are published by O'Reilly, and are available at most chain bookstores, Amazon, or directly through www.oreilly.com. Bear in mind that these are not about Fedora, but rather about all Linux distributions in general. Incidentally, there is a ton of other good stuff at the O'Reilly site, and it's well worth spending some time there poking around there. You'll even find portions of these and other books there. (And no, I have no connection with O'Reilly other than being very satisfied with a number of their publications.) Since you just walked in off of the street, it might be worthwhile to look at one of the references devoted to Fedora, but bear in mind that they will leave a lot of questions unanswered. I've got a copy of Fedora Unleashed by Ball and Duff (published by Sams); another series that comes to mind is the *** in 24 Hours books (not sure who publishes them). One personal attraction of these types of books is that they include the CDs or DVDs, and I'm on dialup; downloading and burning a couple of CDs is not a pleasant project. Some useful bookmarks (some of which you already know about): http://www.fedoraforum.org/ http://fedorafaq.org/ http://www.fedora.us/ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2 (alternate to above archives. Backup to the parent site and you'll find archives to damn near any list that you'll ever need.) There, that should keep you busy for a while. -- cmg
