[thechat] New Year's resolution

Seb seb at members.evolt.org
Thu Dec 13 19:00:07 CST 2001


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Hey Kev,

Everything I know about Linux I learned from manpages and HOWTOs.

http://www.linux.com/howto/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

I did buy a Linux book, which was great for about 6 months, at which point 
I stopped even opening it because it was hopelessly out of date. There is 
no better source of Linux info than the online community.

I generally steer clear of specific distros' websites. Although Mandrake is 
an *awesome* distro, their websites are absolutely fscking pathetic. RedHat 
are better, but finding relevant info takes way too long, and if you're 
trying to find anything through Lynx (like how to config X so you can use a 
real browser) you can just forget it.

Google is your friend.

If you do need specific help and can't find the info you're looking for (a 
good example is configging iptables under kernel 2.4 and how they differ 
from ipchains in kernel 2.2) fell free to ask me on or off list.

Seb.
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