Spent money on books?  I guess if you like to have them sitting on your
shelf.

No, I buy books too. But I mostly rely on the internet, and I love the
library. The library has plenty of good books on linux, from beginner to
more advanced.


2010/9/29 James Dugger <james.dugger@gmail.com>

> Thanks Steve,
>
> You know I was thinking back on the last 3 months and added up how much
> money I have spent in books on Linux and I can say that I have spent more
> money than a single user license upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista.
>
> Has it been worth it? I would say now, absolutely. However there have been
> a lot of very very frustrating nights were I almost scrapped the whole thing
> and reverted back to M$.  But I still no very little and have many
> questions.
>
> The biggest frustration is simply not knowing what I don't know about what
> I need to know to ask the right question.  The internet is filled with step
> by step Linux configuration procedures that are so narrowly focused with
> little or zero insight into WHAT and more important WHY you
> are actually changing something.  There is no context and no back drop to
> the configuration and therefore nothing is really learned.  It just poses
> more questions.
>
> I think there needs to be a series of presentations that answer "I Just
> installed Linux ... What now?"  Start with general concepts for
> configuration such as:
>
> What key configuration files control network interfacing with hardware
> devices and present examples of how they interact.
>
> An overview of the more prominent file servers that can be installed?  What
> are there strengths and weakness, how are they typically used?  what key
> configuration files in Linux are needed how does the file server interact
> with there config files?
>
> What are the different methods of file permissions, and how do they work?
>  What are the strengths and limitations of each method.  What are the basic
> config files that interact with permissions.  Examples of when and were to
> apply and use them.
>
> These are just a start.
>
> Computers are designed to be tools.  They are a means to an end.  Usually
> that end is not spending all of your valuable time fiddling with your
> operating system.  Unfortunately in the desktop realm M$ and Apple are King
> and they set the pace for zero to configured and usable for
> the average novice to basic user.
>
> Well all get down off my soapbox now and shut up.  Thanks
>
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