Very Computer

... is that most books on it seem to have been written
by M$ goons.

A few  months ago I bought SAMS Teach Yourself Linux,
which comes with Caldera Linux 2.2. The soundblaster
driver on the CD, however, was compiled with a different
kernel, wouldn't work, and recompiling it is quite
beyond the knowledge of a newbie like me. I call that
sabotage (are you listening to this, Unca SAMS? Yeah
keep your ears plugged)

The other day I bought "Installing OpenLinux and StarOffice
for Dummies", that comes with Caldera 2.3. No joy. The
*y thing does not seem to want to do anything unless
you are already running Win95 or whatever.

This is particularly galling, as I have Caldera 2.2, installed
from a special issue of Australian PC Magazine, and which,
under plain old dos, installed like a dream. That version
cost me less than half the "For Dummies". Well, look at it
this way: it did say "For Dummies" didn't it? Fair warning,
wasn't it? Has Billy Goats bought out "For Dummies" and
SAMS? Looks like it.

That was your first mistake.

Quote:>The other day I bought "Installing OpenLinux and StarOffice
>for Dummies", that comes with Caldera 2.3.

And that was your second.

It's quite hard to find a SAMS book worth a damn, and the
"for Dummies" series really are for dummies; and dummies
never get anything done properly.

When you think computer books, think O'Reilly.  There's
hardly a stinker in the bunch.

Steve

Get Mandrake 7.x from CheapBytes.com at $1.99 USD.

Sams Books are not what they used to be when they had repair manuals
and diagrams for televisions, radios and such.

On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:07:28 -0700, Jacques Guy

It was the Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:10:29 GMT...

Quote:> When you think computer books, think O'Reilly.  There's
> hardly a stinker in the bunch.

O'Reilly absolutely rule. They're a great company turning out great
books. I mean it (and they don't pay me to say that).

mawa
--
Papierstauentferner!
Partnerbefriediger!
Pauschaltourist!
Pastisverdnner!

Probably not a good idea for a newbie.  You WinTrolls are right on one
point:  Linux can be a pain to install, especially if you want to
continue using Windows on the same computer.  You really want to have
a good book at your side when you try it the first time.

Even I got my first distro with a book, and I've been cranking out code
since I was twelve years old.

Quote:>Sams Books are not what they used to be when they had repair manuals
>and diagrams for televisions, radios and such.

I consider myself warned.

--
 --------------===============<[ Ray Chason ]>===============--------------
         PGP public key at http://www.smart.net/~rchason/pubkey.asc
                            Delenda est Windoze

And Mandrake only costs $30 anyway.  With that you get some good docs.

Gary