Re: Linux for newbies
From: Brian Jones (brian_at_slowbox.com)
Date: 11/14/03
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To: security-basics@securityfocus.com Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:15:28 -0600
On Thursday 13 November 2003 04:22 pm, Matt Atkins wrote:
> In my first of many posts, I would like to ask the group what flavor of
> Linux is recommended for a newbie.
Mandrake and Red Hat are the most newbie friendly IMHO but I think that
Mandrake has better HW detection.
>I will probably be purchasing a
> book or 2 to help get things off the ground, so a good book recommendation
> would also be appreciated.
Running Linux by O reilly is a good book.
HTH.
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