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Quick and easy Linux



How about O'Reilly's Learning Unix book.  I haven't
actually used it, but I've seen it around.  Less than
200 pages, and about $20.

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunix5/


> What I'm looking for is almost a little pocket guide
> containing the
> basic things a new user needs to know about, like
> setting a path,
> commands such as ls. There are a lot of good books
> out there, like
> "Linux in a Nutshell", but that is $35 or "Running
> Linux" at $45. But,
> what I'd like for these students is something under
> $10 like a cliff
> notes type of book. They are learning C not Linux.
> Once they get started
> with Linux, then they may like it. 
> 
> -- 
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
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"What a long strange trip it's been."
--The Grateful Dead--

Kindly yours,
Billy S G McCarthy

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