Re: [PLUG] Debian book question

["Mike Cathcart" <mike_cathcart@hotmail.com>]

> Has any one read Learning Debian GNU/Linux by McCarty, Bill  published by
> O'Reilly & Associates?  Would you recommend the book.

I've read most of it. The author is easy to read and there are plenty of 
pretty pictures to clarify his examples. However, if you're only going to 
buy one Debian book ("If you only buy one Debian book this year...") I 
wouldn't recommend it mainly because it's free online. Check out the 
O'Reilly site, find the book, and click the Books Online link on the left 
(if you can't find it, let me know and I'll dig that link up).
The book I settled on, and I'm glad I did, is Debian Unleashed. I usually 
shy away from the Sam's "Let's get 27 people who've never met and have them 
each write a chapter of a 2000 page book" school of publishing, but recently 
they've surprised me with some good stuff and this book was recommended on 
the Debian web site, so I tried it out. Maybe this book was just better for 
me since I was not only new to Debian but also new to Linux, but it does 
cover a lot of material and it was easy for me to understand.
Basically, I would recommend you do what I did, get Debian Unleashed, and 
use the online version of the other book as a good backup reference.



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