On 5 Feb, Delbaere, Tim wrote:

Hello,

Well, this Wednesday, I finally plucked up courage and installed Linux onto my home PC. Nothing great for you guy's and gal's, but for a total newbie to anything other than MS Windows, it was a big step. Biggest problem's I had were trying to get my graphics card to work (Diamond Fire GL1000 Pro), and I could not get X Windows configure my mouse. I had to get a new server for my graphics card, and had to disable USB support in my PC Bios. All in all, quite a painless task, and now I have a totally new OS to play around with.

Can anyone recommend some good book's for getting to grips with Linux?, and are there any C.A.D. Programs that run under Linux?

Thanks Tim Delbaere - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

I like the manual which ships with SuSE 5.3 because it seems split into the parts I can digest the easiest and I also like a "Practical Guide to Linux" by Sobell. Sobell's book is not oriented toward any particular brand of linux and it is written in a way that I can read and take away. To get an idea about applications across the spectrum, take a look at the Linux Utilities and Applications Page at: <A HREF="http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linux.shmtl"><A HREF="http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linux.shmtl</A">http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linux.shmtl</A</A>> This is one of those pages you bookmark and come back to often. Take care and have fun!! -- Michael E. Perry mperry@basin.com ------------------ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

On Fri, 05 Feb 1999, you wrote:

Hello,

Well, this Wednesday, I finally plucked up courage and installed Linux onto my home PC. Nothing great for you guy's and gal's, but for a total newbie to anything other than MS Windows, it was a big step. Biggest problem's I had were trying to get my graphics card to work (Diamond Fire GL1000 Pro), and I could not get X Windows configure my mouse. I had to get a new server for my graphics card, and had to disable USB support in my PC Bios. All in all, quite a painless task, and now I have a totally new OS to play around with.

Can anyone recommend some good book's for getting to grips with Linux?, and are there any C.A.D. Programs that run under Linux?

The three books that never leave my side are: "Running Linux", Matt Welch and Lar Kaufman, O'Rielly and Associates; "UNIX Power Tools" by Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides, O'Reilly and Associates and "Essential System Administration" by AEleen Frisch, O'Reilly and Associates. If you're getting the impression that O'Reilly and Associates make great books on UNIX and Linux, you're paying attention. The latter two are more general UNIX info, but very useful. Running Linux is the bible. Well, I've heard Linus is a cad...oh! You mean computer aided design ;-) Doing a search at Google on "CAD/CAM", I came up with this: <A HREF="http://sal.kachinatech.com/E/2/index.shtml"><A HREF="http://sal.kachinatech.com/E/2/index.shtml</A">http://sal.kachinatech.com/E/2/index.shtml</A</A>> Looks like most of the CAD stuff is still commercial, but I did notice one effort for a GPL CAD program in there. -- lunaslide * PGP key->pgpkeys.mit.edu port 11371 * * * * * * In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is * getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. * -Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas * * * * * * - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

Delbaere, Tim wrote:

Can anyone recommend some good book's for getting to grips with Linux?

And my $0.02: The book that comes with SuSE is good, and "The No B.S. Guide to Linux" is good. -- George - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>