Friday, March 1, 2013

What is the best Linux Magazine and/or book for beginners to linux?

Q. I just recently moved from windows xp to LInux and I would like to know how to fix dual boot problems. I learned a few things about the command line but I want to learn a lot more. I also need to know how to download and upgrade software like Adobe flash player and other programs. In other words I need a really good book or magazine that will help me get started. I would of course prefer something simple and fast.

A. Linux Journal

http://www.linuxjournal.com/

is the original Linux Magazine. Well, not the original but the oldest still running and widely regarded as the most authoritative.

Linux Format is the most expensive, about $15 here in New Hampshire. Nevertheless it almost always comes with an install or live CD or DVD and the articles are always of excellent quality. I strongly recommend picking up as many issues as you can afford:

http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/

Anything from O'Reilly Press is also well worth the money.

http://oreilly.com/linux/

Also there are forums, like th Ubuntu Forums (go to Ubuntu.com and look for them on the bar on the left) or the forums at http://www.linuxquestions.org ). There are also the Usenet groups which remain lively years after most have become moribund. comp.os.linux heirarchy is subscribable to via google groups. Oh, and many of the developers contribute to the last. Some of them contribute to Ubuntu forums too but Ubuntu assembles their OS out of packages from many sources so very few people work for them and those that don't you are more likely to run into on Usenet.

What is the best journal software?
Q. I want to start a journal on my laptop and I was wondering what journal software (that is free) is the best.

A. Notepad++ on Windows, TextWrangler on MacOS, Gedit on Linux

what PXE Linux Distribution is right for me?
Q. I'm looking for a Linux distribution with a GUI that can boot live with PXE. It must come with Gparted and must be light weight enough to run in as little as 92 MB ram and a 266 MHZ Processor. I'm not in the least concerned about the speed the Distro has. thanks in advance
Turns out that i have 192 MB ram....so increase the min ram too that.

A. alot of people setup their PXE servers with Red Hat, Ubuntu or Debian.
There was a pretty good how to article about seting up Red Hat PXE across networks in last months linux journal if you can find a back issue. Also, here are some web links as well.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9963

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/11/how-to-configure-pxe-network-booting-on-ubuntu-for-network-based-installations/

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/478

http://www.stanford.edu/~alfw/PXE-Kickstart/PXE-Kickstart.html

Good Luck



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