Bryan -

Agreed!  For me there is a distinction between "understanding" and "knowing".  My 30 years experience has been in the Windows environment and in comparison, Linux is much easier to understand.  The challenge is knowing where to look or knowing which function and switch to use.

I often use the term "spiral learning"; that is one starts with a task to do.  Rather than having to commit reems of information to memory to achieve a simple task, it is easier to accomplish the task by looking up what is wanted.  Then one can expand (spiral outward) his knowledge.  Now I have many friends who prefer to read manuals from cover to cover (and they remember most of it).  Of course, my dyslexia creates it's own hurdle and bias.

Todd

Bryan J. Smith wrote: 
Chris Mauritz <chrism@imntv.com> wrote:
  
The "problem," if you can call it that, is that Linux can
do so many things.  It's difficult to have a "Cliff Notes"
version of a real Linux-centric system admin book.
    

There really should be a Linux book called "Linux For Users"
that could fit under 300 pages.

It would assume you either had a local sysadmin (corporate
users) or a local LUG (home users) that could assist in
installing and hardware setup.  In the worst case, a sister
book that focused on more of the administration details could
and should be separate.

Just my $0.02 ...

  

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