[XCSSA] Re: [SATLUG] linux book

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On Sunday 20 August 2006 12:29, Chris Lemire wrote:
> i found a very good book for learning linux.
> http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

Tweeks' 10 minute review of "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition": 
(i.e. I just skimmed through it)

While there seems to be a lot of good foundational and historical info in this 
book, much of it seems a bit dated (like 6 years old or more).  While they do 
touch on scp.. they also talk about rcp to the same importance.  They talk 
about rsh and rlogin, but barely even mention ssh expect in passing.  They 
touch on Usenet and Majrodomo.. but never even mention mailman.

Also, t appears to be a mile wide and only a couple inches deep.  They need to 
drill down into some of their subjects a bit more it seems.

It looks to have the makings of a good general Linux reference.. but before I 
bought it in book form I would want to see it updated a bit.  I would love to 
see this book if it were turned into a WiKi form and left in the hands of the 
community for a year or two. :)

Still, it does look like a good reference, especially for people just digging  
into Linux from the Windows side who want a bit of history & reference 
material (not for so much for casual home users).

Tweeks