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Re: Help find Dr. Linux in Australia

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From: David Chatterton
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:00
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William Edward Webber wrote:
> 
> On 27 Apr 1997 13:04:31 GMT, Minh Nguyen (aimy@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> : Hi
> : I'm a new Linux convert and my level of linux is next to zero. Could someone
> : help me find the lastest version of Dr. Linux in Aus please, as I'm having problem
> : setting up the Linux box to connect to a Win95 workstation via ethernet and
> : connect to the Internet using Linux. Any advice will be most welcome.
> 
> I though Dr. Linux was just the LDP and HOWTOs in printed format. Not that
> it is not useful to have them in printed format, but they should at least
> be available in electronic format on your Linux distribution.
> 
> That aside, I can't think who would have copies of Dr. Linux (Leonard Chan
> sprang to mind, but I just checked his Web page and he doesn't list it).
> Ask your favourite computer bookstore to order it in? (The Linux Bible is
> much the same thing, and I _may_ have seen a copy of that as Software Today
> in Elizabeth St, Melbourne, between Lonsdale and Little Lonsdale, so you
> could have a look there.)
> 

You might get a copy at the next swap meet, see
http://www.comtrader.com.au/. 

For a beginner I believe it is a good idea to get this book. You might
want to consider getting a distribution like Red Hat which is slightly
easier to install than Slackware which comes with Dr Linux. However,
some people may disagree...

David

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