? for the tech heads

[backbreaker]

To the guys who are familiar with Linux, is their a Linux for dummies book or equivalent thats in print? A book along those lines is what I'm looking for, not to tech heavy, but has enough meat on the bone to know what you're eating.

[Garfunkel]

if linux in general:

http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=255
http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php
http://www.ss64.com/bash/

I cannot stress how important the shell/CLI (command line interface) is, it may look hard and impossible but once you force yourself to learn it you may find it quite enjoyable.

If you want specific guides on Yellow dog linux 5, i suggest you to wait a few weeks until it is released on public servers to download for free, someone will eventually set up a guide.

If you have any other questions, just PM me!

[Coded-Dude]

SAM's teach yourself Unix in 24 hours(24 1 hour lessons)
Thats a good book to get yoruself used to the command prompt and basic administration.
They should make a Linux book as well....

Linux in a nutshell is a good resource for command references, but so are the man pages.

[Garfunkel]

if you get confused with commands put "man" in front of them, it gives you a manual of sorts

when trying to figure out how to word a command you can sometimes use "--help" after a command to help you out. eg "apt-get --help" or "import --help"

[Coded-Dude]

some commands also accept -? & -help

[fanoOne]

...Or sometimes if you put the command without argument it says
the usage of it...

fanoOne