[TriLUG] No books for SuSE

Mike Kelley ncmike at nc.rr.com
Thu Feb 6 19:35:36 EST 2003


make that 8.1 personal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Kelley" <ncmike at nc.rr.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] No books for SuSE


> Actually no.  I got my copy from a friend.   However, I did see a copy of
> SuSE 8.0 personal edition today which seemed to have no manual whatsoever,
> given the weight of the box, but thanks for passing that along, I'll check
> out the Pro version as soon as I can.  Still, though, given the abundance
of
> information on RedHat, I'm surprised there isn't more available for SuSE.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Fickenscher" <elfick at trilug.org>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] No books for SuSE
>
>
> > Mike,
> > Are you using a store-bought copy?
> > The manuals that came with Suse 8.0 were great and covered pretty much
> > all of the Suse specific stuff. I'm not sure what they are packing with
> > the newest version, but I suspect the docs would be of similar quality.
> > -Lee
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 06:38:52PM -0500, Mike Kelley wrote:
> > > I'm frustrated because I can't find a simple manual for SuSE.  There
are
> no current books on SuSE.  I've even inquired about ordering one but there
> isn't on available.  Everything is at least two years old.  I've been to
> several bookstores and there is a fair selection of non-specific Linux
books
> and dozens for RedHat (Consequently I'm beginning to hate RedHat.) but
> nothing for SuSE.  What's the problem?  I really like the OS and can't
> understand why there is virtually no printed information out there.  I
> finally bought a couple of non-specific books and one RedHat manual but
had
> to post a message here just to find out why I don't have a specific file
or
> how the boot process works.  Any thoughts on the matter?
> > >
> > > Mike
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