Thanks to "Linux Supplies" (http://www.linsup.com/newbie/) for hosting our free Australian mirror.
Thanks to Andamooka for hosting LNAG among their great free books.
Thanks to the UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) Linux Users Group who hosted our free USA mirror for a while.
Major help and advice was received from (alphabetical order): Alan W. Irwin <irwin@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>, Benjamin Smith <bens@saber.net>, Barbara Klimas <bklimas@magma.ca>, Ben McCosh <ben@albagroup.com>, Bill Staehle <staehle@netvalue.net>, Bill Unruh <unruh@physics.ubc.ca>, Brian Kelsay <ripcrd6@kcinter.net>, Ding-Hou Lee <dl105@columbia.edu>, Gary <swear@aa.net>, Greg Mizell <GMizell@peek-traffic.com>, Jeff Greenlee <greenj@analogy.com>, jeff covey <jeff.covey@pobox.com>, Juhapekka Tolvanen <juhtolv@st.jyu.fi>, Ken Foskey <waratah@zip.com.au>, and Maria Klimas. Special thanks to the Portland Linux User Group!
Thanks to the several dozen others who sent comments or good word to us. We always appreciate any feedback. We received no flames so far :-) . Sorry if we could not answer specific questions you sent us on your particularly annoying problem :((
Thanks to the few thousands who developed GNU/Linux. Should I mention Richard Stalman and Linus Torvalds by name?
If you wanted to contribute a part (on a useful Linux topic of your choice), we would like to hear from you--we will be happy to include a part with your name, etc. The only condition is that your advice be easy to follow by newbies like us.
If you create your own mirror, pls make sure to update it at least from time to time. LNAG is under development and inaccuracies are found and corrected on regular basis.
Hope this helps. Best regards, Stan and Peter Klimas.
We are proud that our Guide was:
o Awarded "Link van de dag" ("Link of the Day") by Dutch NL.linux.org in March 1999: "Alles wat je als newbie zou moeten weten." http://www.nl.linux.org/index/link_van_de_dag.html
o Mentioned twice by "Linux Today", the best source of Linux News: Apr 14th 1999: http://linuxtoday.com/stories/4985.html, and Oct 25, 1999: http://linuxtoday.com/stories/11525.html.
o Mentioned twice by the prestigous Linux Weekly News: http://lwn.net/1999/0422/announce.phtml and http://lwn.net/2000/0803/a/lnag.php3
o Mentioned by LinuxWord Czech digest,
May, 1999:
http://online.idg.cz:8080/cw_news.nsf/4f682153745289cdc12566b80055b9df/999e7c8725ec0848c1256767004ed0dc
Příručka administrátora pro začínající
uživatele. Pro začínající uživatele Linuxu přibyl velice
zajímavý dokument. Jedná se o příručku "Linux Newbie
Administrator", která je psána linuxovým začátečníkem. Autor sám
píše, že Linux používá pouze devět měsíců, ale to je možná v tomto
případě výhoda - je jistě blíže potenciálnímu čtenáři než některý
linuxový guru. Příručka se nachází na webové serveru
(http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/) a obsahuje poměrně jednoduché
návody na činnosti, které jako správce vašeho linuxového systému
budete nucen dělat. Související URL:
sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/
o Awarded "Best of Linux Winner" by the popular portal "Dave Central" (subsidiary of Andover), August 20, 1999: http://linux.davecentral.com/bol_19990820.html: "Best of Linux Archive Getting Linux. Andover. Best of Linux Winner August 20, 1999. Newbie Administrator Guide Tutorials - Getting Started:
"There are two ways to approach Linux use. One is strictly as a user; you can work away, and leave it to a guru friend to fix problems and add new features to your system."The do-it-yourself types in the crowd may be satisfied with this for awhile, but eventually, they'll want to get under the hood themselves. The Newbie Administrator Guide is geared toward such folks, and provides a gentle introduction to the craft of maintaining a Linux system. There are other comprehensive works on the subject, such as The Linux System Administrators' Guide, but they're mostly geared toward professional sysadmins who deal with lots of machines with lots of users.
"The Newbie Admin Guide (NAG hereafter) is of more immediate use to the home user who has decided to take on the task of caring and nurturing for her machine herself. Like a lot of great tutorials, the NAG started with users, the Klimas family in this case, who went through the struggle to set things up and said, "Why should other people go through the same work when we've already done it?" So, they started making notes about what they'd done, and put them on the Web for everyone's benefit.
"The NAG assumes you're starting from ground zero, offering explanations of what Linux is, why you'd want to use it, and where to get it, but moves on to clear and detailed explanations of complex issues you'll face when you try to configure and troubleshoot your system. If you've flipped through book after book but found yourself out of your depth and longing for simple, direct explanations, give the NAG a try. "
o Recommended by popular
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Beginners/: "Linux Newbie
Administrator Guide. Simple answers to problems that Linux
newbies frequently encounter while setting up/using/administrating
their computer or home network."
o Linked by German http://www.linuxstart.de/einsteiger/index.htm: "Linux Newbie Administrator Guide: Von der Installation, Wartung, Tastaturbefehle bis zur Kernel-Rekompilierung."
o Recommended by a Danish linuxer: http://www.sslug.dk/emailarkiv/novice/1999_04/msg00013.html To: sslug-novice@sslug.dk Subject: Newbie site! From: "Thomas Mřrch" <thm@eci.dk> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:16:45 +0200 Delivered-To: mailing list sslug-novice@sslug.dk Mailing-List: contact sslug-novice-help@sslug.dk; run by ezmlm. Newsgroups: sslug.novice. Organization: SSLUG. Reply-to: sslug-novice@sslug.dk. Hejsa Sĺ lige denne site, der blev annonceret pĺ njlug's liste.. Tćnkte at den mĺske kunne gřre nytte her :) http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/ - Thomas.
o Recommended by Brasilian:
http://www.dicas-l.unicamp.br/dicas-l/20000809.shtml
[...]Eu já li e imprimi este manual e realmente
é uma excelente fonte de consulta, inclusive já tendo sido
divulgado anteriormente nesta lista. O manual é gratuito e
licenciado sob a GPL, ou seja, com total liberdade de uso,
modificaçăo e distribuiçăo. Para os interessados, o endereço é
http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/
o Reviewed by Italian general interest
portal "100-Links":
http://www.100links.com/archivio/990322.html:
Una guida per chi č proprio agli inizi: la
primissima parte č dedicata agli indecisi (per vedere se conviene o
meno passare al Linux), dopodiché si arriva alle istruzioni per
l'installazione, all'elenco delle principali risorse presenti sulla
Rete e ad una pratica lista dei comandi piů diffusi, che almeno
all'inizio rischiano di essere difficili da ricordare.
http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/
o Pointed to by linux.com, the top Linux web portal: http://www.linux.com/firststep/
o Mentioned by Polish newssite "linuxnews.pl": http://linuxnews.pl/news.html?id=12247: [...] jeden z największych darmowych podręczników Linuksa. [Jeden] z najpełniejszych źródeł informacji o Linuksie dla początkujących. Dystrybuowany na zasadach licencji GPL, dwustustronicowy podręcznik dostępny jest w wielu językach, w tym również po polsku [...]
o Pointed to by the "Linux Documentation Project" website, the mother of all Linux documentation: http://www.linuxdoc.org/links/links.html
Please let us know if you write a word on our
pages or make a link or whatever--we will be happy to mention you
here.