[102198] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RH 5.2 - Variety Pack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Tue Dec 1 20:57:32 1998
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 20:39:07 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
> Well, I'mn not a newbie, but I was dissappointed with the book and the
> "support" from the Official Distribution. The book was Microsoft-like - it
> didn't really tell you anything that you couldn't read on the screen during the
> install
You probably expected it to be a Microsoft type of book, and did not read
much of it. If you had, I sincerely believe you would have learned something
helpful and valuable.
> (eg I wanted to change the menus on X - nothing! Set up mail - Nothing!
> Set up samba - nothing!) And I have yet to hear from a human from
> support@redhat.com, despite my many e-mails.
Did you email any questions that were within the scope of what they
claim to support, i.e. basic installation? If you agreed to support
only installation, and someone asked you about tweaking X menus
and sendmail configuration, would you answer?
>
>
> I'd say get the disk from wherever and get a good book on Linux from the
> bookstore (shop around - there's one for every level of expertise)
You will not find more concise RedHat 5.x-specific install guide anywhere.
It does what it says: it plays the 'basic installation guide' role and very well.
It's short enough to read, and has enough good info to make installation work.
There is even a hint of humor here and there.
No question - you can do it without the book.
It will just be harder.
By the way, the book is on the CD and their web sites too.
They are not trying to keep it from you.
But it is not easy to read a fair sized book online while installing,
unless you have two computers.
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Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2
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