[ILUG] Fw: Tutorials.

[Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]

Proinnsias,

	You'll probably get a barrage of URL's in response to this request
as there is a lot of online "getting started" information out there. Still
and all this is quite a good site and contains LDP manuals, HOWTO's and
other such things : 

http://linuxpowered.com/
	
You probably want to start with the tutorials, then LDP link.

--Steve



		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Proinnsias Breathnach [mailto:proinnsias at clubi.ie]
		Sent:	Sunday, October 10, 1999 2:48 PM
		To:	ILUG
		Subject:	[ILUG] Fw: Tutorials.

		I got this the other night,
		    Anyone want to help / suggest anything ?

		There was mention earlier of setting up some sort of lessons
/ tutorials for
		users, here's an ideal candidate !!

		Proinnsias

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Eugene O'Leary <eugeneo at esatclear.ie>
		To: proinnsias at clubi.ie <proinnsias at clubi.ie>
		Date: 08 October 1999 22:53
		Subject: Tutorials.


		Hi! Proinnsias,
		I live in Howth and got your e-mail address from the ILUG. I
have only being
		using a computer for the past two years. I have done all the
usual stuff
		with Windows95 like setting up web-pages, creating
screensavers, learning
		Qbasic and a little Visual Basic etc.
		I recently purchased a copy of Red Hat Linux and after a lot
of reading, I
		eventually managed to partition my hard drive so that I now
have Windows95
		on a 2Gb. partition and  a Linux Workstation on a 2.2Gb.
partition. My
		problem now is to learn to use it for home use!
		I have my CD player set up and I have installed a lot of
photos in my
		/home/user directory and can use the text editors, but seem
to be stuck at
		that.
		I downloaded some themes this week using Windows. (My modem
is a winmodem so
		I will have to buy an external modem to use with Linux.) I
downloaded them
		to floppys and and then copied them to my /home/users
directory but have no
		idea how to install them or what directory they should be
installed in. I
		also got an extra CD with Red Hat which has a lot of extras
on it. All I can
		do yet is read what is on the CD and copy some of the
applications into my
		/home/users directory ( I seem to put everything in there!)
but have no idea
		how to install or run them. I would like to learn.
		There is nobody here in Howth who has a clue about Linux. I
asked two
		systems developers who I know, if they could help with some
info. I got the
		stock answer; "what do you want to learn that for?". Not
very helpful.
		I searched the web and looked up night classes in Dublin but
no joy. The
		only classes that I could find were commercial ones which
cost about £1,500
		and are not geared for beginners or home users anyway.
		I was also told that someone my age, ( I am 56.) would be
too old to learn
		anyway! I was also told the same thing about touch typing
and proved the
		begrudgers wrong. I can now type at 30 words per minute. I
aim to prove them
		wrong again!
		The reason that I have contacted you is that I see that you
live on the
		North Side and I was wondering if you know of any classes
that I could avail
		of or even if you know, if there is a tutorial available on
CD that would
		enable me to learn the basics. As I say, I only want it for
home use. I am
		just interested in learning as much as I can, as a hobby,
but none of the
		users groups seem to be geared for people like me.
		I would be very gratefull if you could give me any info. at
all.

		Regards,
		Eugene O'Leary.
		67 Grace O'Malley Drive,
		Howth,
		Tel. 8393631



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