Please help a MS refugee

[Paul]

Hi,

> I've got a copy of Fedora Unleashed by 
> Ball and Duff (published by Sams); another series that comes to mind is the 
> *** in 24 Hours books (not sure who publishes them). 

SAMS - avoid them like the plague. They're invariably riddled with
really bad mistakes. Personally, I'd avoid just about everything from
SAMS.

A book I would avoid at *all costs* is one called "Linux in Easy Steps".
I've renamed it as "So, you are stupid enough to want to move from
Windows" - it is that dire. The majority of the book makes you wonder
why it was written!

In the words of the Comic Store Guy - "Worst book ever!"

> One personal attraction 
> of these types of books is that they include the CDs or DVDs, and I'm on 
> dialup; downloading and burning a couple of CDs is not a pleasant project