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   Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:07:20 +0000   
   From: Bernard Peek    
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   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   In message <45B37397.28815741@yahoo.com>, CBFalconer    
    writes   
      
      
   >> Do you post this on the forums, send it to the maintainers? The only way   
   >> stuff gets fixed is if you tell someone its broke.   
   >   
   >I have to take some of it back.  I also bought "The Official Ubuntu   
   >Book", which comes with a DVD.  That contains much material that is   
   >not on the distributed CD.  For example, I found minicom and   
   >installed much documentation.  So far my advice is "Get the DVD".   
      
   There are a lot of beginners' books on how to use it, and they come with    
   a CD or DVD. In general I would advise newbies to try these, but of    
   course one of the attractive things about Linux is that it's free, and    
   the books aren't.   
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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