The First 100 Years Are The Hardest

I can attest to this : A Linux dekstop reference for the rest of us! Having recently installed Suse Linux 8.1 with no problems (installation was a snap- I did it three times before I was satisfied that the install was done correctly; getting my LinModem to work was the hard part!). What I really needed was a desktop reference to ease me over some of the tough spots, such as upgrading packages with breaking dependancies, looking for key information in the /var/log directories, deciding when to set-uid some processes as root (I still run my ppp dialer as root!). Mark Rais new book "Linux for the Rest of Us" promises to change all that. From the book review: Be not afraid, dear PC owner, be not afraid. Today's Linux flavors (or "distros", as they are called) are easy to install, easy to configure and easy to use. Yes, they are more configurable than any version of Windows, and you can tell a Linux computer to do things a regular Windows box doesn't eve...

The infamous and now bankrupt telephone company for which I've worked for 12 years has a "song-of-the-day" to help inspire us to achieve the company's "100 Day Plan." However the latest rounds of layoffs (2/28/03) have me singing "Getaway Car" from hardrock greatness AudioSlave : The first time I saw you You were chasing down A cyclone All alone in a field With rail yards and clovers I kept rolling on and never thought You'd wind up chasing me Chorus: Well settle down I won't hesitate To hit the highway Before you lay me to waste Settle up and I'll help you find Something to drive Before you drive me insane You're tired of walking and you Loathe the ground The sidewalk will barely Touch your feet and life moves Too slowly to hold you down With rining hands You take it out on me [Chorus] So get yourself a car and drive it all night long Get yourself a car and ride it on the wind....