[ale] Book Recommendation - for 14 year old kid switching to Linux

[Bob Toxen]

Linux for Windows Users is good.
Linux for Dummies is good (and goes all the way to advance topics that
taught me a thing or two).
I like the books put out by Slackware, both the thin one and the two volume
huge set for advance work.

On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 11:55:27AM -0400, BruceG wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
>       My middle son has been a WIndows kid forever. I gave him a low-end 
> desktop with Debian testing/unstable. Showed him how to play CD's. He already 
> knows a bit about navigating around because we had a Mandrake 9.1 desktop and 
> then went to SuSE Personal 8.2(?) and SuSE Professional 9.0 on a different 
> desktop.
> 
>       What would you recommend for a VERY easy to understand user guide? 
> Something that explains how to change wallpaper in KDE, how to play music 
> online, how to play games, and how to use KMail or Mozilla mail. I know they 
> are all very simple and straight-forward - and we've covered most of that 
> stuff - but a simple user guide might prove helpful for him.
> 
>       Kiss the Blue Screen Away? Is that good? Linux for Windows Users - is 
> something like that out and available?
> 
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