Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Lobster · Last edited by Lobster on Wed 13 Oct 2010, 21:49; edited 1 time in total

Grant writes

NathanO · Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 193 Location: San Antonio, TX

Grant,

Thanks, I am starting to work on my presentation for the next Open Source Fest here in San Antonio, TX and will include your book in my presentation.

Lobster,

Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

NathanO

Lobster · Posted: Sat 03 Jan 2009, 11:38 Post subject:

Stick this pdf somewhere and link from the desktop
http://www.lulu.com/content/5560578

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4636 Location: Manila

Congratulations, Grant.

Lulu.com is also the site where headfound published his well-received "Puppy Linux Song" (the lulu.tv link does not work anymore, so the youtube URL is the one included here). Hey, headfound, any chance the URL in the video can be updated (it still shows puppyOS)? FYI, I always include it as the lone media file in root whenever I build a puplet.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

EXCELLENT!

After a year and a half, I can finally return "Red Hat Nine for Dummies"
to the library.

thanks

rjb

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1604 Location: South Australia

The intention of the book is to introduce Puppy and give new users a starting point.

I often give friends and people I know a copy of Puppy then spend the next couple of weeks answering questions or spending time at their house setting things up. Hopefully the book will provide enough instruction to at least get them started. I know I accomplish more when I work things out for myself.

Thanks to all who have provided encouragement and congratulations.

I am considering writing another book on how to use the bundled software. I might need some help as I don't use all of the software that comes with Puppy.

Thanks

Grant

sullysat · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 362 Location: San Antonio, TX

darrelljon · Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 526

Congratulations, finally some good competition for my book.

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4636 Location: Manila

Yes, don't forget that jon has written a book on Puppy, too. Smile

`f00

Can't get much more user-friendly than a free .pdf Smile

But seriously, this is a terrific book (or dl) for the beginner and highly recommended - it may seem rather simple at first but it should be a 'grounding' for the more advanced as well, so often discussions get so very complex that the beginner gets lost and unfortunately may lose interest. I found the menu section of particular value - this is one of those things that should retain some semblance of order and consistency across the many varieties of puppies (as much as possible, anyhow), imho. Even the simple descriptions I learned from (as often even simple 'what is this thing?' is lacking in the local docs or not that easy for a n00B to find). Also the latter sections on the BIOS, USB and other boot/install options, as well as the various howtos were quite informative - really great to have it all in one place as a stable illustrated offline reference. Thank you, Grant!

prit1 · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 540 Location: Los Angeles

Thanks Grant. Great job.

I went through several pages in the PDF. This is well organized in my opinion.

russoodle

Thank you to Lobster for posting the info and link..

Thank you to Grant for a well-written guide..

Puppy really does have excellent community support, doesn't he? Smile

Woof!

Lobster · Posted: Tue 06 Jan 2009, 04:38 Post subject:

Don't forget the official manuals in a range of languages
http://www.puppylinux.org/manual

You can work on those
or translate them by contacting raffy or Oli

PenPen

Grant,

What a way to start out the New Year, a free Book in PDF.
As soon as I can I'll get a copy of the printed version.
This will be an excellent way to introduce Linux / Puppy.

Wish I had the know how that you pressented in the section on USB intall before I did such a trial & error aproach to a pesky Flash Drive. (never did get it to work)

I just went back and used your instructions & wonders of wonders I now have an extra copy of Puppy on a 2Gig USB.

Thanks for the Time and Effort you put into this publication.
PenPen Laughing

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1604 Location: South Australia

Thanks for all the kind words guys.

It is always difficult to decide the format and the amount of detail to include when constructing a book or user guide.

As I have said before the book was for newcomers to Puppy but not necessarily new comers to computers.

It gives me quite a buzz to know it has already been helpful.

I only put a few works and screen shots-together. There have been many who have contributed to Puppy. I thank them all.

Grant