Thread: Re: Re: Re: Need for newbie friendly docs (was Newbie struggling...)
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Clayton Vernon wrote: > Joel- > > In all fairness, there aren't any good HTML-based Unix tutorials. I've > looked for them. In particular, Sun is worthless here, curious since their > Java tutorial is (IMO) really well done. > > I'm hoping PostgreSQL is MORE stable than Oracle in our Solaris environment. > The massive CPU/disk footprint of Oracle generates reliability errors in our > databases which I hope can be avoided in a leaner package. I remember struggling for days to install Oracle 8i on a 192MB laptop (don't ask why... fscking client requirement). Yeeks. > This marvelous mailing list really gives me confidence. Yep. Overall, I think PG offers *great* online support. Some possible places to start looking: 1) Does anyone have a copy of the O'Reilly book "Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference" (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixoracledbapr/) This might be the kind of information that would be helpful. 2) Eric Raymond has "Unix and Internet Fundamentals" HOWTO at http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/index.html 3) From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html 4) The Linux Reading List HOWTO http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Reading-List-HOWTO/index.html -- Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington