LJ, Fount of All Knowledge, I Ask Thee

[neadods]

Three questions:

1) I need to learn LINUX in a hurry. Any good books/online classes/websites to recommend?

2) I also need to learn LaTeX in a hurry. Any good books/online classes/websites/freeware downloads for PC you can recommend?

and, now for something completely different:

3) With my parents and I both scaling back on the amount of stuff in our houses, Christmas is going to be more than just "Unwrap presents. Eat." Any suggestions for other things to do on the day?

Comments

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

1. An insanely useful Linux command is "apropos". It will search descriptive text about the various commands on the system and show you all the commands that match. So, for example, you can type "apropos search" and get a list of all commands related to search. You can then use man to get more detail on the commands.

There's a handy Linux cheat-sheet somewhere out there on the 'net that I've pointed coworkers at when they need to get up to speed on the basics fast. I can't seem to lay my hands on the link right now, but I'll see if I can find it.

3. If the weather's nice at Christmas, we all go for a walk together. If the weather's not nice, we watch a movie, or play Trivial Pursuit or another board game.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!