Book or online source on modern Linux system files and organization

[bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net]

Just need to go to a store to pick one up.  Yes, I remember using Knoppix CD'S for checking and sometimes repairing Windows problems, never had to do that for Linux.  

Once I get a thumb drive, I can try a couple of things, including making a live disk or two.

Laptop is only a few years old, so it's not quite a fossil yet.  Getting there though.



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On Dec 21, 2022, 7:11 PM, at 7:11 PM, Jim McGinness <jmcgnh at gmail.com> wrote:
>For sufficiently old fossils, it might be easier to boot from a live
>CD, if
>thumb drives aren't laying around already.
>
>Distinguishing between a failed keyboard and a software
>misconfiguration
>can be helped by seeing the keyboard is not failed under different
>software. Knoppix distributions (at least in the past) had a reputation
>for
>being very good at autoconfiguring a wide variety of hardware. But if
>System 76 laptops are sufficiently specialized, it's possible no other
>OS
>will be happy with them.
>
>Should I assume you're already aware of this page? -
>https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-live-disk/
>
> -- jmcg
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