Hi Martin Gregorie 
 

 > okay, I get a "Linux for Dummies" and study it.
 >
 MG> Good move.

 MG> An advance warning - its unlikely that book will say anything about
 MG> Raspbian, so just remember that Raspbian is essentially just Debian
 MG> Linux recompiled and tweaked to run on an RPi, so anything it says that
 MG> is Debian-specific should apply to Raspbian.

Okay, thank you for all this information, I have saved it all and will study
it.

I have look in a copy of shops for "Linux for Dummies" but no joy

I have searched the internet  and I am not unsure if any of these  are the
latest
per systemd, but they should be

amazon.com

linix all n one for dummies  6 edition

linux for dummies 9 the edition

do you think one of these on be okay

I did try to search for systemd in online reference, but I did't find anything
but just be me.

Thank you

Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs Nz


 MG> Try to get the latest version of "Linux for Dummies" because things
 MG> have changed fairly recently in the way that a Linux system boots up
 MG> and starts or stops server processes like mystic. The old way was
 MG> called 'sysVinit' while the new one is called systemd, so if possible
 MG> you want a book that talks about systemd.

 MG> Some information sources you may find useful, though you should get
 MG> comfortable with the way Linux works and the way it is documented
 MG> before tackling them:

 MG> http://www.debian.org/

 MG> This is the home website for Debian and its clones such as Raspbian.
 MG> There's a lot of good info there, but the mother lode is:

 MG> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/

 MG> This contains everything you'll ever need to know about Debian Linux.
 MG> There's a lot in it, but its fairly readable and well laid out.

 MG> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/

 MG> This will be very useful if you want to build a systemd service to
 MG> start, stop and generally manage mystic, though probably too detailed
 MG> if you just want to know how to use systemd to manage start, stop or
 MG> monitor programs and services running on your RPi.


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