Newbie, need tutorial D/L

[S11001001]

Am aware of 2.4.8. However, the Linmodem driver from PCTEL is written for
2.2.5. I think someone patched it for 2.3.?, but not sure on that part.
Therefore, am going with 2.2.5. It's better than the one I have (2.2.16)...if
you have a PCTEL linmodem driver for 2.4.8, by all means tell me! Also, I
noticed that the kernel bloated between 2.2.x and 2.4.x. Why is that, anyway?

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Alex Martelli <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "S11001001" <ruNsOhSiPnAgM at earthling.net> wrote in message
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> > I am only a newbie to python, a perl refugee, in fact. I need a
> DOWNLOADABLE,
> > as in one tarball or something, tutorial employing DESCRIPTION. I cannot
> leave
>
> You may like http://diveintopython.org/download/diveintopython-pdf-3.5-1.zip
> the current version of 'Dive into Python'.  It's very fast-paced and it does
> give
> the impression that the author comes from a Perl background, too.
>
> > the internet connection running as I page through the tutorial at
> python.org,
> > so I can't go that route. Once I get kernel 2.2.5, I will be able to do
> > Internet in Linux, so it will probably be alright. But I prefer to learn
> > offline.
>
> Why 2.2.5 when the current stable version is 2.4.8...?  Just curious!
>
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> Alex
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