I need a good learning book on Linux

royeo · 08-02-2006, 11:54 AM

Can anybody recommend a good book for a beginning Linux user? Also, should the book be distro specific? I currently use FC-5 and KDE.

Thanks,

royeo

rickh · 08-02-2006, 12:24 PM

It should NOT be distro specific...

http://www.suseblog.com/?p=141

pixellany · 08-02-2006, 12:49 PM

Check out tldp.org---many good (and free) things there.

O'Reilly web site for MANY good Linux books--I would start with "Linux in a Nutshell".

Depending on where you are, most large bookstores have a good selection.

hallamigo · 08-02-2006, 12:52 PM

I really, really like O'Reilly -- http://www.oreilly.com/pub/topic/linux

robin1229 · 08-05-2006, 08:53 PM

I would suggest you check out Linux Phrasebook by Scott Granneman. It is a great reference and I use it a lot. It lists commands and shows examples of each. I think you would find it very helpful. Robin

AwesomeMachine · 08-06-2006, 04:39 AM

I have some linux books, but every time I wanted to know how to do something it wasn't in the book. So, I learned to use google. Books can teach you some cool things, though.

Boow · 08-06-2006, 05:33 PM

google rute.pdf

chrism01 · 08-06-2006, 08:00 PM

here it is: http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

debiant · 08-06-2006, 08:32 PM

I would suggest Linux from Scratch and Beyond Linux from Scratch, as it is not only a book, but a learning tool and a fully functioning operating system at the end of your journey. With the exception of Azurues and Opera, I have built every program in my box from source, and it has taught me a lot.