A good book?

teyesahr · 07-31-2003, 12:00 PM

If I had to pick one Linux reference to have on my shelf, what should it be? I'm thinking something that's easy to read, complete, with the sort of tips someone new to Linux (such as myself) would find useful.

Skyline · 07-31-2003, 12:38 PM

Hi Teyesarh

I don't know of any books to reccomend - but there is a vast website full of Guides and How tos etc etc at the Linux Documentation Project which you can download in many different formats - there is effectively many books worth of good information here.

http://www.tldp.org/guides.html

tangle · 07-31-2003, 12:43 PM

Linux Administration Handbook at http://www.admin.com/

downinthemine · 07-31-2003, 12:49 PM

Here's what I did:
I read some reviews on Amazon and then went to the library and took out a selection of the best reviewed books. I'll end up buying one, but it's nice to have a selection for now

DrOzz · 07-31-2003, 12:50 PM

i very very good book is the rute guide
although its an online book, and it won't be on your shelf perse, but you have the option to download the pdf or html, and i am sure you'll learn alot from it.

itsjustme · 07-31-2003, 12:54 PM

Here's some good online stuff, including a different link to rute:

http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/rute.html.gz
http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/

Also, if you're going to go purchase a book, and you are using Red Hat 9, then you might look for a book like The Red Hat Linux 9 Bible, if it exists. I have The Red Hat Linux 8 Bible.

regards...

Mathieu · 07-31-2003, 03:39 PM

O'Reilly & Associates publish the best books on Unix/Linux and related material.
Also, take a look at the Open Books. They are free.

Open Books Project
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/

O'Reilly & Associates
http://www.oreilly.com/

OldBob · 07-31-2003, 04:19 PM

teyesahr,

A book I just picked up at B Dalton is:

SAMS Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux 8 in 24 Hours.

It has logical "bite-size" chapters.

synaptical · 07-31-2003, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by DrOzz
i very very good book is the rute guide
although its an online book, and it won't be on your shelf perse, but you have the option to download the pdf or html, and i am sure you'll learn alot from it.

i think you can order a hard copy from amazon.com.

tangle · 07-31-2003, 07:30 PM

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i think you can order a hard copy from amazon.com.

I think I seem it at Barnes & Nobles or Borders.

ksgill · 07-31-2003, 09:18 PM

This new book called Redhat Linux 9.0 unleashed is really good.