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Best easy books on Linux and Unix

  • 04-02-2004 4:22pm
    #1
    luckat
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    What are the best books for non-programmers and non-technical people who want to learn about Unix and Linux, please?


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  • #2
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    Hi luckat,
    it depends on what you want to learn about.

    Are you interested in using a linux/unix system as a desktop?
    Are you interested in learning programming in some language?
    Are you interested in learning about how computers communicate with each other?
    Maybe you're interested in the history of the unix operating system families over the last 30 years.

    A good online library is the Linux Documentation project at http://en.tldp.org

    Spend a bit of time there before deciding what books you'd really like.

    Best of luck,
    NiallB


  • #3
    scojones
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    The O'Reilly Unix Cd Bookshelf is what you want.


  • #4
    Raskolnikov
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    Anderson - Just Enough Unix

    SuSe Unleashed, Linux in 24 Days etc will all suit your purposes fine too though!

    If you want to get into advanced shell programming you'd best get the Unix Enviroment book by Kernighan.


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