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Linux Books

  • 29-06-2010 1:29pm
    #1
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭


    I know, your first reaction is "why do you need a Linux book, it's all on the web?" But, to be honest, I like having a hard copy in front of me and switching between the browser and the terminal is annoying!

    I'm looking for a broad book about Linux/Unix. I went to the library and got two: "Linux Companion for Sys Admins" (which is 11 years old) and "Unix for Dummies" (which is 6 years old, and generally horrendous). So these are very much out of date. There were no modern books.

    Any recommendations? Is "Linux Bible" any good?


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  • #2
    MiCrOMaN1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭MiCrOMaN1


    I cant say much for the hard copy of the "linux bible" but the ebook is very informative, I would recommend borrowing from a library and then if you like it go and buy it.:D


  • #3
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    This is an awesome book:

    http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2575

    Any edition will do. It's a very varied book that does not focus just on sysadmin stuff which is nice. It covers the obscurities of certain programs, and I still enjoy flicking through it now and again. A reference fo sho.


  • #4
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    MiCrOMaN1 wrote: »
    I cant say much for the hard copy of the "linux bible" but the ebook is very informative, I would recommend borrowing from a library and then if you like it go and buy it.:D

    Unfortunately the UCC library's books are mostly old. I was back in there today and I found books on Unix from the 80s - before Linux!
    Naikon wrote: »
    This is an awesome book:

    That looks pretty great! There's actually a copy of the first edition in UCC Library too; I'll try it out and if I like it I'll buy it! :D


  • #5
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Eliot Rosewater wrote: »
    Unfortunately the UCC library's books are mostly old. I was back in there today and I found books on Unix from the 80s - before Linux!



    That looks pretty great! There's actually a copy of the first edition in UCC Library too; I'll try it out and if I like it I'll buy it! :D

    Dont worry too much about the Unix/Linux divide. Most GNU commands are modelled after the original Unix ones, with the inclusion of long switches, unlike say BSD, where the switches are always shorthand. As long as you aren't going back to the 70's or so, you will be fine. I have used the book with both Linux and FreeBSD(applicable for OSX too).


  • #6
    mach1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 760 ✭✭✭mach1982


    http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Bible-2010-openSUSE-Distributions/dp/0470485051

    Bought a few months ago got about 11 dsitros , from Fedora to Backtrack .


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  • #7
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    Naikon wrote: »
    Dont worry too much about the Unix/Linux divide...

    I thought that alright. :) It's just when they start mentioning GUIs I felt that things may have pushed on from the early 90s!
    mach1982 wrote: »
    http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Bible-2010-openSUSE-Distributions/dp/0470485051

    Cheers for the link. Having looked through the table of contents I'd say Unix Power Tools is my man. Linux Bible devotes a lot of time to utterly "newbie" stuff, like operating the desktop. I'd be looking more at the technical side of things but, admittedly, I didn't mention that in the OP. :)


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