[97483] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Good Books.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Jinks)
Tue Nov 3 11:13:49 1998
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 15:54:11 +0000
From: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
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Win Htin wrote:
>
> I personally haven't read "linux unleashed" so I can't comment about that
> particular book but the O'Reilly books are highly recommended.
I haven't read "unleashed" either, although I seem to remember some
review saying that it isn't really aimed at new users.
The book that I would throw at a newbie is "Running Linux." (I'd list
the authors but my copy has of course been loaned to a newbie; don't
worry though it's published by O'Reilly and easy to find.) "Running
Linux" will take you from "I've never used a UNIX box" through your
first setup, learning the shell, and basic system administration. Also,
whenever I recommend "Running Linux" I also recommand a "companion"
volume, also from O'Reilly, called "Linux in a Nutshell." All of the
Nutshell books are indexed references, and the Linux one has chapters on
vi, sed, emacs, awk. . . and of course the alphabetical listing of user
commands and system commands. It's not the sort of thing you would want
to sit down and read -- that's what "Running Linux" is for -- but for
looking up the finer points of a command when the manpage is just
confusing you, it can't be beat.
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Michael Jinks
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Systems Administrator, Two Point Conversions, Inc.
"Never interfere in a boy and girl fight." -- W. S. Burroughs
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