ac_dispatcher Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 (edited) Well my familiy knows I love Linux. Thankfully they understand not to go out and buy a Linux book for me. So they gave me a gift card to Waldenbooks. So here is the question. What is a good Linux book. Don't want a Newbie book, but Im no advanced Linux user either. I use Mandrake 9.2 as a day-to-day computer now and I think I have a good feel for it. Im looking for a book to help a "day-to-day" user get deeper into what makes it tick and how to get more / do more.. I saw a possible book Here. it has some good reviews What do you think? Edited December 26, 2003 by ac_dispatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 (edited) I've got that book and have found it very useful. I'd recommend it. Another good one, particularly for networking stuff is the Linux Administration Handbook by Nemeth,Snyder and Hein published by Prentice Hall. Another surprisingly useful book I found in a cutout bin is Practical Linux by Streib, Turner, et al. published by QUE. It's somewhat dated but I've found things explained in there that I haven't found anywhere else and I find myself referring to it frequently. Edited December 26, 2003 by pmpatrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 There's some book out there on "10 Linux projects" to do. You might get more out of it if you have to do some projects rather than buying a reference book. Most of what you need to know is usually online... or in the manuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted December 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Granted my best source of Linux Help has been right here but I just wanted some reading material for work during down times. Ill check thoise other books out too thanks alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_learner Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 ac_dispatcher, only 2 books (at this point) i would consider good (well, maybe 3). 1 is "hacking linux exposed", great book on securing linux. 2 is a book from o'rieley on the linux kernel. 3 "linux complete". none of these books are cheap. "linux complete" is a 1000+ page book and runs about $20. "hacking linux exposed" runs about $50, and i think the o'rieley book also runs about $50. with these 3 books, you can master linux. hope this helps, enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnubie Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Who needs a book on Linux? The internet, and these forums in particular, are 100 times better than any book out there. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted December 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 (edited) True but my thought was that in most cases like this forum you don't learn anything until someone has a problem. I guess you can goto other sites Like These but Im looking for a book to read away from my computer My wife seems to think being on my computer all the time is not good for the family - go figure. Thanks again for the help everyone. Edited December 27, 2003 by ac_dispatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted December 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Ok went to Walden Books with my gift card today (and my 2 1/2 yr old boy) They did not have much in the way of Linux. "Learn Linux in 24hours" - Sorry I know Linux, just want to know to more. "Red Hat 9 exposed" - Sorry I don't use Red Hat "Learn Red Hat 9" - See above "Red Hat 9 unleashed" - See a pattern here? So I settled for the only non-newbie book there - Linux Server Hacks http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/059...7746624-3983218 So Far its cool B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 (edited) I'm reading this one (in PDF): http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html I suppose if you print it out and fold it into a booklet, you would have a book... but it's nice to have in front of you while you are fiddling. The exercises are way cool. I was really frustrated tryin for half an hour to get a "grep"-exercise just right... but I learned something! This was just the thing I wanted to try and get my skills to the next level. It rocks! Edited December 31, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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