[TriLUG] Book recommendations

Glenn Hennessee Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu
Tue Jun 28 08:56:08 EDT 2005


There is a review on the new, third editon of Unix Power Tools at 
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_04/book_review-upt/

It does not include a CD like the previous version did.
glenn


Josh Vickery wrote:
> Perhaps someone else will be able to prove me wrong, but I think you
> will have a tough time finding a good Linux book not geared towards a
> particular distro.  (cue: RMS)  Linux is just the kernel, it is the
> job of a distro to make it into an OS.  While there is quite a bit of
> similarity between Linux distros, that similarity is based on three
> things--  The GNU toolchain, Unix and the Linux kernel.
> 
> That said, there a several books out there that give an overview of
> several of the popular distros, as well as general Unix books.  If you
> like the command line, you might like Unix Power Tools, it is one of
> my favorite Unix books. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upt2/
> 
> Josh
> 
> On 6/28/05, Sam Folk-Williams <sam.folkwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I think the best book ever when you are first learning linux is
>>Running Linux. It's an Oreilly book. I believe they are do for an
>>update, but it covers a ton of info across all areas and is very well
>>written and easy to read and understand...
>>
>>On 6/28/05, Tom Eisenmenger <teisenmenger at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I'm looking for some book recommendations for newbies, preferably not
>>>geared towards a particular distro.  I'd like the book to have a good
>>>introduction to Linux file structure and directories and a good overview
>>>of KDE and/or GNOME (I still haven't decided which I prefer).  Coverage
>>>of alternative desktops (IceWM, etc.) would be a bonus as would a series
>>>of popular "how to's" ("Linux Garage" seems to do this well, I think,
>>>but I base that claim on a 5-minute perusal in a bookstore).
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Tom
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>>
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