Linux books

[jrcow97]

Where's a place to get cheap Linux books?
The howtos and faqs are great, but it always feels better for me when I have a book on my desk for reference. Currently I have O'reily's Learning Linux, and Running Linux books, but I'd like to get a networking book or a programming book.

[slapNUT]

I just saw a cheap book on linuxcentral today. I think it was Programming Linux 2ed but I can't get linuxcentral to load right now?

<edit>Linux Programming Reference ©1999 ~$12.00
It's old but cheap. You can even get a used one from Amazon for ~ $6.00 +SH
Contents:
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BASH Shell Programming
TCSH Shell Programming
Z Shell Programming
Compilers and Libraries; gcc, g++, and gdb Development Tools
GNOME Programming
KDE Programming
Perl: Quick Reference
Tcl and Tk
TeX and LaTeX

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[ 03 January 2002: Message edited by: slapNUT ]

[Delilah]

http://bookpool.com is about the cheapest I've seen online. $39.95 book was $26.00, nice...

-Delilah

[Frank Taplin]

For online buying Amazon.com is usually pretty good, particularly the used section if you can find the books you're after.
I like the Linux Bible and Red Hat Linux Bible by Hungry Minds. Also most of the O'Reilly books.
For a book that has a somewhat unique perspective you might try Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators by Mark Minasi. It's not a beginners book since it assumes you are familiar with networking concepts. It also provides the best information that I've seen on creating heterogenous networks.

Frank

[palm1]

Why buy when you can rent? Check out your local library. That's what I did when I first installed RH 7.1. I found a book at the library on RH 7.0 and it was close enough that I set up everything I wanted from it, of course you have to be running a popular distro but once you find a book you can keep renewing for months. ;)

[DFlinner]

you could always download one like an mp3

[Jomboni]

There is a link to one in somebody's sig. It's on sourceforge. I checked it out and was planning on buying it, but I don't remember the link now. If anybody could post it I'd figure out where to buy it and it might help other people!

[George Kilroy]

Originally posted by DFlinner:
<STRONG>you could always download one like an mp3</STRONG>

Yeah, that's a great way to support the economy. :rolleyes: