Linux Books

[RAGEAngel9]

Ok I'm sure you guys have been asked this a million times but I need to know now.
What is a good book to pick up for learning Linux?
Previously I've been M$ only with some unix and linux learned through school and friends.
I started using Mandrake and Red Hat and have played with them a little but I just need soemthiing to help me familiarize myself with them more.
Thankx for any help.

[Nick Wilson]

Good question!
I'd also like to know. (sorry I can't answer you but it won't hurt to bump this topic up the list!)

Nick Wilson

[Derango]

Two Suggestions for you:

"Running Linux 3rd edition",published by O'reilly is an awesome book for learning the command line and how your linux system actualy works.

Then theres "A Practical Guide to Linux" by Mark Sobell. That one is for the more hands on type of person that teaches more of the software side. Plus it has a nice section on shell script programming. Great book.

[Disciple]

Well I bought a lot of books, and the one that I found to be the most helpful when starting out would be "Red Hat Linux 7 Weekend Crash Course" by Naba Barkakati. It comes with all the basics, including how to compile a new kernel. It's a small book and given a few days of looking up what you need and what you want, you should be able to know the book from front to back. Hope this helped D|s

[RAGEAngel9]

Thankx for the help.

[jrcow97]

"The Cathedral and Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond was an interesting read about the history of open source and a bit about linux, with a little bit of humor in it. :)