Re: Linux Books

2001-04-22 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hello George, I don't know if you have learned about some sad info regarding Amazon, but this links will quickly fill you in. Seems especially pertinant since debian is often regarded as the truest/purest in free(dom) software. http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/amazon.html http://www.oreilly

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
Just in case you want a little more background on the book, you can read the review of Programming Perl that I wrote for Linux Magazine. I meant to include it earlier, but got distracted. :) http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-12/pr_camel3_01.html Take care, Zonker On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, George M. Bu

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread George M. Butler
Yes, that is one of the reasons that really made me want it badly. When I read the reviews on Amazon of Programming Perl one of the reviewers complained that Wall tried to present the concepts from different points of view and that one these was as a natural language. The reviewer seem to think

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-21 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 12:34:14PM -0500, George M. Butler wrote: | Hi all, | | Thanks for the great suggestions for Linux literature . I printed the | responses I received and put together an order for Amazon. Here is my | order: [some nice-sounding stuff on Linux/Unix internals] | The Mythic

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 07:04:19PM -, john smith wrote: > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I > wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for > a goo

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Nate Amsden
john smith wrote: > > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I > wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for > a good starter book on that subject. learning

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-21 Thread George M. Butler
Hi all, Thanks for the great suggestions for Linux literature . I printed the responses I received and put together an order for Amazon. Here is my order: TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol 1, Stevens & Wright Understanding the Linux Kernel, Bovet & Cesati Linux Device Drivers, Rubini The Unix Programmin

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 04:22:15PM -0500, George M. Butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to Linux but have some limited experiece with Unix in the past. I > have just discovered that my employer will let m

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Eric Richardson
"George M. Butler" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to > Linux but have some > limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just > discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books related > to my job. > I am a

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Bud Rogers wrote: > Someone has already suggested the Camel book, Programming Perl. That's a > good suggestion, but I would recommend the O'Reilly Perl CD Bookshelf > instead. For about the price of two of their excellent Perl books, you get > ALL their Perl books on a CD i

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Rich Puhek
Number one is to get what you find interesting. I'd find a Barnes and Noble or similar bookstore to do some of your selection. I like to wander through the computer books section and page through some of what catches my eye. Often I find that a book that looked real interesting is actually very sha

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Bud Rogers
On Friday 20 April 2001 16:22, George M. Butler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to > Linux but have some > limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just > discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books rela

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread D-Man
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 04:22:15PM -0500, George M. Butler wrote: | Hi all, | | I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I | am new to | Linux but have some | limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just | discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to bu

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, George M. Butler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to > Linux but have some > limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just > discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books related > to

Re: ? [linux books]

2001-03-23 Thread Daniel Freedman
Hi, I think you're a little vague about what level you want these books on or what you need to accomplish, but I'd suggest: Linux, 2nd Edition, by Michael Koffler (published by Addison-Wesley) as one of my favorite Linux introductions as it goes to great pains to explain not only linux (and its

Re: Linux books.

1996-11-24 Thread juan j casero
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Fabien Ninoles wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, The Mighty Jorge wrote: > > > Hi. I am just beginning to learn how to use and install Linux, and I was > > wondering if anyone had any book recommendations. I'm looking for > > something in the beginner to intermediate range, cov

Re: Linux books.

1996-11-23 Thread Fabien Ninoles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, The Mighty Jorge wrote: > Hi. I am just beginning to learn how to use and install Linux, and I was > wondering if anyone had any book recommendations. I'm looking for > something in the beginner to intermediate range, covering installation