On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Muad'Dib wrote:
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> What is the best Linux book out there today? I looked at Running Linux,
> but the copyright was 1996, and that means outdated.
It's still a great book for basic Linux. Covers most all you need to
get started.
I would also heavily recommend (emphatically
If anyone is looking to purchase a really great shell programming book I
recommend the following book. "Portable Shell Programming" by Bruce
Blinn. Its small but it contains excellent examples and explanations for
someone trying to learn. I have been using it for two years now and I
have found
Don't let the date on a book dictate its usefulness. "The UNIX
Programming Environment" by Kernighan and Pike was published in 1984 and
it is still a great book to help you get started with shell programming.
In fact, I was quite surprised to see how up-to-date this book is, nearly
all of it is s
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>On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Aelmans, A.A. (Arjan) wrote:
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>> 'O Reilly has a 2nd edition out now, completely updated. And it IS on
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Aelmans, A.A. (Arjan) wrote:
> 'O Reilly has a 2nd edition out now, completely updated. And it IS one
> of the best books around!! (imho)
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> Arjan
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That copyright is on the second book.
Quoted straight from Amazon: Publication Date: August 1, 1996.
Is it a lie? Misprint
'O Reilly has a 2nd edition out now, completely updated. And it IS one
of the best books around!! (imho)
Arjan
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There are so many Linux books out there and it is really hard to pin down the
absolute best. Also many of them are NOT so good; absolute crap. i.e. Linux for
Dummies (which I had the sad misfortune of purchasing. I think it best to have
more than just one book. I have recently narrowed it down to
I have almost all of the books listed at
http://www.moongroup.com/unix/linux_stuff.html and am still buying them!
What topics are you looking for?
On Sun, 08 Mar 1998, "Muad'Dib" wrote:
>What is the best Linux book out there today? I looked at Running Linux,
>but the copyright was 1996, and that
