"Bernard Lebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sorry to use this list for such an OT subject. But I want to get > hands > down with Linux, and am looking for a book or two on the subject. > > I'm looking for information about installation, configuration, > optimisation, and management of the Linux OS.
Personally I think the best general guide is the O'Reilly book "Running Linux" I've bought the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of this book although I suspect there may be a 4th by now. I also bought Red Hat Linux unleashed and thought it a waste of money, so beware, there is junk out there as well as good stuff. Although there are differences between distros these are mainly around package formats and installation tools. I have used 4 distros over the years (since 1992) and there is little difference once it is up and running. The main things to learn are the generic Unix principles and these are common to all distros. So any good generic Unix book will be helpful. Personally I've stopped using Linux since I bought an Apple Mac and installed Cygwin on my XP box. Between them these provide all the Unix tools I need. I still have Mandrake 9 (now madriva?) installed on an old box but it hasn't spun its disks for nearly a year... HTH, Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
