Good Linux book for beginners? [Linux Help]

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From: JS on 5 Apr 2005 06:14

I am looking for at good book on the Linux basic operations, commands,
programs etc for beginners. It should also have a good index/reference.

It should not be specific to one distrubution but should be useable for all
distributions.

I have looked at:

Linux for dummies: All-In-One Desktop Reference by Naba Barkakati

But its seems that its very specific about a handfull of distributions.

And I would also like to be able to use the book for some time (The dummies
collections I have heard is good for a short while but not in the long
run).

From: ToYKillAS on 5 Apr 2005 06:40

From: MiTo on 5 Apr 2005 08:53

it doesen't get better than this, download intro-linux.pdf

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/intro-linux/

From: Robert Fortune on 6 Apr 2005 02:05

Among the close to 20 books on Linux (beginning and intermediate) that I
own I have found the following three to be the most useful:

1. Daniel J. Barett: Linux Pocket Guide, 190 p. (O'Reilly, 2004)
An excellent and judicious selection of the most essential knowledge on
Linux. Gets you up to speed fast.

2. Brian Ward: How Linux Works, 347 p. (No Starch Press, 2004)
An equally well chosen selection of essential topics for beginning to
intermediate Linux users, extremely well presented. A pleasure to read.

3. Welsh, Dalheimer, Dawson, Kaufman: Running Linux, 4th ed., 672 p.
(O'Reilly, 2003)
One of the best all round introductions to generic Linux; is getting
high marks from practically everyone. Much bulkier than #1 and #2.

The O'Reilly "Linux in a Nutshell" is principally a command reference,
not the best way for a beginner to learn Linux.

From: gary on 6 Apr 2005 13:25

JS wrote:

> I am looking for at good book on the Linux basic operations, commands,
> programs etc for beginners. It should also have a good index/reference.
>
> It should not be specific to one distrubution but should be useable for
> all distributions.
>
>
> I have looked at:
>
> Linux for dummies: All-In-One Desktop Reference by Naba Barkakati
>
> But its seems that its very specific about a handfull of distributions.
>
> And I would also like to be able to use the book for some time (The
> dummies collections I have heard is good for a short while but not in the
> long run).

Hi,

Try;

Good on-line reference;

http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/rute.html.gz

Of course the documentation is a good place to go;

http://www.tldp.org/tldp-redirect.php?url=/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672310120/qid=1026205040/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2457980-6102261

http://www.slackware.com/book/

Several good links! The last is dated and a revised book will soon be
complete.

I'm partial to Slackware but information will be applicable. No hand holding
here!

--
Regards and Godspeed,
Gary

The magic is in the Magician not the wand!

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