On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:07:38 -0400, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I highly recommend Mark Sobell's "A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux", (and, > full-disclosure, not just because I reviewed part of the text) as a general > Linux book. It's very well-written and full of good information. > > However, others are right -- you really aren't going to ever become a Linux > expert via books. You become an expert by _doing_. > > -- > Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> > Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> > Mitch Wiedemann <mc2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:38:55 -0400, Mitch Wiedemann <mc2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was in the bookstore the other day and found a book entitled: "How > Linux Works". It seems to have a good overview of all of the different > processes that go on between the time you flip the power switch and the > login prompt. Just the sort of thing I was looking for. > > -- > Mitch Wiedemann > mc² Computer Consulting > mc2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.lightlink.com/mc2 On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:30:46 +1000, Coghlan, Peter (Panels Oberon) <peter.coghlan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Try www.gentoo.org == gentoo linux > Select documentation > I know its not red hat but I have learned heaps from this site On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:47:30 +0300, Andrey Andreev <andreev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Figuring that you have the prerequisite understanding of how OSes work, > etc. and some programming skills, you might want to look into some > "advanced basics" book - I liked "Advanced Unix Programming" (2nd > edition, the first is around 20 years old). It's a fun way to figure the > "internals" of the OS, while giving you interesting tasks to play with. > It also does not assume you got plenty of UNIX experience. A good > knowledge of C is recommended, though. The book treats Linux in quite a > detail, but tries to teach how to write portable code. > > On the other hand, if you are interested in becoming an admin, I > recommend that you mostly try to play with all kinds of things you find > in Linux, search the web for good ideas how to do things (lots and lots > of HOWTOs out there), and ask here, when you get stuck. > > Good luck, > > //Andro > > -- > Andrey Andreev > University of Helsinki > Dept. of Computer Science On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:38:19 -0400, Clint Harshaw <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote > Running Linux, which is in its 4th edition, published by O'Reilly. > > http://www.penguinsolutions.org/books/bookdetail.php?book_id=99 > > For certification needs, however, I'll have to defer to others on the list. > > Clint On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:34:21 +0100, Dave Cross <davorg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:57 +0530, ashwin kesavan iyengar > > O'Reilly's books are usually pretty good. Their Linux selection is > listed at http://linux.oreilly.com/ > > I'd particularly recommend "Running Linux" and "Learning Red Hat > Enterprise Linux & Fedora". And I wouldn't be without a copy of "Linux > in a Nutshell". > > Beyond that, there are more specialised books for various pieces of software. > > Dave... Hi, Thank u everybody for the good response. Now i hav a good idea of books. I hav got myself (today) Running linux , Linux in nutshell, Advanced Unix programing(this one from library) & others shortly. I do accept that we learn by doing. I will b trying to learn a lot with the guidance from books. Thanks for the responce. with regards, ashwin
