I posted this elsewhere but no one answered
:( Im interested in learning Linux Any of you hosting gurus *G* know of any good books, or resources for learning Linux?

Thanks



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Dana,
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it's almost impossible to "learn" linux. there's soooo much stuff to do. i learned the majority of it by reading a few books and trial and error. you can find some online books at mcp.com (http://www.mcp.com). i'm at a university so i "abused" the printers. i read the, played with it..and read more. there's also some books in print you can buy. try searching amazon for them. they have sales rankings which is pretty good.

good luck

The first book to get I recommend is Running Linux by Matt Welsh. ISBN: 1-56592-469-X. It's good to learn by messing about to, install it and have a play, you'll work the basics yourself and use books for the odd help etc... I recommend AGAINST Linux In A Nutshell, not very helpful at all. There are also some good sites such as:
http://www.linuxdoc.org - The guides include published books downloadable for free. http://www.linuxnewbie.org http://www.deja.com/usenet/ - for searching for answer to questions. http://www.google.com/linux - specifically Linux.


Check out amazon.com for some reviews.

Originally posted by Admin:
The first book to get I recommend is Running Linux by Matt Welsh. ISBN: 1-56592-469-X. It's good to learn by messing about to, install it and have a play, you'll work the basics yourself and use books for the odd help etc... I recommend AGAINST Linux In A Nutshell, not very helpful at all. There are also some good sites such as:
http://www.linuxdoc.org - The guides include published books downloadable for free. http://www.linuxnewbie.org http://www.deja.com/usenet/ - for searching for answer to questions. http://www.google.com/linux - specifically Linux.


Check out amazon.com for some reviews.


Thank you those are great leads :)

Dana,

Check out the O'Reilly books, I am pretty sure they have a great book on Linux. Anything O'Reilly is *highly* recommended -- they have very good books in general. I always keep the apache, perl and SQL ones by me at all times.

Sincerely,


Vladislav Davidzon <davidzon@thinkhost.com> :-)
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Vlad, unfortunately the 'Linux in a nutshell' book does come from the O'Reilly range, and is one of the very few that fails to meet expectations. Unfortunately it's not as comprehensive as it could be and it fails in several areas.

Some of the SAMS books are adequate, but the best way to learn Linux is :

1. Get the book Admin mentioned - I can vouch for it.
2. Set up a Linux box at home (486, 16mb RAM - old system is fine) and use RedHat or Caldera or SuSE (the latter if you're looking for free)
3. Go through the system and play around with it. That's always the best way.
4. One tip - don't use the root user (su) unless you need to play around with delete/move/etc. Make a new account for yourself.

Cheers!

If you are looking for something more along the lines of what webhosting companies do i would read "LINUX Administration For Dummies". Do not expect to much from a dummies book. http://catalog.dummies.com/product.asp?isbn=0764505890
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I learned Linux while playing around with it.
Books help as well. But in my option, it's best that you run linux (Redhat) and play with it...

I find the Linux in a nutshell for a Linux expert to be extremely useful when I forget flags on a command line command, or when I have to look up a quick regexp that skipped my mind. As for a novice book or sole book to learn Linux is not book for it. I find it useful as more an expert reference for when you forget the stupid command line switch :))

Not good for teaching or learning Linux. :(

There are just to many good books to name them all. I would suggest going to your local bookstore a looking at the titles. What helped me the most was a book called "Learn Red Hat in 24 Hours." It was geared towards the newby, and really helped me out.



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I have Osborne's "LINUX Administrator, A beginner's Guide" and Osborne's "UNIX The Complete Reference" Both are very detailed books. If you want just commands and their functions, something to use as a quick reference, I would recommend "UNIX The Complete Reference" it not only covers LINUX but all of the other flavors of UNIX such HP-UX, and Solaris. For a hands on How-To, Like setting up a server, and configuring DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, and SSH, I would go with "Linux The beginner's Guide" It also comes with a copy of Red Hat 6.1. Both books retail at $39.99. I'm sure some bookstores on-line will have them at a cheaper price.

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Originally posted by ODE:
I have Osborne's "LINUX Administrator, A beginner's Guide" and Osborne's "UNIX The Complete Reference" Both are very detailed books. If you want just commands and their functions, something to use as a quick reference, I would recommend "UNIX The Complete Reference" it not only covers LINUX but all of the other flavors of UNIX such HP-UX, and Solaris. For a hands on How-To, Like setting up a server, and configuring DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, and SSH, I would go with "Linux The beginner's Guide" It also comes with a copy of Red Hat 6.1. Both books retail at $39.99. I'm sure some bookstores on-line will have them at a cheaper price.



Thank you thats just what Im looking for ..and thank you to everyone who as posted to this thread its been a big help :)



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