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  • From: zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] more Linux and the fool
  • Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:30:08 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Paul Smith wrote:
> Rather than buying a $90 "Linux for n00bs" book, you might consider
> first buying (or downloading) a good reference on your favorite shell (I
> guess most Linux machines use bash by default). Also, you might think
> about devoting some attention to learning an editor like vi or emacs.
> (Yes, there are awesome GUI editors for Linux, but you'll be glad later
> for time you spent learning a command-line editor).
> I've always been a big fan of O'Reilly. I had the O'Reilly book that
> covers the LPI Certification, and I thought it made a really good
> reference. Also check out the 'Linux Hacks' book... good stuff. I
> haven't seen their 'Learning Linux' books, but you'd be in good hands.

I have seen the O'Reilly "Using Linux" and "Linux in a Nutshell" books on
the sale table at Books-a-Million. These are both decent books with lots
of good info. I agree with Paul on the quality of the O'Reilly books.

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