[TriLUG] Book recommendations

[Josh Vickery]

Perhaps someone else will be able to prove me wrong, but I think you
will have a tough time finding a good Linux book not geared towards a
particular distro.  (cue: RMS)  Linux is just the kernel, it is the
job of a distro to make it into an OS.  While there is quite a bit of
similarity between Linux distros, that similarity is based on three
things--  The GNU toolchain, Unix and the Linux kernel.

That said, there a several books out there that give an overview of
several of the popular distros, as well as general Unix books.  If you
like the command line, you might like Unix Power Tools, it is one of
my favorite Unix books. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upt2/

Josh

On 6/28/05, Sam Folk-Williams <sam.folkwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the best book ever when you are first learning linux is
> Running Linux. It's an Oreilly book. I believe they are do for an
> update, but it covers a ton of info across all areas and is very well
> written and easy to read and understand...
> 
> On 6/28/05, Tom Eisenmenger <teisenmenger at charter.net> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking for some book recommendations for newbies, preferably not
> > geared towards a particular distro.  I'd like the book to have a good
> > introduction to Linux file structure and directories and a good overview
> > of KDE and/or GNOME (I still haven't decided which I prefer).  Coverage
> > of alternative desktops (IceWM, etc.) would be a bonus as would a series
> > of popular "how to's" ("Linux Garage" seems to do this well, I think,
> > but I base that claim on a 5-minute perusal in a bookstore).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Tom
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