Well, the book that allowed me to get where I am today... :)  is O'Reilly's _Running_Linux_ (originally I was using 1st edition, but the 3rd has been updated nicely.)  It's not very distro specific, but does have some notes on RPMS and the like.  I find it to be a really good reference book.

HTH 

CJK

On Wed, 05 September 2001, Justin Johnson wrote:

> 
> I am fairly new to the Unix / Linux OSs, and need to get a
> recommendation on a good book to buy for reference. I am running RedHat
> 7.1 on Intel, and would prefer something specific to that distro.  My
> more immediate needs are setting up my linux box to print to an HP
> Laserjet on a NT Server, and setting up  (I'm guessing here) Samba so
> that I can share  / transfer files between Win and Lin machines on the
> network. I went to Barnes and Nobles last night and saw the usual
> "Mastering Red ...7.1", "Red...7.1 Unleashed", "Rehat7.1 Bible", etc,
> but don't know which to buy.
> 
> I know this is a subjective request, however I would rather have
> somenones opinion than no info at all.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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