[Novalug] Educational Material

[John Meagher]

Robert Mortensen wrote:
> I am fairly new with using Linux.  I currently have Kubuntu and 
> Xandros installed but want to learn more about using a command line 
> interface rather than just the GUI.  What books would you suggest that 
> I purchase?  If you only had one choice, what one would you purchase 
> first?
Nino is on the mark!

If you really must to buy something,
Linux in a Nutshell - O'Reilly
Unix Power Tools - O'Reilly (not Linux Power Tools) (but definitely not 
for the first book)
   IMHO, the best book ever for sysadmins.
Anything by Mark Sobell.  I still use his  Practical Guide to Red Hat 
Linux 8  as a general reference.

But if you just google for it, you can find all kinds of really 
excellent tutorials and reference books at all levels for free. Look at 
the free Advanced Bash Scripting Guide by Mendell Cooper, for example.  
You really can't buy anything better on the subject.   For step-by-step 
server administration, look at Trinity OS.  And of course, learn how to 
get what you want out of the man pages.  Start with man man.