[Novalug] Educational Material

[Jay Hart]

Learning the Bash Shell - great book
Learning VI - another great book

Jay

> 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.
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