any good linux books?

ssl6 · 2008-12-22 07:06:09

hey guys

so i've been using linux for maybe 3 years now, though half of that was more on and off, i managed to crash so many fedora installs in that time too. i started with fedora 4, then 6, then 7. in that time i was back and forth with windows. i ended up working for vista support on the launch date. when that contract was shutdown i tried out ubuntu, and by that time i knew what applications i wanted for alternatives to keep me from going back to windows. shortly after, i found arch while browsing the amarok site, i love amarok, i spent countless hours organizing my music in windows, and always had issues with back tags or something. when i got into using amarok for organizing, i cut down the time i spent on it 4 to 1. so anyways, thats how i found arch, i did some reading on it, looked at the forums and saw a fairly large userbase, as well as checked out the repos and found all the programs i wanted were there. little did i know aur packages had to be built another way, and that was a learning curve for me. but so was arch, as you can see in my first post, oops. so i've been using arch for a little more than a year now, quite happily. very few issues, most of them i've been able to get help with from everyone here, others not so much, but i've managed to find workarounds

anyway, i've always been a windows guy, i've worked tech support for windows, for a long time, used to be a huge hardware junky, but not so much anymore since i lack the budget, and some of the time to keep up on new hardware, i guess after the vista job got canned, that really motivated me to cross over to the dark side. and i will say, lately, i feel i've been exploring a little, recompiling some apps to try to squeeze out small gains, and tinkering like that. im feeling comfortable, im learning to troubleshoot my own issues. for example i got xorg-server 1.5 working earlier, i've had that upgrade blocked for a week or so now because it crashed on me. i just want to start expanding my knowledge a little more

which leads me to my question, does anyone know any good linux books? something that can help me understand the fundamentals, like systems folders, windows has its windows folder, and programs files, then documents and settings, or users with vista. im stilll trying to figure what the "equivalents" are in the linux file tree, like opt, usr, etc. things like that, as well as console commands, system configuration. just fundamental stuff, to help my understanding since its easy to follow wiki pages and copy commands, but it would help if i understood what im doing at the same time, though arch is not near half as bad as ubuntu for that. i know most of the info im looking can be found online, but i just find hard copies are usefull for reference,

i guess im looking for something more like a reference book, or an intermediate guide, something of the sort

ps: sorry for the long post

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deej · 2008-12-22 10:23:29

Try this:

http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

All you could possibly want to know [ for now ]

Deej

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arch_nemesis · 2008-12-23 15:19:41

Rute is fabulous, though I confess I'm still only partway through after reading it in bits and pieces for a few months.

Also, there's http://www.amazon.com/Running-Linux-Mat … 513&sr=8-1

Again, I haven't done the cover-to-cover read that I wanted to when I bought it, but it's really very extensive.

arch0r · 2008-12-23 15:30:37

you can also take a look at o'reillys openbooks
http://oreilly.com/openbook/

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Ranguvar · 2008-12-23 19:10:09

Unix Power Tools and Understanding the Linux Kernel are both very good.

Nathan · 2008-12-27 19:40:16

I've never touched a linux book. Next time one of those installations break, just keep google nearby and try to fix it. It takes a *lot* of time, but you'll learn more than a book can teach you.

haxit · 2008-12-27 19:46:47

skottish · 2008-12-27 19:53:13

haxit wrote:

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Lots.

Wow. That's pretty sweet.

generic_ · 2009-01-09 14:46:19

ssl6 I got a good felling about you. Mainly because I was wonder this exact same question. A good book is called "how linux works" is by no starch press. Its pretty popular and its on google book so if you search it it will bring up an entire readable version of it. BUt if your nmore of an ebook kind of like me I know others but how linux works is really good. If you need some more recommendation just pm Im good at finding ebooks for reason.

Dieter@be · 2009-01-09 19:36:32

Any book that trains you for LPI 101

Ranguvar · 2009-01-09 21:47:16

haxit wrote:

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Lots.

Amazing.

haxit · 2009-01-09 22:17:38

Ranguvar wrote:

haxit wrote:
<link removed>
Lots.
Amazing.

Yes it is

finferflu · 2009-01-09 22:47:50

@ haxit
I have obscured that link for now, until we find out whether it is legal or not.
It is not allowed to link to illegal sources on these forums: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … e#Legality

haxit · 2009-01-10 01:19:40

Oops, totally forgot about that. Sorry

libby · 2009-01-10 01:32:52

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55064

haxit · 2009-01-10 04:02:48

Lol, now I know why I got some emails asking me what the link was

cardinals_fan · 2009-01-10 04:04:47

http://linux.die.net/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux

haxit · 2009-01-10 17:02:49

I have to say, ibm has a really good collection of articles on linux.

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