I agree that Linux is great for enterprise apps, but it does take some learning. Personally, I have: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runlinux5/ and http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut5/
The first covers administration topics while the second is more of a command reference. I used these two books to study for the Linux+ certification a few years back (even though I've since forgotten most of that stuff because I'm rusty). > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Good Linux books > > This will probably turn into a heated debate, but yes, Linux > is good for > running an enterprise level app, more so then windows, but > you need to know > how to administer it. It's much harder to administer then > windows, but once > you set it up properly, it usually keeps working, unlike > windows, which > needs to be cared for like a little baby. > > Personally, I recommend using one of the RedHat flavors (Red > Hat Enterprise > Linux, Fedora (the free version of RHEL from redhat), CentOS > (the real free > version of RHEL)) etc. > > Install it, slap on webmin, and you're halfway there. You'll > need to learn > shell commands to be able to do anything useful though. > > I don't know any good linux books, but the Dummies series of > books really > helped me out when I was just starting out with computers. I > would check > out what their Redhat book is like if I were you. "EMF <idahopower.com>" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258188 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
