Also "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces": http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:15 PM, Esther Schindler <est...@bitranch.com> wrote: > Would it be okay if y'all if I turned this into a blog post for my > employer's site? I'm happy to link back to LOPSA to give credit. > > But I betcha lots of folks would be interested in your (plural) > recommendations. > > --Esther > > > Matt Simmons wrote: > > We had this discussion at work the other day, so some things are fresh on > my mind. > > Tom's books, of course: > > Practice of Cloud System Administration > > http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Cloud-System-Administration-Distributed-ebook/dp/B00N7N2CRQ/ > > Practice of System and Network Administration > > http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration-Edition-ebook/dp/B004JLMUJ0/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0E6HKBTR7AJREH3DYEGQ > > Time Management for System Administrators > > http://www.amazon.com/Management-System-Administrators-Thomas-Limoncelli-ebook/dp/B0026OR2WM/ > > Antifragile (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) > > http://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto-ebook/dp/B0083DJWGO/ > > The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) > > http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Fragility-Incerto-ebook/dp/B00139XTG4/ > > Promise Theory (Jan Bergstra / Mark Burgess) > http://www.amazon.com/Promise-Theory-Jan-Bergstra-ebook/dp/B00IAQQ8PM > > Promise You a Rose Garden (Mark Burgess) > http://markburgess.org/rosegarden.pdf > > The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error (Sidney Dekker) > > http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Understanding-Human-Error-ebook/dp/B00BL0OZ0E/ > > Drift Into Failure (Sydney Dekker) > > http://www.amazon.com/Drift-into-Failure-Components-Understanding-ebook/dp/B009KOKXKY > > The Phoenix Project (Gene Kim / Kevin Behr / George Spafford) > http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/ > > The Visible Ops Handbook (Gene Kim / George Spafford / Kebin Behr) > > http://www.amazon.com/The-Visible-Ops-Handbook-Implementing-ebook/dp/B002BWQBEE/ > > The Goal (Eli Goldratt / Jeff Cox / David Whitford) > http://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement-ebook/dp/B002LHRM2O/ > > The Design of Everyday Things (Don Norman) > > http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded-ebook/dp/B00E257T6C > > Why Things Bite Back (Edward Tenner) > http://www.amazon.com/Why-Things-Bite-Back-Consequences/dp/0679747567/ > > Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) > > http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman-ebook/dp/B00555X8OA > > DNS and Bind (Cricket Liu / Paul Albitz) > http://www.amazon.com/DNS-BIND-Cricket-Liu-ebook/dp/B0026OR2QS > > TCP/IP Illustrated (Kevin Fall / W Richard Stevens) > > http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesley-Professional-ebook/dp/B00666M52S > > sed and awk (Arnold Robbins / Dale Dougherty) > > http://www.amazon.com/sed-Nutshell-Handbooks-Arnold-Robbins-ebook/dp/B004D4Y302 > > Programming Perl (Brian d Foy / Tom Christiansen / Jon Orwant / Larry Wall) > > http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Perl-Unmatched-processing-scripting-ebook/dp/B007S291SA > > Programming Python (Mark Lutz) > http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Python-Mark-Lutz-ebook/dp/B004GTLFJ6 > > Eloquent Ruby (Russ Olsen) > > http://www.amazon.com/Eloquent-Ruby-Addison-Wesley-Professional-ebook/dp/B004MMEJ36 > > Applied Cryptography (Bruce Schneier) > > http://www.amazon.com/Applied-Cryptography-Protocols-Algorithms-Source-ebook/dp/B000SEHPK6/ > > Windows PowerShell in Action (Bruce Payette) > > http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Action-Second-Payette/dp/1935182137/ > > The Pragmatic Programmer (Andrew Hunt / David Thomas) > > http://www.amazon.com/The-Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X > > The Mythical Man-Month (Frederick Brooks) > > http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959 > > Version Control with Git (Jon Loeliger / Matthew McCullough) > > http://www.amazon.com/Version-Control-Git-collaborative-development/dp/1449316387 > > The only real gaps I can readily identify for my own use are a good, up to > date (for whatever that means) Puppet book, and an IPv6 book that isn't > terrible. The O'Reilly IPv6 Essentials (Silvia Hagen) > http://www.amazon.com/IPv6-Essentials-Silvia-Hagen-ebook/dp/B00KVPOT1K/ > is the best I know of, and even it isn't great. There's apparently another > one coming out in July (IPv6 Network Administration - > http://www.amazon.com/Network-Administration-Niall-Richard-Murphy/dp/1491912596) > but I haven't heard any early reviews. > > Great thread! > > --Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Daniel Rich <dr...@lopsa.org> wrote: > >> My column didn't make the cut-off for this month's LOPSAgram, so I'm >> posting it here as I need input from the membership: >> >> https://lopsa.org/content/thoughts-president-2015-apr >> >> To summarize, a week or so ago one of my co-workers asked me if LOPSA has >> a recommended reading list for sysadmin topics. Since I had to answer "no" >> and I want to see LOPSA developing more content for the sysadmin community, >> I would like to get our member's input on what should be on such a list and >> how the list should be structured. >> >> See the blog post above for the specifics and a few of my suggestions. >> Feel free to either reply to me directly, comment on the post, or e-mail >> the list with your suggestions. The list is probably the best choice >> however, as I would love to see active discussion on this topic. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> -- >> <http://lopsa.org/> >> *Daniel Rich* <dr...@lopsa.org> >> President >> +1-408-627-4769 >> To advance the practice of system administration; to support, recognize, >> educate, and encourage its practitioners; and to serve the public through >> education and outreach on system administration issues. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > listDiscuss@lists.lopsa.orghttps://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- Joseph A Kern joseph.a.k...@gmail.com
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