On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:07:08 -0400, you wrote:
One that you might want to look at.
Not TOO detailed yet detailed enough, though not for a beginner.
Title: The Linux Network
Athor: Fred Butzen and Christopher Hilton
Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide
Its one of a series on Linux. They also have
Title: Linux Programming
and
Title: The Linux Internet Server
And several others also I think.
Their Web site is: www.idgbooks.com
>I currently work tech support for a local ISP and have been
>running Linux on my desktop dual-booting with Win98 here at
>work. I've got a nearly-complete machine here that would
>probably be QUITE happy in the rack with any other machines
>we have here at work.
>However, I intend to use it to learn how to be a System
>Administrator and am looking for a good book for someone
>who already knows how to install Linux and how to run it as
>an end-user. I would appreciate any suggestions you folks
>have for books that are simple enough for someone with SOME
>knowledge of running Linux, without being so simple as to
>bore me.
>I prefer something that has clear examples & illustrations
>without being a "picture book." OTOH, I don't want
>something that's going to be 1500 pages of tiny text! :-)
>I have purchased the basic 3-CD set of Mandrake and am
>planning on installing that.
>I have gone to Amazon.Com and browsed through their Linux
>section and having read the various comments have come to
>the conclusion that most of the stuff that's been published
>is either TOO detailed (i.e. aimed at someone installing
>Linux for the first time) or not detailed enough (aimed at
>the "expert" sys admin!) Surely there is something there in
>the middle-ground!
>Thanks...
