In a message dated: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:41:10 PST
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Does anyone know a good book to get someone started in Linux? I have only
>light network admin experience in an NT environment. Where do I begin? Is
>there a dummies book or a better equivalent?
maddog actually wrote "Linux for Dummies". I've never read it, but it can't
be too bad considering the author :)
I recommend the following documents, all freely available from the Linux
Documentation Project. (the version numbers might be a little off, but the
titles and descriptions are accurate :)
http://metalab.unc.edu/linux/ldp.html
Linux Documentation Project Guides:
Installation and Getting Started Guide
version 3.2 by Matt Welsh and others, is available in HTML,
HTML (tared and gziped), HTML (ziped), DVI, LaTeX source, PDF
(gziped or ziped), and PostScript (gziped or ziped).
The Linux Users' Guide
version beta-1 by Larry Greenfield, is available in DVI, LaTeX
source, PDF (gziped and ziped), and PostScript (gziped and
ziped).
This book covers all of the user-end aspects of Linux, from
sitting down at the first login session to using complex tools
such as gcc, emacs, and so on. It assumes no previous Unix
experience, so not only will it serve as an introduction to
Linux, but to Unix in general as well. This manual won't cover
system administrator tasks (i.e. anything that needs to be
done as root) - it's for the J. Random User who has a working
Linux system sitting in front of them.
The Linux System Administrators' Guide
version 0.6 by Lars Wirzenius, is available in HTML, HTML
(tared and gziped), DVI, LaTeX source, PDF, and PostScript.
Also visit the System Administrators' Guide Homepage.
This is the third book in the main LDP series, and assumes
knowledge of everything in the Installation and Users'
Guides. It will cover all of the aspects of keeping the system
running, handling user accounts, backups, configuration of the
system, installing and upgrading software, and more. Whereas
some of this information is in the Installation Guide (just to
get the system off the ground) this book should be much more
complete.
The Linux Network Administrators' Guide
version 1.0 by Olaf Kirch, is available in HTML, HTML (tared
and gziped), plain text, DVI, LaTeX source, PDF, and
PostScript.
This guide supplements the System Administrators' Guide and
cover all of the diverse issues of networking under Linux,
from UUCP to serial connections to TCP/IP. Many Linux users
won't have access to such a network, so this information is in
a separate manual. It contains an intro to TCP/IP and UUCP
(for those who have never used such networks before, lots of
background information), TCP/IP, UUCP, SLIP, and DNS
configuration, configuration of mail systems such as sendmail
and Smail, setting up NNTP and news, and NFS.
The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
version 0.7 by Michael K. Johnson is available in HTML and
HTML (tared and gziped).
This manual is a guide to the Linux kernel, ranging from
concepts to development. If you're interested in writing a
device driver, or just general kernel hacking, this is the
book for you.
The Linux Kernel
version 0.8-2 by David A. Rusling is available in HTML, HTML
(tared and gziped), DVI, LaTeX source, PDF, and PostScript.
The kernel is at the heart of the operating system. This book
is a guide to how the kernel fits together, how it works; a
tour of the kernel.
The Linux Programmer's Guide
version 0.4 by B. Scott Burkett, Sven Goldt, John D. Harper,
Sven van der Meer and Matt Welsh, is available in HTML, HTML
(tared and gziped), LaTeX source, PDF and PostScript.
Hope that helps!
--
Seeya,
Paul
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If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
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