On 27 May 00, at 16:51, Sukrit wrote:
> 1. compiling my own kernel
> 2. Linux directory structure
> 3. Linux administration
> 4. Networking, internet
> 5. Programing in Linux
For all these, there's nothing that beats the HowTos, MiniHowTos and
the other documentation at Linuxdoc. If reading the Howtos on the
computer strains u're eyes, then there is a dead trees version
printed by TechMedia - linux Complete(or something similar)
> 2. about IP addresses, sub net mask...
ditto
> 3. some basic network utils and their function like Ping, whois (they
> are just names I have read here and there), gopher, archie etc.
For this, the RFCs are sufficient. Goto http://faqs.org. There's a
huge collection out there
> 4. TCP/IP and other protocols or whatever....
Other books that you might dig:
TCP/IP network Administration - Craig Hunt, Oreilly - SPD
Essential System administration - Aeleen Frisch, Oreilly - SPD
Running Linux - Matt Welsh, Oreilly
unix sysadmin handbook - Nemeth. Seebas and two others
There are only a few good books that you need to stock to get started
with *nix.
The Unix Prgramming Environment - Kernighan and Pike
the design of the Unix operating System - Maurice Bach
And the all time greats - The C Programming Language-K&R
and the computer programming text by Abelson and Sussman
HTH
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