Re: [newbie] Books

[Mike Corbeil]

Dreja Julag wrote:   Can anyone direct me to any good books covering all areas of Linux, including networking, maintenence, troubleshooting, history, using, etc?  This would be very helpful.  I already have read Linux for Dummies.  Howtos can end up being very dificult to read and there are very few.  Thanks :) Books titled "xxx for dummies" tell you exactly what these books are, low quality. Try O'Reilly.  They have a web site and probably the most thorough coverage of Linux, Unix, X, and everything related, of any publisher. There's usually a fair sampling of their books at good bookstores and you can probably mail order over the web, or by phone, or just get the bookstore which carries any of their books to order books they don't have and you want. B&N usually gives around 30 days to check out the book and return if you don't want it, I believe. mike