Michael Holt wrote:
> On the contrary, I've used quite a few 'xxx for dummies' books, and they
> give you a great start on a topic in simple language (not everyone has a
> computer science degree). I do agree that O'Reilly books are great to.
> Personally, I like to go down to the local Barnes & Noble (or
> equivalent) and sit down in the Unix / Linux section and start sifting
> through books. What I've found is that seldom does one book cover
> everything that you need to know; 'Running Linux' from O'Reilly is a
> great book, but I also have Linux 6 unleashed from Sams, Linux in a
> nutshell (also from O'Reilly) and a few others. My advice is to decide
> what you want to know about, then try to find the topic at the
> bookstore. I usually need to gleen info from a few different books
> before I feel comfortable with the answer that I've come up with.
Not all are rich and books aren't cheap. This is why I don't bother with
programming for dummies books, and I don't think that a cs degree makes a
huge difference. After all, we didn't start with programming for dummies
books in the first courses in school.
However, if people are rich and can afford all the books they want, then
what the heck. Not everyone has that luxury, though.
mike
>
>
> Mike Corbeil wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
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