The other book I found very good but also expencive is Using Linux published by QUE ISBN0-7897-1746-8 written by Jack Tackett, Jr. and Steven Burnett. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Slug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Good book for a Linux newbie
> I started with one book and learnt quickly > Linux in a nutshell; O'Reilly > I now have > Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible > I find these "bible books" and "complete reference books" quite verbose > This Mailing List > > If you live close to five dock call into > Everything Linux www.everythinglinux.com.au/ > there is a pretty good selection of all books, pretty reasonable > Hotline Books Chatswood www.hotlinebooks.com.au > a bit expensive offers 10% discount to students with ID cards no > questions. > Borders Books Maq Centre North Ryde > excellent selection, plenty of freedom to read to find the right > book to suit you and offers student discount on GST rebate 'not really a > discount'. > > The main thing you should consider is the linux Distribution you are using > since they behave slightly different to each other. > > Be Persistent > Darren > ----- Original Message ----- > From: S Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:27 AM > Subject: [SLUG] Good book for a Linux newbie > > > > Hi > > > > Can someone recommend a good book (or good sources for online and > > downloadable references) for a Linux newbie (me :o) please? Hopefully the > > book covers both introductory and intermediate-levels. I have just > installed > > Redhat 7.1 and I am intending to install Domino on it later. I need to > learn > > how to use linux (as a user) and I hope the book covers most of the > popular > > commands and a bit of configuration. Not sure if I'm asking too much. > Would > > you please let me know the title, author, date published and the good > points > > about the books if you could? > > > > If you are interested in selling or giving away your pre-loved books, feel > > free to email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Lee > > Linux newbie > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
