[plug] Unix Beginners Textbook?

Trevor Phillips phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au
Tue Feb 22 15:44:29 WST 2000


Hi! I'm trying to find a good Textbook for the UNIX Beginner, with as many of
the following as possible:
  - Suitable for the UNIX Newbie (assuming DOS/Windows knowledge)
  - Covering "UNIX" (ie; not a RedHat book -_^)
  - Reference section of standard UNIX commands
  - Inclusion of Internet-related stuff (pref. some HTML but not required)
  - Not too expensive
  - Available within Perth

Yeah, I know it's a tall order. ^_^ 
Any recommendations? 

This is for a course I'm running (yet again) on "Introduction to UNIX and the
Internet" at Curtin Uni, and it'd be nice to actually tell them specific
reference titles...

Previously, off the record I recommended "UNIX for Dummies", but last year I
actually got hold of Rev 2 and Rev 4, and Rev 4 was useless (while Rev 2 was a
half-decent reference).

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