[plug] Unix Beginners Textbook?

[Christian]

I haven't read books on this general subject in a long while but...

Trevor Phillips wrote:
> 
> 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 -_^)

Isn't there a "Unix in a Nutshell" which covers either Solaris or SCO or
both?  Also, as you say this is for a course, what Unix are you going to
be using in the practicals/examples?  If Linux then I would recommend
"Running Linux" also by O'Reilly.

>   - Reference section of standard UNIX commands

Very unnecessary -- teach them to use man(1).

>   - Inclusion of Internet-related stuff (pref. some HTML but not required)

I think "Running Linux" covers this.

>   - Not too expensive

*laugh*

This is a joke, right? :-)

>   - Available within Perth

Dymocks on William St. have both of the books I've mentioned.  Boffins
up around the corner do also.

Another one worth considering might be "Debian Unleashed" or something
similar although only obviously if you're teaching Debian.  I had a
quick flick through it the other day and it looked remarkably good... I
normally never even pick up the "* Unleashed" books.

Regards,

Christian.