[plug] Unix Beginners Textbook?

[Bret Busby]

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 -_^)
>   - 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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What about the book "A Practical Guide to Linux" 1997, by Mark G Sobbell,
published by Addison-Wesley?

Boffins have it at $59.95, with 10% student discount on production of a valid
student card.

I understand that that book is being used as a textbook, to teach UNIX, at a
university in WA.

Perhaps one of the people who know, might be able to give an opinion as to
whether the book is any good for teaching UNIX.
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Bret Busby

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