[plug] Can you recommend a book on learning Linux?

[Leon Brooks]

I've had three customers ask for same within the last week, and I 
generally don't use books.

The machine the most recent querant is using is a Mandrake 9.1 box which 
is RPM-based and has a fairly modern KDE as the default WM, so I 
suspect that a book starting there would be fairly apropos.

Generally, expense is not a big problem but a book which is obsolete or 
lacks relevancy (too computer-sciency and light on practical examples, 
or too fluffy and up to the eyeballs in cute icons at the expense of 
real content) is.

What can you recommend?

Cheers; Leon