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

[John Clayton]

I like these ones

SAMS Linux Unleashed
Oreilly  Running linux
              Essential System Administration (Lots of cool little tricks)
              Linux in a Nutshell


>From: Leon Brooks <leon at brooks.fdns.net>
>Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>To: Perth Linux User Group <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
>Subject: [plug] Can you recommend a book on learning Linux?
>Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:47:04 +0800
>
>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Generally, expense is not a big problem but a book which is obsolete or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
>

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