My personal favorite:

LINUX IN A NUTSHELL -  O'REILLY

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>From prior posts,

For RedHat users- I have found "Red Hat Linux Survival Guide" by Mohammed
Kabir to be the most useful so far of several books I have bought on the
subject. Very practical and well organized. Many Linux books contain good
information but I can never find it again when I go back to look it up. This
one has yet to frustrate me.

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Unix made Easy' by John Muster.   The cover says that he is a curriculum
developer and educator. I choose this over 'Learn Unix in 24 Hours' and
another book. I'm so excited

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Running Linux.  It contains all the command line commands, with all of their
options, and some examples of how to use some of the commands.  Again, this
is a "make sure you know what you want to do" books.

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Dr. Linux ...  It is basically a printed version of all the hot-to's.  Its a
little dated, but should help.

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Try the Linux Desk Reference, second edition, by Scott Hawkins. ISBN
0-13-061989-2. This book, coupled with the man pages and help system is
great!

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Again I recommend O'Reilly's LPI Linux Certification for its nice
'mid-level' explanations...

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For a general end-user introduction, I would suggest The Red Hat (pick your
version) Bible (from John Wiley), and for reference, Running Linux, Linux in
a Nutshell (both from O'Reilly), and Linux Command Reference (from Sybex).
There is some overlap between Linux and a Nutshell and Linux Command
Reference, but Nutshell is better for explanations and Command Reference is
better for examples of common commands and switches.

By the way, I have an extra Linux Cookbook (a VERY Debian-centric book, but
with information that you can use with any distro), and I'll bring it to the
westside meeting tomorrow so someone can draw for it. I also have an extra
Running Linux if no one minds a few notes in the margins.

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For good book prices online, see http://www.bookpool.com

> From: <frankburton@cox.net>
> Subject: re : book list
> 
> Craig Brooksby wrote:
> > The above posting prompted me to write in.  Apologies if 
> this topic has
> > already been beat to death.  I am looking for book recommendations.
> 
> I found a book call Linux Systems Commands by Patrick 
> Volkerding of Slackware fame. It is like a book full of man 
> pages it has every command you can think of and is the best 
> reference I have found. I got it at Fry's for 20 bucks and it 
> has been a lifesaver.
> 
> Good Luck
> Frank
> 
>