Thanks all. Good stuff.

The primary reason for the desire for dead tree format is because I
figured there's probably a used copy of anything out there that can be
had for less than it costs to run off a big PDF, since I no longer
have free access to a big high-end printer.

I've been looking a lot at amazon and some other sites I located
online, found a number of good references beyond what was suggested
here, including a large number of books that many people report are
"indispensible", so I should be all set.

Always welcoming more suggestions, though. :-)

On 9/3/07, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
> From: "David Munson" <david.munson@gmail.com>
> > Short version:
> > Anyone know of a good Linux book for brand-new users?
> > I prefer my references in dead tree format
>
> You can't grep dead trees.  That said, if you really want
> a dead tree thing, and the "go to website, print out a
> bunch of stuff" things that Kurt and Dennis suggested
> don't appeal, it's hard to go wrong with _Running Linux_
> from O'Reilly.  I bought an old version in 2001 or so, but
> I found that it was too basic for me at that point.
>
> Or you could bring your laptop to one of the meetings,
> and one of the PLUGgers would probably be able to set it
> up for the Net.
>
>
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