[PLUG] Good linux book

[Jeme A Brelin]

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 crisponions at attbi.com wrote:
> I was wondering if any of you knew of a good book(s) to help aid me in
> my understanding of Linux.  I have several books that show you how,
> but none explain WHY.  I am looking for something that describes the
> operating system and how it works a little more, so next time I am
> configuring I might have a bit more of an understanding instead of
> just following directions.

While I'm as confused about this question as just about anyone who has
already responded in this thread, I'll throw in a few cents.

Personally, I think that if you're new to Unix and unix-like operating
systems, the first thing you should read is Essential System
Administration by Aeleen Frisch.  The website
(<URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ >) says that the third edition
is 2002 (est.).  I don't know if it's available yet.  But this is probably
the best guide to understanding why we do things "the Unix way" that I've
ever seen.

I imagine that since GNU/Linux has exploded in popularity since the
previous edition was published, we can expect a fair amount of focus on
those systems (and distributions other than Ygdrassil).

Failure to read this book is the number one reason we see people on this
list who have entries in their fstab like this:

/dev/hdc1	/D	ext2	defaults	0	1

I can't tell you how much that sort of thing annoys me.

J.
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