Re: [PCTECH] Linux

[Ken Sims <mr3111@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob -

> So Ken,  what is the best way to learn something about Linux?
>
> I've got an O'Reilly book: Learning Red Hat Linux which comes with RH 
> 8.  I know,
> that is down level a bit, but I'm staying with RH 8 till I'm done with the 
> book.
> I figure then I'll upgrade.
>
> This book however is aimed at users and isn't very technical.  I'd love to 
> hear
> what you think I should look at next.

The O'Reilly books are supposed to be among the best.  That said, as it 
happens, I only have one O'Reilly book, "Learning the bash Shell" (second 
edition).

A book that I found really good was "Linux Administration Handbook" by Evi 
Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Trent R. Hein; published by Prentice Hall 
PTR.  It's $50 paperback, but it's worth it.  It's just under 900 pages and 
has 29 chapters.

For iptables "Linux Firewalls Second Edition" by Robert L. Ziegler, 
published by New Riders, is considered pretty close to definitive.  I had 
my basic firewall rules in place before I read it, but I've done some 
tweaking based on the book and have a few more pieces yet to tweak.

When I bought Red Hat 9, I bought it from Red Hat, and also bought the 
manuals from them.  It was more to support Red Hat with my dollars than 
because I really wanted the manuals, which is a good thing because the 
manuals are pretty useless.

Ken
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