For the newbies (book question)

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 22:45:22 EST
Erik Price said:

>> Until a book (like UML Distilled)
>> gets known within its group of readers as a good book, it won't sell.
>
>No, I think this is true of all books to some extent.  At least in my 
>case, I generally blow ~$50 on a book only when I have heard in several 
>places that it's good.  From a friend, a LUG, even enough amazon 
>five-star reviews will catch my attention.

You know, you just reminded me, it's been some time since either 
Derek or I put in a plug for our 'must have' list'o'books :)  So, 
without any further delay, if you run a Linux system, and consider 
yourself even somewhat of a sysadmin (even if it's for your own 
system at home), then here's the list of must have books:

    * Title: "Linux Administration Handbook"
    * Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Adam Boggs 
    * Paperback: 890 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.35 x 9.20 x 7.00
    * Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (March 25, 2002)
    * ISBN: 0130084662

    * Title: "Essential System Administration"
    * Author: Aeleen Frisch 
    * Paperback: 758 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x 9.25 x 7.00
    * Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates; 2nd edition (January 15, 1995)
    * ISBN: 1565921275 

And, if you *really* want to learn about the UNIX/Linux environment, 
this is a must have:

    * Title: "The UNIX Programming Environment" 
    * Authors: Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike
    * Paperback: 357 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 9.23 x 7.00
    * Publisher: Prentice Hall Computer Books; (March 1984)
    * ISBN: 013937681X 


And, of course, this book isn't bad to have around either:

    * Title: Running Linux (3rd Edition)
    * Authors: Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, 
               Lar Kaufman, Matthew Welsh
    * Paperback: 730 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x 9.25 x 7.00
    * Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates; 3rd edition (August 1999)
    * ISBN: 156592469X 


Derek, did I miss any of the essential books :)
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