[conspire] (forw) Sorry no duck sausage and what books?

[Rick Moen]

Of possible interest:  Book recommendations.

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Hi, Rick.

Sorry I missed last Saturday, I've just had peridontal surgery and
was forbidden to eat anything even remotely interesting -- as well as
being very tired.

BTW, your link to linuxmafia.org goes to linuxpackages.net (at least
from Sun) 

I have decided I need to ramp up fast on Linux without just farting around
on my little Red Hat 8.0 partition.   So I'm looking for books that would
be kind-of like "Linux for Solaris Bigots"

I have a list and wondered if you have time to BREIFLY comment or suggest
alternates.  If you're swamped or this is too impretinent, I apologize.


Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 2nd Ed.
author  W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
pages   927 publisher   Addison-Wesley
Essential classic for experienced C progammers working in UNIX environments


Essential System Administration, Third Edition (Paperback)
by AEleen Frisch
73 used & new from $15.98
        (68 customer reviews)


UNIX System Administration Handbook (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein
(Solaris 7 ???? + others)


Unix, Solaris And Linux: A Practical Security Cookbook : Securing Unix Operating
 System Without Third-party Applications : Tips and Tricks for Security and Syst
em Administrat (Paperback)
by Boris, Ph.D. Loza "Real security begins from the moment you decide to set up
a reliable and protected operating system..." (more)
Publisher: Authorhouse (November 30, 2004)


Linux Troubleshooting Bible by Christopher Negus, Thomas Weeks
Edition: Paperback
Price: $19.79


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Quoting Jan Parcel (jan.parcel at sun.com):

> Sorry I missed last Saturday, I've just had peridontal surgery and
> was forbidden to eat anything even remotely interesting -- as well as
> being very tired.

Condolences on the need for work on your gingiva.  There will be an
_SVLUG_ installfest this coming Saturday at a Google building in
Mountain View, which might be worth attending -- and the 4th-Saturday
CABAL meeting is the Saturday after that.

> BTW, your link to linuxmafia.org goes to linuxpackages.net (at least
> from Sun) 

Yes.  linuxmafia.org used to be more directly a Slackware site, having
at one time actual content at that FQDN rather than a redirect:  I'm
leaving the reference unchanged, for now, because linuxpackages.net is
still a _Slackware_ packages site.

> I have decided I need to ramp up fast on Linux without just farting around
> on my little Red Hat 8.0 partition.   So I'm looking for books that would
> be kind-of like "Linux for Solaris Bigots"
> 
> I have a list and wondered if you have time to BREIFLY comment or suggest
> alternates.  If you're swamped or this is too impretinent, I apologize.

I recognise three of the five as being _the_ absolute, can't-lose Unix
classics, and heartily approved of them.  I don't currently have a copy
of Stevens (being a lowly sysadmin and rather pathetic at coding) but
have well-thumbed copies of the Frisch and Nemeth volumes.

On the strength of your excellent taste, I'm now _interested_ in the
other two Boris and Negus), but am obliged to admit that I don't
recognise them.

Here are a few suggested additions.  I could do better when I get home,
especially as to security.


Running Linux (trade paperback), 4th edition 
by Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Terry Dawson, Lar Kaufman
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
This is the classic general Linux tutorial.  It has begun to suffer 
bloat in recent revisions, having now reached 696 pages.  


A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
(trade paperback), 1st edition
by Mark G. Sobell
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Many people prefer this to Matt Welsh's book.  It tries to be both
tutorial and reference, something of a peeve of mine.  (Pick one; do
it well and concisely, guys.)



Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (trade paperback), 4th edition
by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
This is the classic _reference_ volume.  Again, bloat has begun to 
set in (944 pages).


Linux Application Development (trade paperback or hardcover), 2nd edition
by Michael K. Johnson, Erik W. Troan
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
This is the definitive book on Linux application coding, by two early 
Red Hat guys.  It tries to be both tutorial and reference.


 	
Linux Device Drivers (trade paperback), 3rd Edition
by Alessandro Rubini, Jonathan Corbet, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Andy Oram (Editor)
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
This is another classic.  It pretty much sticks to being a tutorial.



Real World Linux Security (trade paperback), 2nd Edition
by Bob Toxen
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
A little quirky, but good.  (I have to admit that I haven't read it very
thoroughly.



I'm also very fond of Steve Bellovin and Bill Cheswick's "Firewalls and
Internet Security", despite it (last I heard) not having been revised in
a long time.  Some lessons are simply timeless.

Frisch and Nemeth have both come out with Linux-specific variants of
their sysadmin volumes.  My attitude is:  Who the hell needs a
Linux-specific variant?  The original volumes apply perfectly to Linux,
and I interpret the new ones' existence to marketing posturing rather
than an actual need.

Good to hear from you.

-- 
Cheers,
Rick Moen                      "vi is my shepherd; I shall not font."
rick at linuxmafia.com                               -- Psalm 0.1 beta

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