[conspire] Question about Unix Class

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

"Linux in a Nutshell" from O'Reilly by Ellen Siever, et al. and "UNIX
System Administration Handbook" from Prentice Hall by Evi Nemeth, et al.
are excellent books for learning about what you would use for system
administration tasks, but a more suitable book for someone who knows
"nothing about command line or anything" would be "A Practical Guide to
Linux" from Addison-Wesley by Mark G. Sobell, or for non-Linux systems,
"UNIX System V: A Practical Guide" from the same author and publisher.

On Fri, 20 May 2005 14:21:51 -0700, Jeff Maley wrote:

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> for $88US, you can get one or two really good books on linux/unix and
> teach yourself, thereby providing both experience and self-paced learning.
> while the phrase 'really good books on linux/unix' will likely invoke a
> religious war, two books i've found handy are:
> 
> unix in a nutshell (oreilly) - general command reference, good bits on sed
> and awk. there's also linux in a nutshell; its probably equally good (and
> potentially more appropriate), but i've not used it and therefor cannot
> comment empirically.
> 
> unix administration handbook (prentice hall) - this tome is a little
> dated, but much of the basics are still the same and its got decent
> coverage of most major unix derivations, so it provides a nice window into
> how the other unices work. again, there is also the linux administration
> handbook, but having not read it, i can't comment.
> 
> on amazon, those two books will run ~90US, so its comparable to the class.
> if you're someone who learns well in a structured classroom environment,
> the class may be a better choice. if, on the other hand, you are someone
> who just needs to get in there and start mucking around, the books and a
> couple of spare weekends are well-worn path.