From: Chris Stearns To: Mac OS X List Subject: Re: Unix/BSD Books (was: Yet Another sudo vs. su question...) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:44:21 -0800 I wrote: > I think a comprehensive list of good books for Unix/BSD newbies would > be a very useful resource for this list to have at it's disposal. I > know the list has a number of Unix veterans. So here's my question: > > If you could pick ONE book for a newbie to learn Unix/BSD from, what > would it be? Well, I neglected to mention that the topic _has_ come up on the list several times before, mostly when it was still the [XBeta] List. So i'ts only fair that I do a little homework and go first. I've compiled all the book suggestions from those past posts (that I could find) and added them to Rick Moen's suggestions. Here's the list, divided up into SysAdmin, General, and OS X categories. Feel free to add directly to this list and mail it back to the X4U list! -------------------------------------------------------- General Unix/BSD Books (good for newbies) -------------------------------------------------------- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition By Jerry Peek, Grace Todino & John Strang 4th Edition December 1997 1-56592-390-1, Order Number: 3901 103 pages, $14.95 (available from O'Reilly: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunix4/) UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition, 3rd Edition By Arnold Robbins 3rd Edition September 1999 1-56592-427-4, Order Number: 4274 614 pages, $29.95 (available from O'Reilly: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixnut3/) *Note about O'Reilly Books: Bob Torres notes "The O'Reilly series rocks. Just FYI - you can get access to the full text version of a handful of O'Reilly books online at http://safari.oreilly.com for a monthly fee (which is pretty reasonable). I don't work for them or anything, I've just found having online access to these books pretty useful." ---------------------------- System Administration ---------------------------- Unix System Administration Handbook, by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-151051-7. Essential System Administration, by Aeleen Frisch, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0-937175-80-3. DNS and BIND, Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 1-56592-512-2. (4th edition will be coming out in May, covering BIND v. 9.x.) TCP/IP Network Administration, Craig Hunt, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 1-56592-322-7. --------------------- Mac OS X Books --------------------- OS X: The Missing Manual, By David Pogue. * Due July 2001* Mac OS X Little Black Book, by Gene Steinberg Paperback - 315 pages, The Coriolis Group; ISBN: 1576107019, Amazon Price: $29.99 This item was published on February 16, 2001. From: Chris Stearns To: (Mac OS X for Users) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:38:13 -0700 Subject: [X4U] OS X Book List: April 10 (2/2) Please add to the list and mail it back to me. -CMS -------------- MAC OS X BOOKS -------------- Note: as of early April 2001, many of these books have not yet been published. Due dates have been noted where available. Mac OS X Book List ------------------ OS X: The Misisng Manual, By David Pogue. * Due July 2001* Mac OS X Little Black Book, by Gene Steinberg Paperback - 315 pages, The Coriolis Group; ISBN: 1576107019, Amazon Price: $29.99 1st ed., May 2001. Mastering Mac OS X, by Todd Stauffer, Sybex, ISBN 0-78-212581-6, 1st ed, April 2001. MacWorld Mac OS X Bible, by Lon Poole, Hungry Minds, Inc., ISBN 0-76-453467-X, 1st ed., Dec. 2000. Note: I was contacted by one of the books authors and told that this book is in fact due in September 2001 (they are tracking the Puma additions). Learning Cocoa *due May 2001 from O'Reilly. (noted by John G. Otto Nisus Software Engineering) The Mac OS X Book, by Mark Bell, The Coriolis Group, ISBN 1-57-610605-5, 1st ed., May 2001. Mac OS X Black Book : The Reference Guide for Power Users, by Mark R. Bell, Debbie Suggs, and Mark Bell, The Coriolis Group, ISBN 1-56-10606-3, 1st ed., July 2001. Mac OS X Clearly Explained, by John Rizzo, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ISBN 0-12-589327-2, 1st ed., Feb. 2001. Mac OS X for Dummies, by Bob Levitus and Robert Le Vitus, Hungry Minds, Inc., ISBN 0-76-450706-0, April 2001. Mac OS X: The Complete Reference, by Jesse Feiler, McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, ISBN 0-07-212663-9, June 2001. From: Adam Boettiger Subject: Re: [X4U] OS X books Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 05:44:41 -0700 To: Mac OS X for Users > Can anyone recommend (or even know about) any books about OS X which > INCLUDES ALL THE CHANGES IN 10.1? "Mac OSX - The missing manual" by David Pogue To be published end of October. AB -- Adam Boettiger, Founder & CEO Email 911 - Mastering Email Management Email: ab@email911.com - Phone: (503) 925-8434 Portland, Oregon (USA) From: Rick Moen To: (Mac OS X for Users) Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 15:31:27 -0700 Subject: Re: [X4U] Which of the new different lists? Eric Prentice characterised some of his new lists: > Newbies might be a good one for you as we are all newbies on Mac OS X. > > Apps will be a good one as it is a place to discuss individual > programs like mail. > > You might want to avoid Unix and Servers unless you are interested in > those. A few others that should be noted: macos-x-server@lists.apple.com Administrators of Mac OS X Server and related technologies. http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/macos-x-server/ http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/ (username "archive" password "archive") darwinos-users@lists.apple.com Community-supported help for installing and using Darwin. http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/darwinos-users/ http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwinos-users/ (username "archive" password "archive") darwin-development@lists.apple.com Technical discussion list for Darwin software development. http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/darwin-development/ http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-development/ (username "archive" password "archive") maxosx-l@lists.teraglobal.com ??? 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