[CLUE-Talk] Intro to Unix book.

[Brandon N]

if you're looking for a good intro to Linux in particular, try Running
Linux, from O'Reilly

Brandon
--- BOF <bof at pcisys.net> wrote:
> Dave Anselmi wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone recommend a good book to introduce people to Unix?  I
> have
> > several friends and family who would like to learn, but aren't
> technical
> > (some can handle a command line, some are just point and click).
> 
> I can recommend "Your Unix: the Ultimate Guide" by Sumitabha Das
> (ISBN
> 0-07-240500-7), about $35 from www.bookpool.com, and "Unix for the
> Impatient" by Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson (I0-201-82376-4), about
> $30
> (without the CD, which is a searchable on-line copy of the book and
> which
> increases the price $20, and cannot be read under Linux anyway).
> 
> Das's book is a college text, but still quite readable for all that,
> and
> very thorough. Abraham's is supposedly a classic reference-type book,
> with
> a lot of overlap with Das's, but in more detail.
> 
> BOF
> 
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