[CLUE-Tech] Good UNIX/Linux primer?

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

*snip*

> Also: why is the UNIX CD Bookshelf out of print? Amazon has the 2nd edition
> listed as printed in Feb 2000, that's only two years ago. ?

Maybe it didn't sell well and it's been remaindered. If a tech
book doesn't sell well after about a year, it goes off to the
discount aisle to die. Most tech books have a retail life span
of less than two years. There are some "classic" books that
have a longer life-span, but the vast majority are written to
be disposable.

You might look at Barnes & Noble, Tattered Cover and/or Microcenter.
I seem to recall picking one up pretty cheap. Oddly, Barnes & Noble
online has the first edition available, but not the second.

Take care,

Zonker
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