[clue-tech] Request for book recommendations

[David L. Anselmi]

Brian Gibson wrote:
> So what are some books that would help him jump start his understanding of Ubuntu, Linux, and
> bash?  Bonus points if the book is short-to-read and has easy-to-follow, practical examples.

I'd recommend RUTE.  It isn't short, but rather thorough.  It has easy to follow examples.  It was 
written for someone coming to UNIX from DOS, primarily command line.  It's easy to read (I like the 
author's style) and has a quote at the beginning I've found valuable.

The only downside is that it's somewhat dated.  So I think it says nothing about wireless and you'd 
skip the kernel chapter.  Likewise it probably doesn't cover modules (well, maybe) or udev.

You can read it on-line so you can decide how useful the good parts are.

There's a Ubuntu book on-line too: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html.  It looks nice 
but I don't know how useful it is (or how current).

There are lots of general books about what UNIX is good for, from the fundamental _UNIX Programming 
Environment_ to the armadillo book and Barbie's guide to Linux (Nemeth et. al.).

That's what I have to offer, from asking the same question over the years.

Dave