Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-16 Thread Max Nikulin
On 14/11/2023 19:52, Махно wrote: > # apt-get install debian-handbook This package contains the English book covering Debian 8 “Jessie” Package description has not been updated. debian-handbook (11.20220922) unstable; urgency=medium [...] [ Raphaël Hertzog ] * Update the book to be base

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-14 Thread Махно
> # apt-get install debian-handbook This package contains the English book covering Debian 8 “Jessie” 2023-11-14, an, 01:31 John Hasler rašė: > > Much about Debian *doesn't* change. A book about it with > Bookworm/Trixie as an example and including a discussion of how it does > change could be

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-13 Thread John Hasler
Much about Debian *doesn't* change. A book about it with Bookworm/Trixie as an example and including a discussion of how it does change could be quite useful. It could be updated every few years. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-13 Thread songbird
Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > All, > > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is > very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux > Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was wondering if > anyone would even be interes

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread gene heskett
On 11/12/23 09:29, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: I do tend to rely on the knowledge and expertise here: Greg - how would you rate the chances of physical copies of your Bash guides, for example? It is an interesting question to ask

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread David Christensen
On 11/11/23 22:35, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was wondering if anyone would even be int

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Aleix Piulachs
I think the books help some commands and software, for me are good to start with El El dom, 12 nov 2023 a las 15:51, Greg Wooledge escribió: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 02:28:33PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > I do tend to rel

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Marco Moock wrote: > Am 12.11.2023 um 06:46:42 Uhr schrieb Dan Ritter: > > > sysvinit is still a valid and supported init for Debian. > > But people need to know that it isn't by default and that they need to > replace systemd to use switch to sysvinit if they want. Not installed by default is

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 02:28:33PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I do tend to rely on the knowledge and expertise here: Greg - how > > would you rate the chances of physical copies of your Bash guides, > > for example? I'm not goi

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > I do tend to rely on the knowledge and expertise here: Greg - how > would you rate the chances of physical copies of your Bash guides, > for example? It is an interesting question to ask for this resource specifically, be

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Marco Moock wrote: > Am 12.11.2023 um 12:05:30 Uhr schrieb Roger Price: > > > Are you saying that I should stop relying on my Dr Linux 4th Ed. > > ©1996 ? What's going on here ? Can't trust anything these days. > > If you know what information is still applicable today (like using cd, > ls, vi

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 06:46:42 Uhr schrieb Dan Ritter: > sysvinit is still a valid and supported init for Debian. But people need to know that it isn't by default and that they need to replace systemd to use switch to sysvinit if they want.

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 01:35:25AM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > All, > > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is > very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux > Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 12:05:30 Uhr schrieb Roger Price: > Are you saying that I should stop relying on my Dr Linux 4th Ed. > ©1996 ? What's going on here ? Can't trust anything these days. If you know what information is still applicable today (like using cd, ls, vi etc.) and which isn't (Sysvinit,

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Roger Price
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023, Marco Moock wrote: I don't think book are a good way to teach stuff that changes. A wiki (maybe with paid access, like RedHat does) is much more better than a book that can't be updated and will be mostly useless with the next release because beginner don't know which parts

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/11/23 18:07, Marco Moock wrote: Am 12.11.2023 um 17:56:46 Uhr schrieb Bret Busby: I still have my "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible" and other relevant Linux printed texts. But how relevant is it still? Many things changed and especially for beginners those books are useless today because the

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 17:56:46 Uhr schrieb Bret Busby: > I still have my "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible" and other relevant Linux > printed texts. But how relevant is it still? Many things changed and especially for beginners those books are useless today because they don't know what information is stil

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/11/23 14:35, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: All, I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I still have my "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible" and other relevant Linux printed texts. :) I agree with the reference to a wiki instead (pro

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread gene heskett
On 11/12/23 03:38, Marco Moock wrote: Am 12.11.2023 um 01:35:25 Uhr schrieb Timothy M Butterworth: I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started w

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread David
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 06:36, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and > there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated > Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing > it I was wondering if anyon

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 01:35:25 Uhr schrieb Timothy M Butterworth: > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and > there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated > Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing > it I was wondering if anyo

Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-11 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
All, I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was wondering if anyone would even be interested in buying a copy of it? Thanks Tim

RE: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-23 Thread Nate Duehr
Unix System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth et. al. Prentiss-Hall (And her Linux-specific book is even better.) Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 02:08:34PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the > books that doesn't let you leave it. > man bash :) Invaluable (at various times): Running Linux - Matt Welsh et. al. Esential System Administration - Aile

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Bob McGowan
Deboo ^ wrote: Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the books that doesn't let you leave it. My choices are: 1. Unix Power Tools (I think there's no second to this one and this is the King of all Unix/Linux books) 2. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Tech

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Alyx Vance
"Beginning Linux Programing", that helped me a lot and a czech book "333 tipu a triku pro Linux" (333 tips and tricks for Linux).That was great when I tried to start to work in the command line.

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Clay Kimber
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 09:02 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 02:08:34PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the > > books that doesn't let you leave it. > > Unix System Administration Handbook

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-21, Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> 1. Unix Power Tools (I think there's no second to this one and this is >>>> the King of all Unix/Linux books) >>>> >>>> 2. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 02:08:34PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the > books that doesn't let you leave it. Unix System Administration Handbook, Nemeth et. al. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chaim Keren Tzion wrote: > I've used this on-line book which can also be purchased as a hard copy if you > like. > > http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz ... and which can also be installed for offline use: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aptitude show ruteb

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Miles Fidelman wrote: Julian De Marchi wrote: Deboo ^ wrote: Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the books that doesn't let you leave it. My choices are: 1. Unix Power Tools (I think there's no second to this one and this is the King of all Unix/Linux

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Julian De Marchi wrote: Deboo ^ wrote: Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the books that doesn't let you leave it. My choices are: 1. Unix Power Tools (I think there's no second to this one and this is the King of all Unix/Linux books) 2. The Linu

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Chaim Keren Tzion
I've used this on-line book which can also be purchased as a hard copy if you like. http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz Chaim On Monday 21 May 2007 11:38:34 Deboo ^ wrote: > Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the > books that doesn't let you

Re: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Julian De Marchi
Deboo ^ wrote: Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the books that doesn't let you leave it. My choices are: 1. Unix Power Tools (I think there's no second to this one and this is the King of all Unix/Linux books) 2. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Tech

[OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-21 Thread Deboo ^
Can eveyone list the best of UNIX/Linux books. In other words the books that doesn't let you leave it. My choices are: 1. Unix Power Tools (I think there's no second to this one and this is the King of all Unix/Linux books) 2. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Every

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-22 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hello George, I don't know if you have learned about some sad info regarding Amazon, but this links will quickly fill you in. Seems especially pertinant since debian is often regarded as the truest/purest in free(dom) software. http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/amazon.html http://www.oreilly

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
clear. I'd not dream of saying that he's not a programmer, > > but he's also a linguist and someone who can explain > > a topic using real language, not just jargon. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Zonker > > > > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, john smi

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread George M. Butler
a topic using real language, not just jargon. > > Good luck, > > Zonker > > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, john smith wrote: > > > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-21 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 12:34:14PM -0500, George M. Butler wrote: | Hi all, | | Thanks for the great suggestions for Linux literature . I printed the | responses I received and put together an order for Amazon. Here is my | order: [some nice-sounding stuff on Linux/Unix internals] | The Mythic

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 07:04:19PM -, john smith wrote: > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I > wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like m

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Nate Amsden
john smith wrote: > > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I > wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for > a good starter b

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-21 Thread George M. Butler
Hi all, Thanks for the great suggestions for Linux literature . I printed the responses I received and put together an order for Amazon. Here is my order: TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol 1, Stevens & Wright Understanding the Linux Kernel, Bovet & Cesati Linux Device Drivers, Rubini The Unix Programmin

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 04:22:15PM -0500, George M. Butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to Linux but have some limited experiece with Unix in the past. I > have just discovered that my employer will let m

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Eric Richardson
"George M. Butler" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to > Linux but have some > limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just > discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books related > to my job. > I am a

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Bud Rogers wrote: > Someone has already suggested the Camel book, Programming Perl. That's a > good suggestion, but I would recommend the O'Reilly Perl CD Bookshelf > instead. For about the price of two of their excellent Perl books, you get > ALL their Perl books on a CD i

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Rich Puhek
Number one is to get what you find interesting. I'd find a Barnes and Noble or similar bookstore to do some of your selection. I like to wander through the computer books section and page through some of what catches my eye. Often I find that a book that looked real interesting is actually very sha

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Bud Rogers
On Friday 20 April 2001 16:22, George M. Butler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to > Linux but have some > limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just > discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books rela

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread D-Man
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 04:22:15PM -0500, George M. Butler wrote: | Hi all, | | I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I | am new to | Linux but have some | limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just | discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to bu

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, George M. Butler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I > am new to > Linux but have some > limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just > discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books related > to

Linux Books

2001-04-20 Thread George M. Butler
Hi all, I have been asking questions on this list and received lots of help. I am new to Linux but have some limited experiece with Unix in the past. I have just discovered that my employer will let me have $400 to buy books related to my job. I am a member of a mathematics faculty so naturally L

Re: ? [linux books]

2001-03-23 Thread Daniel Freedman
et more responses if you post a subject to your email and wrap your lines at 72 chars. On Fri, Mar 23, 2001, Jenner Almánzar wrote: > Hello there!!! > > I want to ask you if you know about linux books for self trainning. If you do > can you send me a list of the 5 first books you rec

Re: Re: about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-27 Thread David B.Teague
> On Tuesday 25 May, David B.Teague wrote: [snip] > > Running Linux just has commands. Useful to remind you about > > command syntax. No structure of Debian, little detail. On Wed, 26 May 1999, Graham Ashton wrote: > I think you're confused. "Linux in a nutshell" is basically commands and > a

Re: Re: about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-26 Thread Graham Ashton
On Tuesday 25 May, David B.Teague wrote: > > Q1. O'reilly Corp have a book "Running Linux, 2/e" > >Can teach and help us know Debia/Linux structure and > >detail information ? > > Running Linux just has commands. Useful to remind you about > command syntax. No structure of Debian

Re: Re: about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-25 Thread Paul Schwebel
There's a great introductory HOWTO at: http://www.linux-howto.com/ptHOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO Not only is this howto a very nice introduction to Linux, but in the first chapter or two, he points you to a couple of free, downloadable user's guides, both of which I'd recommend for newbies (I'm o

Re: Re: about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-25 Thread Pollywog
On 25-May-99 David B.Teague wrote: > > On Tue, 25 May 1999, Anderson wrote: >> >> about Debian Books questions ? >> >> Q1. O'reilly Corp have a book "Running Linux, 2/e" >>Can teach and help us know Debia/Linux structure and >>detail information ? > > Running Linux just has com

Re: Re: about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-25 Thread David B.Teague
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Anderson wrote: > > about Debian Books questions ? > > Q1. O'reilly Corp have a book "Running Linux, 2/e" >Can teach and help us know Debia/Linux structure and >detail information ? Running Linux just has commands. Useful to remind you about command syntax.

Re: about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-25 Thread David B.Teague
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Anderson wrote: > > about Debian Books questions ? > > Q1. O'reilly Corp have a book "Running Linux, 2/e" >Can teach and help us know Debia/Linux structure and >detail information ? > Q2. GUN have make Debian system book plan ? > All publisher not b

about Linux Books questions ?

1999-05-25 Thread Anderson
Hello, GNU/Debian Linux Org. about Debian Books questions ? Q1. O'reilly Corp have a book "Running Linux, 2/e" Can teach and help us know Debia/Linux structure and detail information ? Q2. GUN have make Debian system book plan ? All publisher not better than your organizat

Linux books (was Re: Any good Debian books?)

1999-01-09 Thread Anthony Wong
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 11:24:38PM +, ktb wrote: | |I have looked at several books and from a beginners perspective the only ones I have |found worth my money, at this point are: |"Linux in a Nutshell," O'reilly Jessica Hekman |"Running Linux," O'reilly Matt Welsh & Lar Kaufman |"A Practical

RE: Good Linux books??

1998-01-12 Thread Joop Stakenborg
I realy like a book called: Beginning Linux Programming. It is sold by wrox press, have a look at www.wrox.com. Joop -- Joop Stakenborg PA3ABA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

RE: Good Linux books??

1998-01-12 Thread Richardson,Anthony
Check out " A Practical Guide to Linux" by Mark Sobell and published by Addison-Wesley. It's one of the few Unix books that is written in text book style (with exercises and end-of-chapter problems). It's also useful as a reference. The foreword is by Linus Torvalds and he mentions that one of

Re: Good Linux books??

1998-01-10 Thread Britton
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Rick wrote: > I am looking for some good books, that introduce linux and provide a good > reference for the begginer, but will still be a usefull reference later on. I found Linux in a Nutshell from O'Reilly to be helpful. It is a sort of plain english command reference, lik

Re: Good Linux books??

1998-01-09 Thread Will Lowe
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Rick wrote: > I am looking for some good books, that introduce linux and provide a good > reference for the begginer, but will still be a usefull reference later on. "Running Linux", by Matt Walsh, is the standard how-to-run linux book. A debian developer has also written The

Good Linux books??

1998-01-09 Thread Rick
Hi, I am looking for some good books, that introduce linux and provide a good reference for the begginer, but will still be a usefull reference later on. I am unsure about the 'xxx for dummies' books, as i have recently found at my cost, they assume you really are dumb and the first half focuses

Re: Linux books.

1996-11-24 Thread juan j casero
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Fabien Ninoles wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, The Mighty Jorge wrote: > > > Hi. I am just beginning to learn how to use and install Linux, and I was > > wondering if anyone had any book recommendations. I'm looking for > > something in the beginner to intermediate range, cov

Re: Linux books.

1996-11-23 Thread Fabien Ninoles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, The Mighty Jorge wrote: > Hi. I am just beginning to learn how to use and install Linux, and I was > wondering if anyone had any book recommendations. I'm looking for > something in the beginner to intermediate range, covering installation

Linux books.

1996-11-21 Thread The Mighty Jorge
Hi. I am just beginning to learn how to use and install Linux, and I was wondering if anyone had any book recommendations. I'm looking for something in the beginner to intermediate range, covering installation, system administration, configuration, and the like. Thanks. Jorge -- [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Any Linux books that focus on Debian?

1996-10-09 Thread Ed Donovan
CoB SysAdmin (Joe Emenaker) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm interested in getting a book on adminstering Linux systems, but just > about *every* book I look at focuses on Slackware. *Blech!*. > > Are there any books that focus on Debian? Well, perhaps partially, and soon :-) This was on

Re: Any Linux books that focus on Debian?

1996-10-08 Thread Lars Wirzenius
CoB SysAdmin: > I'm interested in getting a book on adminstering Linux systems, but just > about *every* book I look at focuses on Slackware. *Blech!*. > > Are there any books that focus on Debian? Blatant self-promotion dept.: The Linux System Administrators' Guide (SAG), my book, is not specifi

Any Linux books that focus on Debian?

1996-10-08 Thread Joe Emenaker
I'm interested in getting a book on adminstering Linux systems, but just about *every* book I look at focuses on Slackware. *Blech!*. Are there any books that focus on Debian? - Joe -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to