[uug] Good *nix books?

[J. Alan Atherton]

(If you don't want to read this whole message (some dry humor) you can skip to the last line for the point) I would like to have a general reference around so I don't have to dig around the net or ask a question here every time something small comes up that I want to do.  The internet opinion of "Linux in a Nutshell" (1999) seems to be pretty good.  I want something that will explain just enough of many basic administration commands and principles.  Examples are most desired.  I don't think the book needs to be terribly new... my intention is to convert my 200Mhz multi-tasker (current tasks are: alarm clock holder, workbench, floorspace reservation, and aesthetic appeal) into a little server of just about everything (experiments).  Things like apache, mail serving, dhcp, ip masquerading, and all that.  I suppose, thinking about it, that I may not want a linux reference, but a unix reference... dunno.  I get the general feel that Debian is something good to learn for such experiment projects as well.  I want to do all of this commando-line style too... no X (Hey, I remember learning DOS before it was version 6... I'm not toooo young :)    So a general linux/unix administration reference is what I'm after I guess.   - J. Alan Atherton "Just my 10 bits"