Any of the O'Reilly books are generally pretty good. Really though there is
a wealth of excellent information to be had on the net. You probably know
about The Linux Documentation Project http://www.tldp.org/ already. If not,
check it out.
For rolling your own there is Linux From Scratch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ which could be a bit daunting for some. At
least for the maintenance. However, you can learn a lot just from reading
about it. Check out Gentoo http://www.gentoo.org/ as well (I have a server
and laptop running that) which uses Emerge for system/application updates.
There may be others. Those are the ones I know about.
Programming, hmm. What kind? C? Shell Scripting? Assembler? (My favorite :p)
I haven't coded in a while but I'll throw some suggestions out:
Linux Shell Scripting with Bash - Ken Burtch
The C Programming Language - Kernighan & Ritchie (A classic)
The UNIX Programming Environment - Brian Kernighan
The Art of UNIX Programming - Eric S. Raymond
Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment - W. Richard Stevens
(Another classic)
Oh, and don't forget the ever useful man command. :)
Darrin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of michael hast
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 13:45
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] books/ref. material
>
> Bob Stia wrote:
>
> >On Sunday 09 October 2005 11:15 pm, michael hast wrote:
> >
> >
> >> What books would you gents recomend to someone who feels like
> >>they are hitting a wall on their way to getting deep? I've been
> >>playing with Linux for about seven months, and bugging you guys with
> >>my newbie problems for about that long, too. I've grown a lot in
> >>that time and learned a lot, too. All my friends esteem me as some
> >>kind of hacker, if you want a good laugh. It's about time that I
> >>need something bound to read instead of trying to soak up as much as
> >>I can on Google. I want to learn how to run NFS and Samba as well as
> >>the emulators. I would like to better familiarize myself with root
> >>commands and the basics of programming. I want to be able to build
> >>my own distro. So, I think I'll be picking up a copy of Knoppix
> >>Hacks, and I wondered what everyone else would recomend taking some
> >>time with. I plan on picking up several books that I can absorb
> >>right off the bat, and hang on to for reference guides, and
> as I read
> >>them, I anticipate getting more as well. Thank you.
> >>Michael
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Hello Michael,
> >
> >Interesting that you are in OK and decided to join SLUG.
> Must mean that
> >we are pretty savvy, Huh? :-)
> >
> >Now, lissen up !! Go on line and google for the RUTE
> tutorial by Paul
> >Sheen. Download it, either html or pdf. (about 3 mb) Read
> it ! It will
> >take you many many hours. It will give you every basic and most
> >advanced features of Linux. There is nothing more basic and
> advanced
> >than this tutorial. After you have digested this, and that
> will take
> >some doing, It will be the best reference you will need. It
> has resided
> >on my computer for several years and remains the best
> reference I have.
> >
> >Have fun, and welcome to our very special SLUG group.
> >
> >Bob S.
> >
> >
> >
> Well, I will check that out now instead of TWO MONTHS AGO!!! Thanks!
>
> :-P
>
>
> --
> --Michael Hast (the evyl robot)
> Are monestaries cold because of all the parishables?
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