Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 6:35 pm
Exactly what you are looking for, reference material.Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:IS the O'Reilly "Unix in a Nutshell" book a good one?
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Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 7:47 pm
Yeah.Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:IS the O'Reilly "Unix in a Nutshell" book a good one?
O'Reilly books about Unix are almost always good.
Bruce
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 6:44 pm
You have the choice of both Unix or Linux in a Nutshell, I mention this simply because you mention running Unix on a desktop and assumed you were running a Linux distribution.
Name one that isn’t good.bruce wrote:O'Reilly books about Unix are almost always good.
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 7:05 pm
Dunno, this one was kinda lack-luster:Fitz wrote:Name one that isn’t good.bruce wrote:O'Reilly books about Unix are almost always good.
But yeah, I went and ordered the Unix in a Nutshell one. Thanks, guys!
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 7:13 pm
If you'll allow "Linux" as "Unix," the LPI Certification book was pretty weak. Several outright errors, and lots of clumsiness.Fitz wrote:You have the choice of both Unix or Linux in a Nutshell, I mention this simply because you mention running Unix on a desktop and assumed you were running a Linux distribution.
Name one that isn’t good.bruce wrote:O'Reilly books about Unix are almost always good.
I didn't get a lot out of <i>Programming with curses</i> either, but to be fair, it is 17 years old, was 8 years old when I bought it, and is only 76 pages.
Bruce