Books to learn Linux/Unix

[Brandon Hoffman]

Thank you for all of your replies - I will be installing *one* of the
Linux's I have available and jumping in.
I will also be checking out the link provided and re-educate myself on basic
installation procedures (Like Firefox) so it can become my main machine.

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> welcome. To combine what the other two replies are telling you its to
> decide what you want to do, and with the help of Google and some from
> us when you get stuck just kind of jump in with both feet.
>
> I learned a great deal running a gentoo install from stage 1, and they
> are really well documented.
>
> but there is no definitive read me and you know Linux source that i
> have heard of. most of it is jumping in and breaking it looking at
> what you broke and fixing it.
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Brandon Hoffman
> <brandonmhoffman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone, I recently just joined this group (like an hour ago)
> because
> > I was posting on a forum about wanting to learn Unix/Linux and a passerby
> > who decided to be nosy recommended me to sign up.
> >
> > I would like to learn as much as I can and eventually get some
> certificates
> > for Linux and Unix (Windows-administration is way too easy.) What would
> be
> > the top three-five books recommended for reading?
> >
> > I did look on the website and learned about Maricopa's college and will
> > probably go there for a degree eventually, but I perfer my own pace and
> > practice.
> >
> > Thanks ahead of time, I look forward to reading more on all the Linux
> > discussions. I live in the east valley and will probably start attending
> the
> > meetings as well!
> >
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