STEP 1
"A Practical Guide to Linux"; Mark G. Sobel, Forward by Linus Torvalds;
Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-89549-8 ;
http://www.awl.com/cp/
---> The Best n0n-administrator's guide to how to use Linux and it's tools.
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STEP 2
"Running Linux"; Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman;
O'Reilly & Assocates, Inc., ISBN 1-56592-151-8 ;
http://www.ora.com
---> The Best ADMINistrator's guide to installing, modifying and upkeeping
Linux systems.
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STEP 3
"Inside Linux - A Look at Operating System Development"; Randolph Bentson;
SSC. ISBN 0-916151-89-1 ;
http:www.ssc.com/
---> An inside look at kernel deveopment historically and functionally.
Oddly, as a neophyte to Unix/Linux I, found this book entertaining and
helpful in putting a context in the OS Linux and it's workings.
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STEP 4
"Linux in a Nutshell"; Jessica Perry Hekman and the "Beastpeople" Staff;
O'Reilly & Assocates, Inc., ISBN 1-56592-167-4 ;
http://www.ora.com
---> ANY book by THE BEASTPEOPLE is the beer of choice amonst books.
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"X Window System User's Guide - for X11 Release 5"; Valerie Quercia and Tim
O'Reilly' ( any relation?);
O'Reilly & Assocates, Inc., ISBN 1-56592-014-7 ;
http://www.ora.com
---> The Window System Book of Runes. There is a Motif Version too, ( be
careful!)
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"Learning GNU Emacs"; Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt;
O'Reilly & Assocates, Inc., ISBN 1-937175-84-6 ;
http://www.ora.com
---> Somewhere between the Command Line and vi on the one hand and on the
other hand AfterStep and The "K" Desktop there was an All Purpose Universe
called: EMACS!<---
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