Tag Archives: Linux

CompTIA Linux+ certification / Michael Jang, McGraw-Hill, 2008 If you think certification is useful for Linux admins, here is a good book for you. Otherwise, you will find this a good beginner to intermediate guide. 350 pages.

Beginning the Linux command line / Sander van Vugt, Apress, 2009 Some of this is basic, but it gets interesting with yum, zypper, tunneling, samba, kernel modules, and bash scripting. 350 pages.

Linux all-in-one desk reference for dummies / by Emmett Dulaney, Wiley, 2008 This book will help you install and administer a Linux system. 600 pages. Includes a DVD with the top 4 distros.

Ubuntu Linux secrets / Richard Blum, Wiley 2009 You will like this book if you are new to Linux. However, the folks over at Canonical will not like the wording of this title, after all the good work they have … Continue reading →

LPIC-1 : Linux Professional Institute Certification study guide / Roderick W. Smith, Wiley, 2009 This certification may be useful to Linux system admins. In any case, the book is a good summary of Linux admin tasks. 550 pages. The CD … Continue reading →

Ubuntu 8.10 Linux bible / William von Hagen, Wiley, 2009 Here is a good user manual for Ubuntu Linux. You can spend many hours trying out all the tools discussed here. 1100 pages.