Results 1 to 10 of 12
Hello to all my community mates!
I was at the mall last night and went into my favorite bookstore to try to find a book on Debian. I am seriously ...
- 10-12-2009 #1Linux Engineer
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- An Island in the Pacific!
- Posts
- 1,225
No Books For Sale
Hello to all my community mates!
I was at the mall last night and went into my favorite bookstore to try to find a book on Debian. I am seriously considering enrolling in an online course sometime in the near future to help me get my certifications. ( A dream that I hope would not be too impossible to achieve)
Anyway, I am drawn to study more about Debian and last night I was hoping to find a book that can help me understand it more. I was expecting to find a book that is entitled something like this:
"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Debian"
This idiot found none. Maybe because in the first place, a person who tries to learn linux would definitely NOT be an idiot. And second, the bookstore did not have any stocks of books on linux because they might not be making enough money on the topic. Most of the things basic to linux are free on the net and problems encountered along the way are solved with the help of the various forums.
I found all sorts of books for sale on Microsoft, XP, excel , C+, Cobol, Visual Basics, Java, Macs, etc and many other books but nothing on Debian.
I read that the French National Police are shifting to Ubuntu and that 60,000 thousand Russian teachers are learning linux. And here I am, living in a third world country where people, sad to say, still insist on using Microsoft. To the extent of buying cheap pirated copies. And would even spend for an antivirus to protect itself from any viruses. I found out recently that because of the flop of Vista, people have started to go back to XP and the prices of the XP CDs have started to rise again.
Honestly, sometimes I get to say to myself, If I have started learning linux 10 years ago, I could have been already using it for my livelihood today. Not all is lost however. I still have two small boys, ages 9 & 12. I have started to introduce them to linux and I plan to teach them everything I can learn. I want to start them young and position them for their future. The time & money I invest will definitely not go to waste.
I would like to personally say thank you to all those who are devoting time, money & knowledge in helping me in the issues I encounter. Your investment in me and also in the other members will definitely go a long way.
Every blessing!
nujinini
- 10-12-2009 #2Linux Newbie
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Posts
- 223
hi nujinini, i live in southern california and my local bookstore has tons of linux books- which kind of surprized me for some reason...but any how, I bought a couple of them, and to tell you the truth, I have learned more from posting in these boards, than i have from those books...for one thing, linux has been progressing so fast since i started using it, that the stuff in the books is often out dated, so until you find the book you are searching for, please continue to read these boards.
- 10-12-2009 #3forum.guy
- Join Date
- May 2004
- Location
- arch linux
- Posts
- 18,081
The problem with technical books is that most of them become dated very soon, especially when they deal with computers. Some computer books are written in such a way that the information applies for years, but so many others are distribution specific, or even release specific, and are practically outdated in around 6 months time.
I have a closet loaded with computer books and all but a dozen or so are full of mostly obsolete information. In my opinion, the most up to date and best source for information is online, and very much of it is at no cost. Still, I've never enjoyed reading online articles as much as I do holding and reading a good solid book.oz
→ new members/users: read this first | new member faq
→ no private messages requesting computer support - post them on the forums!
→ please use the "report post" button to alert our forum admins to problematic posts rather than responding to them yourself.
- 10-12-2009 #4Linux Guru
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Posts
- 4,651
- 10-12-2009 #5Just Joined!
- Join Date
- Oct 2009
- Posts
- 18
Here are a couple of websites I had bookmarked the first has guides for Debian
dailyartisan.com/news/open-source-e-books-for-linux/
linuxtopia.org/index.html
- 10-12-2009 #6Linux Engineer
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- An Island in the Pacific!
- Posts
- 1,225
Linux is not yet that accepted perhaps in my country. Thus, the scarcity of books. And yes all the things I've leaned for the past 7 months, I learned through this community. Not much though but just enough to make my friends "stand in awe" when I get to share of what I can already do.Hahaha!
Originally Posted by bigvoo 
I notice that some big time systems ads also get to consult and they can get what they are asking for. (I don't understand what it is though. At least not yet.
- 10-12-2009 #7Linux Engineer
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- An Island in the Pacific!
- Posts
- 1,225
I also enjoy reading online articles on linux but the back lighting of my laptop doesn't work and sometimes my eyes hurt already. Originally Posted by ozar 
- 10-12-2009 #8Linux Engineer
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- An Island in the Pacific!
- Posts
- 1,225
Thanks. Will try them. Originally Posted by reed9
- 10-12-2009 #9Linux Engineer
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- An Island in the Pacific!
- Posts
- 1,225
Thank you! Originally Posted by highfructose327
- 10-12-2009 #10Blackfooted Penguin
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- West Yorks
- Posts
- 4,341
For Debian you can use Ubuntu books and docs since most things are similar between the distros. A while back I was looking for up to date Debian books (for Debian 5) and I couldn't find any on Amazon, Borders etc. There were lots of Ubuntu books though, so I got a couple of Ubuntu server admin books and found them to be useful for Debian as well.
Reply With Quote 
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
