Recommended books for Linux

[danbuter]

Don't think this already exists, but I'm curious what books you would recommend for someone either:
1. Just starting to use Linux.
2. Has a decent command of basic Linux

Thanks!

[danbuter]

I guess I'll start with what I would recommend:

1. "Easy Linux Commands" by Jon Emmons and Terry Clark. I just got this a couple weeks ago, and it's really helped me out a lot. It's not too thick, and covers the basic shell commands. I really like it.

1. "Ubuntu Linux Bible" by William von Hagen. This thing is huge, but it covers most of what I can use in Ubuntu. It's almost too big, and some things like sound card problems are not found easily. But it covers basic stuff pretty well.

[rudie_rage]

Books might work for some people, but I just cant justify spending money on a resource that is written much better online (in such places as this forum).

And on top of that, if something dosnt work, you can't ask the book a question and expect a response :P

[Thrillhouse]

There's been lots of threads devoted to this subject. A couple of them are here and here.

As for my own recommendations, I like Linux in a Nutshell.

[fingal]

Hi - this is quite useful.

[Juan Pablo]

The Linux Cookbook is a great resource for users that are just starting, it will solve most of your questions easily and friendly, it's a bit outdate in some parts (like configuration files and such) but it's still applicable