Linux: i need a book

[clio]

Can someone recommend a book on Linux for me? use it for a webserver that is, remotely. I need to learn it. I know NOTHING =/

[tribby]

Before dealing with linux remotely, you might want to learn on a local machine first. You can easily dual-boot Windows and Linux on the same machine. A great linux book is Running Linux, published by O'Reilly.

[twcinpa]

Yes, O'Reilly's Running Linux seems to be the dominant book.

Dual booting is the way to go. To avoid any worries about hard drive space I added a 2nd hard drive and dual boot.

Now, you might start an interesting discussion by asking which distribution.

Tom

[Still Shady]

User Window.NET Platform! :] It's just sweet!

[adun]

What about the Linux books from Wrox?

(sorry, i just have a really high opinion of all Wrox books)

[cfactor]

I haven't read a linux book from Wrox, but Wrox is definitely a good publisher for computer related books. Although O'Reilly's Running Linux is a good book, it is fairly outdated. Wrox books in general, seem to be more up to date.

But if clio's only concern is about running a webserver, it might be good to maybe get a book specific to apache or something.

And there's also a lot of HOW-TO docs on linux stuff. You can find 'em on http://www.linuxdoc.org

Another thing with linux is that different distributions have their own quirks, so it's good to get a book specific to the distribution in mind. If clio wants to learn stuff specific to Aletia's servers, ssh into the account and "cat /etc/redhat-release" to see which version of Red Hat linux it's running. They are running older versions, so it'll be easy to find the relevant books in bargain bins and such at a bookstore.