On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 12:28 -0400, Steve Huff wrote:
On Apr 6, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Chris Peikert wrote:
Odd.. wget is not a recognized command. I never even herd of wget so it doesn't surprise me. Know of any other way? I am also looking for books to learn Linux since I have only been messing with it for...2 weeks now. I looked at the dummy books but they don't cover Red Hat. So am I suppose to get a dummy book for each flavor of linux or how does this work? Since I am using CentOS do I get the Red Hat dummies or what?
two books that were of inestimable use to me some time back are the Unix System Administration Handbook and the Linux Administration Handbook, both by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent Hein.
they're of great practical use, and they'll keep being useful long after you've progressed past the "dummies" stage. go buy them. :)
if you're only going to buy one, of course, buy the Linux book.
-steve
The Linux book is quite good and is used by the local community college in their Linux course. I have found it particularly useful when I have to do something on Debian or SuSE since there are differences and the book covers those in addition to RedHat/Clones. The book is not directed at flat out beginners, but slightly more advanced.
The SAMs books have been good in the past, though I have not looked at any of the ones since RH 6.2.
As suggested by another a book for RedHat Enterprise 4 would be directly applicable, and ones covering Fedora Core 3 would be the next closest and probably are in the bargain bin now.
Paul