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. > > http://www.admin.com/ > > 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