[CentOS] Re: Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

Thu Mar 6 18:17:48 UTC 2008
Ugo Bellavance <ugob at lubik.ca>

Steve Huff wrote:
> 
> On Mar 6, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> 
>>     I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, 
>> or HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well?  Books?  Courses? 
>> Self-teaching in a home lab?
> 
> in addition to the other suggestions, i recommend a copy of Evi Nemeth's 
> "Unix System Administration Handbook" 
> (http://www.admin.com/Pages/USAH.html).  one of the distinguishing 
> features of this book is that for each topic it provides configuration 
> examples for several different UNIX variants, highlighting the 
> differences and similarities.
> 
> the current edition is the Third; you may also be interested in the 
> Second edition, which covers some more proprietary UNIX variants.

Thanks, but I find it hard to spend so much on a book that is 8-year old...

Ugo