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• atreyu Posts: 216

  June 2009

  dveus wrote:

  I'm looking for references where I can learn a little more about what makes linux tick, not so much the how to's but a general overview of the ideas/processes behind the OS. Coming from a windows systems administration background when something goes wrong I have a general idea of which direction to head to find the solution, with linux I'm still finding my way.
  
  I find it easier to read from paper, so any books I should be looking into?

  
  O'Reilly usually has great books on Linux - I used this one when I was starting out...
  http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596000257/

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• engless Posts: 11

  June 2009

  You could try the quiz here:
  
  http://www.engless.com/tech/linux/linux.php

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• mlangdn Posts: 13

  June 2009

  Try this one:
  
  http://rute.2038bug.com/rute.html.gz

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• Goineasy9 Posts: 1,116

  June 2009

  I would like to second the recommendation of O'Reilly's "Linux In A Nutshell". Seems like every serious Linux user I know has a copy of this book. It is a great reference.

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• tw3ak Posts: 37

  June 2009

  hello,
  the "rute" web page is a book online. I've read several Linux User's guides and this is the easiest to understand with one exception. The bash shell script chapters.

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• Goineasy9 Posts: 1,116

  June 2009

  OK, was looking through my bookmarks, and found this link. It's a Digg article that links back to linuxhaxor.net.
  
  10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners:
  
  http://digg.com/d1qp1N
  
  There are alternate links in the comments following the list.
  
  I know your looking for paper books, but can you really pass up free e-books?

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