Recommended Linux Books
We recommend these Linux books, based on the
reviews or personal experience.
The rating is from 1 to 5 stars.
This excellent complete, easy-to-use, and up-to-date book
will help you secure your Linux and Unix systems and entire
mixed-OS network against all manner of attack. If your site
is successfully breached it will allow you the fastest recovery
with the least damage to your data and organization. This book
was written by Bob Toxen, who shares 28 years of Unix experience
and 6 years of Linux experience, and a long history of Unix
and Linux security experience.
Eric Raymond, who wrote the Foreword, said of it "You have
in your hands a book I've been waiting to read for years --
a practical, hands-on guide to hardening your Linux system."
Steve Bourne, Creator of the Bourne Shell, says "A comprehensive
guide to system security--covers everything from hardening
a system to system recovery after an attack."
For more information see http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com.
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The
Art of UNIX Programming
Eric S. Raymond (c) 2004
This brilliant 5 star book explains techniques for
quickly programming in UNIX and Linux to create excellent and reliable programs.
He captures 30 years of
UNIX and Linux programming experience and offers it in a well-written, easy-to-understand,
and fun book, along with the history behind the techniques, and contrasts
with other less technically successful Operating Systems
and methods.
Even those programming under those other Operating
Systems will benefit by learning these techniques.
Managers will learn why these techniques will result
in more reliable code requiring less maintenance.
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Linux
Sendmail Administration
Craig Hunt 2001
This 5 star book taught me more skimming it for five minutes
in a bookstore than all of the hours that I have wasted not finding what I
was looking for in the
O'Reilly Sendmail book. I found it especially useful in explaining, in detail
and with examples, the use of the various mapping tables in the newer Sendmail
versions.
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Linux
Application Development
Michael K. Johnson, Erik W. Troan 1998
This 5 star book and your C knowledge
will allow you to write applications that make full use of Linux, including
file I/O, interprocess communication, signals,
raw device I/O, and much more. I have been programming in C on Unix for 25
years and Linux for five and it taught me valuable things!
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Linux
Device Drivers
Alessandro Rubini, Andy Oram (Editor) 1998
This 4.5 star book tells how to write device drivers for Linux so you
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Beginning
Linux Programming
Neil Matthew, Richard Stones 1996
This 5 star book and your C knowledge
will teach you to write applications using advanced topics such
as processes, pipes, semaphores, and sockets--and of course,
they address issues common to Internet programming such as using CGI (Common
Gateway Interface).
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Slackware
Linux Unleashed
Tim Parker (Editor) 1997
This 4 star book will teach you how to use the various
features of your Slackware system, including tcsh (the command interpreter),
shell scripts, vi (the screen
editor), groff (nroff/troff word processing/desktop publishing), bash, emacs,
TeX, and lots more.
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The
Linux Network (The M&T Books Slackware Series)
Fred Butzen, Christopher Hilton 1998
This 4.5 star book and CD explains how to
set up networking on Slackware Linux better than the Linux NAG (Network Administration
Guide) that comes. It also
is useful for Red Hat.
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Understanding
Unix
Stan Kelly-Bootle 1994
This excellent 4.5 star book will teach you all about
Unix.
Understanding Unix introduces the Unix operating system, providing
a basic understanding of its architecture and operating principles. Rather
than attempting to explain all the uses of each command, the book concentrates
on the most practical commands and options. It gives all the necessary
information to set up, use, maintain, and optimize a Unix system with
a minimum of trouble. |
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