Old RH books for new RH system user

[Benjamin Hornberger]

At 10:32 AM 2/28/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>peter at mycorp.co.uk wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>I am just looking for a good book about Linux, second hand something from 
>>ebay.co.uk.
>>I want something about using command line I mean linux administration 
>>from the shell only. I am good in windows but it's only cuz I knew DOS 
>>from the beggining. Now I want to learn same about Linux, how to 
>>comfigure files, what file is for what etc.
>>My question is :
>>Is book for ie Redhat 6 or 8 a good startpoint even if I am using RedHat 
>>enterprise on my computer, Redhat 9 on my VPS and ClarkConnect on my home 
>>server.

I can recommend the "Linux Cookbook" by Michael Stutz, but it's mainly from 
a user's point of view (not much system administration). The 2nd edition is 
out, but I don't see many new features covered there. Maybe you can find a 
cheap copy of the 1st edition.

I you happened to speak German, the book by Michael Kofler (www.kofler.cc) 
is by far the best Linux book for beginners and intermediate users, in my 
opinion. It covers more than enough system administration for the home and 
hobby administrator. There is an English translation of the 4th German 
edition (2nd English edition), but it's quite old now. I don't understand 
why they don't translate the newer editions.

Benjamin