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The Linux Reading List HOWTO

by Eric S. Raymond

1.10, 14 November 1999

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This document lists the book I think are most valuable to a person trying to learn Unix (especially Linux) top to bottom.

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1. Introduction

• 1.1 Purpose of this document
• 1.2 New versions of this document
• 1.3 Feedback and Corrections
• 1.4 Related Resources
• 1.5 Conventions Used In This Document

2. Books on Culture, History, and Pragmatics

3. Books on General Unix/Linux

• 3.1 Linux Installation and Administration
• 3.2 Using Unix & Linux
• 3.3 System Security

4. Books on Shell, Script, and Web Programming

5. Books on Text Formatting

• 5.1 Tex and LaTeX

6. Good Programming Style

7. Books on C and C++ Programming

• 7.1 C and C++
• 7.2 C System Call Interface

  8. Books on Networking

  9. Books on Unix Kernel Implementation

  • 9.1 Ancestors of Linux
  • 9.2 Linux
  • 9.3 Relatives of Linux

    10. Books on Intel processor architecture and programming

    11. Books on PC-Class Hardware

    12. Administrivia

    • 12.1 Terms of Use
    • 12.2 History

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