on Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 11:52:25PM -0400, timo@bolverk.net (timo@bolverk.net) wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 12:10:17PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I find most of the Norton's, SAMS, "Unleashed", "In 24 Hours", "In 10 > > Days", "Maximum...", "...for Dummies", and "Total Idiots Guide..." books > > to be poor, though there are the odd exceptions. > > > > I tend to recommend O'Reilly, Wiley, Morgan Kaufman, and Addison Wesley. > > Having gone through many linux/unix books recently, I would agree with > the above statement almost 100%. One notable exception though, and I rarely > admit owning this in public (this is anonymous, right?) is the "UNIX for > Dummies Quick Refrence Guide". It really sits on my desktop, well > disguised of course, for those times when I just can't remember how to > format a floppy or something equally silly. For even the full retail > price of $14.99 u.s. it's not a bad tool for the newbie's. Funny thing is that this used to be the pricepoint for the O'Reilly "Nutshell" books. Actually, I've got my copy of _UNIX in a Nutshell_ bought in 1995 for $9.95. Which has, I discover, a capsule summary of 'ar' which is missing from the latest _Linux in a Nutshell_. Prices climbed to arount $14 with the next release, they're now about $35. Witness: new entrants at the low end of the scale. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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