ZDNet Bookstore Reports Top Ten Linux Books

by Dwight Johnson

The top ten selling Linux books at the ZDNet UK
Bookstore as compiled by Computer Manuals Online Bookstore
are just the titles you would expect.

1. Linux in a Nutshell, by Hekman, O’Reilly pub., covers
   user commands, the shell, pattern matching, the Emacs, vi, ex and
   sed editors, gawk scripting, system, network and administration
   commands overview. ISBN – 1565921674.
2. Running Linux 2nd Edition, by Welsh, O’Reilly pub.,
   over two years a best seller, intended for beginner and
   intermediate level Linux users. Installing, initial configuration,
   basic UNIX commands and concepts, essential system management,
   managing filesystems, editors, text tools, printing, the X Window
   system, programming languages, tools for programmers, TCP/IP, SLIP,
   the WWW and mail, telecommunications, fax, & UUC. ISBN –
   1565921518.
3. Red Hat Linux Unleashed 2nd Edition (Book/CD Package),
   by Pitts, SAMS pub., includes Red Hat 4.2, introduction and
   installation of Linux, configuring other servers, hardware
   connectivity and devices, system administration and management,
   programming and modifying source code–for the more advanced user
   with some prior UNIX familiarity. ISBN – 0672311739.
4. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide, by Kirch,
   O’Reilly pub., for networking beginners, introduction to
   networking, TCP/IP networking, configuring networking hardware,
   TCP/IP networking, name service and resolver configuration, serial
   line IP, the Point To Point Protocol, important network features,
   the Network Information System (NIS), the Network File System
   (NFS), managing Taylor UUCP, electronic mail, smail, sendmail, IDA,
   netnews, C News, NNTP, newsreader configuration, PLIP. ISBN –
   1565920872.
5. Beginning Linux Programming, by Matthew, WROX pub.,
   excellent book for the beginning/intermediate Linux programmer,
   shell programming, files, the UNIX environment, terminals, curses,
   data management, development tools, debugging, processing and
   signals, inter-process communication (IPC): pipes, semaphores,
   messages queues and shared memory, sockets, Tcl, programming for X,
   programming for the Internet: HTML, Internet programming, CGI. ISBN
   – 1874416680.
6. RedHat Linux Unleashed (Book/CD Package), by Husain,
   SAMS pub., advanced sales on yet unpublished book. ISBN –
   0672309629.
7. The Complete Linux Kit (Book/CD Package), Tauber,
   SYBEX pub., for beginners and intermediates, What is Linux?,
   Installing Slackware, using the X Window system, the DOS emulator
   (DOSEmu), Linux resources, Linux tutorial, system administration,
   advanced features, CD contains Slackware. ISBN – 0782116698.
8. The Complete Red Hat Linux 5 Operating System (2 CDs),
   by Sams Development, SAMS pub., intermediate to advanced, includes
   the complete electronic versions of Teach Yourself UNIX in 24
   Hours, Apache Server Survival Guide, and selected
   chapters of Red Hat Linux Unleashed, the CD-ROMs contain
   hundreds of Linux programs and utilities, including: Apache web
   server, development tools, full networking support for TCP/IP,
   Ethernet, Token Ring and Arcnet, complete suite of internet tools
   for web, FTP, e-mail, Java, news, many arcade, strategy and flight
   simulator games such as Doom and Tetris, graphics editors and
   viewers. ISBN – 0672312220.
9. Using Linux 3rd Edition Special Edition (Book/CD
   Package), by Tackett, QUE pub., advanced sales on unpublished book.
   ISBN – 078971132X.
10. Linux Unleashed 2nd Edition (Book/CD Package), by
    Husain and Parker, SAMS pub., over 1300 pages, Linux for
    programmers, setting up a web site using Linux, a reference for
    intermediate/beginner level users. ISBN – 0672309084.