Another great bookstore is in Dinkytown, at the U of M. They have even more books in storage somewhere else. Their books go way back. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/5/01, 10:58:40 PM, "Marc Ohmann" <mohmann at qwest.net> wrote regarding Re [TCLUG] learning linux-ideas at 7.sdm: > I would suggest an operating systems book or Advanced Linux Programming > by Stevens. A good os book is the one by Tannenbaum (sp?) which > arguably is the book that Linus originally got his ideas from. There is > also a good O'Reilly book on Linux Kernel design. > To truly understand what is going on in Linux I believe that you need a > strong understanding of operating systems and c programming. Pipes, i/o > redirects, signals, processes, daemons, terminal programming, shells, > ipc, sockets... are the heart of Linux and are taught in a good os class > or book. The rest of the command line is simply programs that implement > these ideas. > The most important thing is that it takes time and experience. I have > been running linux since I installed slackware via floppies on my 386 > about 5 years ago and I still learn all kinds of new stuff each day. > You will never find one source for all you answers. > Reading this mailing list is a good start. You can subscribe to a Linux > magazine such as Linux Journal and read through the how-tos -- I find > myself referencing linuxdoc.org all the time. > The bookstore is also a great place to learn. I end up taking my > daughter to b&n a couple times a month. We sit there for hours and read > (or steal information :-) ). > hope this helps, > Marc > Adam Wolkoff wrote: > >I'm a linux newbie. I want to learn more. I spent some time at the > >bookstore looking at linux books. They were all of the "how to use KDE" > >variety. I might be dumb but I'm not stupid! I don't need some book > >telling me how a GUI works. > > > >I'm looking for info on a class, book, person etc that can teach me how > >linux really works--the much ballyhooed command line. > > > >Any ideas? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Regards, > > > >TeamStrange Airheads, Inc. > >By: Adam S. Wolkoff > >Vice President, Special Projects > >adam at teamstrange.com <mailto:adam at teamstrange.com> > >http://www.teamstrange.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list