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Re: [LUG] Help Please

 

On 29/07/2020 10:23, Giles Coochey wrote:
> 
> On 28/07/2020 12:49, David Bell wrote:
>>
>> I took the plunge and the following have just arrived:
>>
>> "The Linux Command Line" 2nd edit. by William Shotts
>>
>> "The Linux Bible" 10th edit.
>>
>> Wow!  Wish now that I had bought them at the start of the lockdown.
>>
>> David
>>
> I had a look at the table of contents for both, I would say the first
> one is more time-proof to changes as it concentrates on more general
> UNIX concepts and fundamental areas that generally do not change over
> time. Looks like a good buy.
> 
> The second one, "The Linux Bible" has various sections that delve into
> specific software, such as Gnome3, Print & File servers etc... - these
> are areas with features and processes, that will, before long, become
> deprecated (likely why there have been 10 editions, the earliest edition
> I can find of this book is from 2005, so expect to see a new edition
> every 1.5 years to keep up to date with the rate of change that Linux
> has). Still probably a good primer, but once you've digested the
> information it will probably be better to just follow software package
> documentation and man pages.
> 

Concur. However better than no data, it enables one to search for
current data, and arrive at relevant information.

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regards
Eion MacDonald

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