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Upon reccommendation, I am gonna download CRT. I was also told to get a good book so I could learn command lines for unix.

I live in a town that only has a walmart, and a half a dozen fast food junk places. No book store. So, could anyone recommend a book that i might be able to locate. (I have friends in bigger cities that could get me what i need, providing I know to ask for)

And, if ya's know of a good tutorial online, that would be cool too. http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif

thanks a bunch!

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[Terra]

3 good sources for tutorials/books:

1) metalab.unc.edu/LDP

2) O'Reilly publishes awesome books for Perl and Linux

3) amazon.com

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Terra
--Resources are the key to knowledge--
FutureQuest

[Bi4Be]

Ya, I would have to agree with Terra...

Just go do a search on http://www.amazon.com or my favorite http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ http://www.aota.net/ubb/wink.gif

-Bi4Be

[Benson]

Try this one!! I was thumbing through it last night.


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565925858/n/qid=921984975/sr=2-1/002-1987834-8181800

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what is the difference between linux and UNIX?

Cuz Terra, I thought you said to get something on unix, and Benson gave me a link for a linux book.

[Benson]

what is the difference between linux and UNIX

FQ runs on Linux, which is a free, open source OS written by that Torvalds guy. It's just a different "flavor" of unix.

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so if i purchase the book on Linux would the commands be different for UNIX server? or would it be in my best interest to aquire the UNIX book.. cuz I really need to know. thanks.

[jenili]

Hearts, get a Linux book if you can, or at least a UNIX book that explicitly covers Linux. This is a weird concept for Windows and Mac folks, but there are different versions (flavors) of the UNIX operating system. They do mostly the same stuff but, well, they taste different http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif The flavor of UNIX that we use on FQ is called Linux.

If you got a general UNIX book, you'd be OK, but there are some differences among flavors -- so some commands you might use in Solaris (another flavor) may have different names, or different syntax, in Linux. You're best off with a book that actually discusses Linux.

In addition to different UNIX flavors, there are different "shells" -- or interfaces -- that you can use. We're set up by default to use the bash shell. But you won't want to plunge into a bash book yet; save that for when you want to start writing shell programs.

Here are a couple by O'Reilly to check out.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunix4/noframes.html
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/usa/noframes.html

HTH. jeni

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Jeni.... Thanks so much.. finally an answer that I can understand and relate to. THANK YOU. http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif