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Here's a Sunflash on books, hope it helps:


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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                  A Concise Guide to Unix Books

SunFLASH Vol 46 #17					        October 1992 
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This is a brief UNIX bibliography by Samuel Ko of Simon Fraser
University. Please send suggestions for inclusion (or editorial
comments) to him at kko@fraser.sfu.ca.
-johnj
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Subject: 	Concise Guide to Unix Books
From: 		kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
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Subject: 	[misc.books.technical]  A Concise Guide to Unix Books
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       [misc.books.technical]   A Concise Guide to Unix Books
      --------------------------------------------------------
        (previously known as "Samuel's Guide to Unix Books")

* Compiled by: Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)

* This is a good selection of the "best" Unix books / documentations.

* Subject areas covered:
  A. General Unix Texts
  B. Unix Editors
  C. Networking and Communications
  D. System Administration
  E. Unix Security
  F. Programming
  G. TeX
  H. X Window System
  I. Dictionary

* This guide is intended to be concise, so it is far from exhaustive.

* If you think there are some other really good Unix books, please let me
  know. Besides any comments, suggestions and flames are very welcome.

* I will try to update and post this list at least once a month.

* Here it goes ...


  A. General Unix Texts
*************************

1. Title: Unix for the Impatient
   Authors: Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   Comment:  **** Highly Recommended ****
             A new, comprehensive, in-depth reference to Unix ...

2. Title: The Unix Operating System 
   Author: Kaare Christian
   Publisher: Wiley
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
   Comment: A classic overview of Unix commands ... very good ...
    
3. Title: A Practical Guide to the Unix System
   Author: Mark Sobell 
   Publisher: Benjamin / Cummings
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: Similar to Christian's book ... slightly easier to read ...
            There is a new edition for System V Release 4 ...

4. Title: The Waite Group's Unix System V Primer
   Authors:  Mitchell Waite, Donald Martin and Stephen Prata
   Publisher: Hayden
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended  ****
            A very very good hand-holding tutorial-type book for Unix/SVR4 ...

5. Title: Mastering SunOs
   Authors: Brent Heslop and David Angell
   Publisher: Sybex
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: A good, comprehensive hand-on text to SunOs and OpenWin ...

6. Title: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix 
   Authors: Peter Norton and Harley Hahn
   Publisher: Bantam Computer
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: One of the many books by Peter Norton ...
            Good coverage ... but some errors ...

7. Title: Unix in a Nutshell
   Authors: Daniel Gilly and O'Reilly staff
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 (for System V and Solaris 2)
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            An excellent desktop reference to almost all Unix commands ...
            Probably the most inexpensive Unix book around ...
            Also an edition for 4.3. BSD ...

8. Title: Life with Unix - A Guide for Everyone
   Authors: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler
   Publisher: Prentice Hall 
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            An everything-you-want-to-know-about-Unix book ...
            It includes info you might not find elsewhere ...

9. Title: Learning Unix 
   Author: James Gardner
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: With disks containing MSDOS stimulation of Unix (MSK Tools) ...
            A good tutorial / reference book for those without constant
            access to Unix ...

10. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Tools
    Author: Pete Holsnberg
    Publisher: Sams
    Edition: 1992
    Comment: A new and comprehensive guide to numerous Unix utilities ...

11. Title: The Unix C Shell Field Guide
    Authors: Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
    Edition: 1986
    Comment: The C-Shell bible - everything you need to know to use Unix
             effectively ...

12. Title: Unix C Shell - Desk Reference
    Author: Martin Arick
    Publisher: QED Technical
    Edition: 1992
    Comment: A more recent text on C-Shell ...

13. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to the Korn Shell
    Author: John Valley
    Publisher: Sams
    Edition: 1992
    Comment: This one is, IMHO, even better and easier to read than the
             authoritative work by Korn and Bolsky ...

14. Title: The Design of the Unix Operating System
    Author: Maurice Bach
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
    Edition: 1986
    Comment: An excellent reference on the internals of System V ...
             This book and the next one are indeed highly technical ...

15. Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System
    Authors: Samuel Leffler et al
    Publisher: Addison-Wesley
    Edition: 1990
    Comment: An authoritative description of the design of BSD Unix ...

    
  B. Unix Editors
*******************

1. Title: GNU EMACS Manual
   Author: Richard Stallman
   Publisher: Free Software Foundation
   Edition: 6th ed. 1988
   Comment: The official manual of GNU Emacs ...

2. Title: Learning GNU Emacs
   Authors: Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1992
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            Probably the best documentation on Emacs ...

3. Title: Desktop Guide to Emacs
   Authors: Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1991  
   Comment: Another good book on emacs ...

4. Title: Learning the vi Editor
   Author: Linda Lamb
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: A very good guide to vi and ex commands ...
            With a quick reference card ...
            Other good vi stuff (including an online tutorial) is obtained by
            anonymous ftp from cs.uwp.edu (in pub/vi) ...


  C. Networking and Communications
*************************************

1. Title: Unix Networking
   Authors: Edited by Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood
   Publisher: Hayden
   Edition: 1989
   Comment: Fairly technical on different issues of networking ...

2. Title: Managing NFS and NIS
   Author: Hal Stern
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: A comprehensive, technical guide for system admins on network
            file system ...

3. Title: Unix Network Programming
   Author: Richard Stevens
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: An excellent book on programming network softwares ...

4. Title: The Waite Group's Unix Communications
   Authors: Bart Anderson, Barry Costales & Harry Henderson
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended  ****
            A really excellent book on elm, rn and nn ...

5. Title: Managing UUCP and Usenet
   Authors: Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 10 ed. 1992
   Comment: Well written on the setting-up and the maintenance of UUCP
            and Netnews ...

6. Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
   Authors: Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty
   Publisher: O'Reilly 
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: Well written on how to use uucp and netnews ...

7. Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vols I and II
   Author: Douglas Comer
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: A detailed discussion of the architecture of the Internet
            and its protocols ...
            Vol I is readable by anyone but Vol II is very technical ...

8. Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide Catalog
   Author: Ed Krol
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1992
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            Definitely a MUST for any new and not-so-new Internet users ...

9. Title: Zen and the Art of Internet
   Author: Brendan Kehoe
   Publisher: -
   Edition: 1st ed. 1992
   Comment: A comprehensive overview of the Internet for beginners ...
            It's obtainable by anonymous ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu
            (in mirrors/msdos/books) or other Simtel20 mirrors ...
            The second edition is published by Prentice Hall ...
              

  D. System Administration
****************************

1. Title: The Unix System Administration Handbook
   Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1989
   Comment: Classic, also known as the sys-admin bible ...

2. Title: Unix System V Release V Administration
   Authors: David Fiedler, Bruce Hunter and Ben Smith 
   Publisher: Hayden 
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            A must for any intermediate / advanced users of Unix ...

3. Title: Essential System Administration
   Author: Aeleen Frisch
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            A must for serious users / sys admins of Unix ...

4. Title: Unix System - Advanced Administration and Management Handbook
   Author: Bruce Hunter and Karen Hunter
   Publisher: MacMillan
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: Another good book on system administration ...

5. Title: System Performance Tuning
   Author: Mike Loukides
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: A fine book for sys admins on how to fine tune your Unix
            system(s) to do more work ...
  
  E. Unix Security
********************

1. Title: Practical Unix Security
   Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            Simply the best book in this field ...

2. Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators
   Author: David Curry
   Publisher: Addision Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   Comment: Comprehensive coverage ... with pointers to further info ...

3. Title: Unix System Security
   Author: Rik Farrow
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: Fine ... slightly not as technical as other books ...

4. Title: Site Security Handbook
   Authors: Edited by P. Holbrook and J. Reynolds
   Publisher: -
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: This is rfc1244.txt which is available by anonymous ftp from
            nic.ddn.mil (in rfc directory) ...

5. Title: Computer Security Basics
   Authors: Deborah Russell and G T Gangemi Sr.
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: A clear overview on many different security issues ...

6. Title: The Cuckoo's Egg
   Author: Cliff Stoll
   Publisher: Pocket Books
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: A fascinating real story on computer espionage ...
            A good alternative to this is Cyberpunk written by Katie Hafner
            and John Markoff and published by Touchstone Book ...


  F. Programming
******************

1. Title: The Unix Programming Environment
   Authors: Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1984 
   Comment: A true classic on Unix programming ...

2. Title: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment
   Author: Richard Stevens
   Publisher: Addison-Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   Comment: A going-to-be classic on how programs work under Unix ...

3. Title: The C Programming Language
   Authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie 
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
   Comment: This book is 200% a MUST for any C programmers ...

4. Title: C - A Reference Manual
   Authors: Samuel Harbison and Guy Steel
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 3rd ed. 1991
   Comment: An authoritative reference to C programming language ...
            A good companion to Kernighan and Ritchie ...

5. Title: The Waite Group's New Primer C Plus
   Authors: Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: A really good introduction to C for beginners ...

6. Title: Practical C Programming
   Author: Steve Oualline
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: Yet another book on C ...

7. Title: Using C on the Unix System
   Author: David Curry
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: This book is directed to (would-be) system programmers ...

8. Title: C Programming in the Berkeley Unix Environment
   Author: Nigel Horspool
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1986
   Comment: An excellent C book for 4.3 BSD ...
            The second edition "The Berkeley Unix Environment" is out ...

9. Title: The Waite Group's C++ Programming
   Author: John Berry
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1992
   Comment: A fine book on C++ (for Unix and Dos) ...

10. Title: Managing Projects with make
    Authors: Steve Talbott and Andrew Oram
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
    Comment: An unique text on using make and handling Makefile ...

11. Title: Sed and Awk
    Author: Dale Dougherty
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 1991
    Comment: A very good work on programming / text processing with
             sed and awk ...

12. Title: Programming Perl
    Authors: Larry Wall and Randal Schwartz
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 1991
    Comment: The authoritative guide to Perl - the programming language for
             for serious Unix users ...


  G. TeX
**********

1. Title: The TeXbook
   Author: Donald Knuth
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: The bible of TeX users ...

2. Title: TeX for the Impatient
   Author: Paul Abrahams
   Publisher: Addison-Wesley
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: A more user-friendly handbook on TeX ...
  
3. Title: LATeX - A Document Preparation System
   Author: Leslie Lamport
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1986
   Comment: The bible for LATeX users ...


  H. X Window System
**********************

1. Title: X Window System Users' Guide 
   Authors: Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990 (Motif or MIT)
   Comment: A useful tutorial type book to X11R4

2. Title: The X Window System - A User's Guide
   Author: Niall Manfield
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1990
   Comment: Another good tutorial-type book to using X ...

3. Title: X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt
   Author: Doug Young
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1989 (Motif or Open Look)
   Comment: An excellent book on X programming ...


  I. Dictionary
*****************

1. Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
   Author: Eric Raymond 
   Publisher: MIT Press
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: This book corresponds to version 2.9.6 of the on-line
            jargon file ... The latest (at the time of writing) is
            version 2.9.10 (jargon2910.ascii.Z) which is available
            by ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu (in mirrors/gnu) ...


--
Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) (aka: The Smart One)
Expert in Computer Books and Documentations ...

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