From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Re: UnixWorld and Unix magazine
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:08:03 GMT

ccoprbm@prism.gatech.EDU (Bruce Mccullough) writes:

>Without yelling out me too. I'm looking for good books on the UNIX lifestyle.
>I've seen in UNIX WORLD books about getting started and learning UNIX but
>I was kinda looking for something off of that beat. I'd looked in the book
>stores locally and didn't see anything. Thanks.

The following list should help ...

  Samuel's Guide to Unix Books -- Revised Edition
----------------------------------------------------  
Last Updated: August 12 1992 
Copyright 1992 Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)

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

1. Title: Unix for the Impatient
   Author: Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   Comments:  **** Highly Recommended ****
              A new, comprehensive, in-depth reference to Unix ...
              You can't find something better ...

2. Title: The Unix Operating System 
   Author: Kaare Christian
   Publisher: Wiley
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
   Comments: 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
   Comments: 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: 1991
   Comments: A very good tutorial-type book for SVR4 ...

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

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

7. Title: Unix in a Nutshell for System V 
   Author: -
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   Comments: A fine quick reference ... 
             There is an updated edition covering SVR4 and Solaris 2 ... 
             Also an edition for 4.3. BSD ...

8. Title: Life with Unix - A Guide for Everyone
   Author: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler 
   Publisher: Prentice Hall 
   Edition: 1990
   Comments: **** 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
   Comments: With disks containing MSDOS stimulation of Unix (MSK Tools) ...
             A good tutorial / reference book for those without constant
             access to Unix ...

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

11. Title: Unix C Shell - Desk Reference
    Author: Martin Arick
    Publisher: QED Technical
    Edition: 1992
    Comments: Another text on C-Shell ...

12. Title: The Design of the Unix Operating System
    Author: Maurice Bach
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
    Edition: 1986
    Comments: An excellent reference on the internals of System V ...

13. Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System
    Authors: Samuel Leffler et al
    Publisher: Addison-Wesley
    Edition: 1989
    Comments: 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 edition 1988
   Comments: The official manual of GNU Emacs ...

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

6. Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vols I and II 
   Author: Douglas Comer
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1991
   Comments: A detailed discussuion of the architecture of the Internet
             and its protocols ... 
             Vol I is readable by anyone but Vol II is very technical ...       
      
7. Title: Zen and the Art of Internet 
   Author: Brendan Kehoe
   Publisher: -
   Edition: 1st ed. 1992
   Comments: 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 commercial ...
              

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

1. Title: The Unix System Administration Handbook
   Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1989
   Comments: 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: 1991
   Comments: **** Highly Recommended ****
             A must for any intermediate / advanced users of Unix ...

3. Title: Essential System Administration
   Author: Aeleen Frisch
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comments: **** 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
   Comments: Another good book on system administration ...

  
E. Unix Security
****************

1. Title: Practical Unix Security
   Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   Comments: **** 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
   Comments: Comprehensive coverage ... with pointers to further info ...

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

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

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

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

2. Title: The C Programming Language
   Authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie 
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1988
   Comments: This book is a MUST for any C programers ...

3. Title: C - A Reference Guide
   Authors: Samuel Harbison and Guy Steel
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1991 
   Comments: An authoritative reference to C progamming language ...
             A good companion to Kernighan and Ritchie ...


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

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

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

7. Title: C Programming in the Berkeley Unix Environment 
   Author: Nigel Horspool
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1986
   Comments: A C book for 4.3 BSD ...

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

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

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


G. TeX
******

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

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


H. X Windows
************

1. Title: X Window System Users' Guide 
   Authors: Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990 (MIT or Motif)
   Comments: 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
   Comments: Another good tutorial-type book to using X ...

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

1. Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
   Author: Eric Raymond 
   Publisher: MIT Press
   Edition: 1991
   Comments: 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) ...


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