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- From: Chris Stearns <chrisstearns@mac.com>
- To: Mac OS X List <x4u@lists.themacintoshguy.com>
- Subject: Re: Unix/BSD Books (was: Yet Another sudo vs. su question...)
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:44:21 -0800
-
- I wrote:
-
- > I think a comprehensive list of good books for Unix/BSD newbies would
- > be a very useful resource for this list to have at it's disposal. I
- > know the list has a number of Unix veterans. So here's my question:
- >
- > If you could pick ONE book for a newbie to learn Unix/BSD from, what
- > would it be?
-
- Well, I neglected to mention that the topic _has_ come up on the list
- several times before, mostly when it was still the [XBeta] List. So i'ts
- only fair that I do a little homework and go first.
-
- I've compiled all the book suggestions from those past posts (that I
- could find) and added them to Rick Moen's suggestions. Here's the list,
- divided up into SysAdmin, General, and OS X categories.
-
- Feel free to add directly to this list and mail it back to the X4U list!
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------
- General Unix/BSD Books (good for newbies)
- --------------------------------------------------------
-
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition
- By Jerry Peek, Grace Todino & John Strang
- 4th Edition December 1997
- 1-56592-390-1, Order Number: 3901
- 103 pages, $14.95
- (available from O'Reilly: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunix4/)
-
-
- UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition, 3rd Edition
- By Arnold Robbins
- 3rd Edition September 1999
- 1-56592-427-4, Order Number: 4274
- 614 pages, $29.95
- (available from O'Reilly: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixnut3/)
-
-
- *Note about O'Reilly Books: Bob Torres <bob@rjtorres.net>notes "The O'Reilly
- series rocks. Just FYI - you can get access to the full text version of a
- handful of O'Reilly books online at http://safari.oreilly.com for a monthly
- fee (which is pretty reasonable). I don't work for them or anything, I've
- just found having online access to these books pretty useful."
-
-
-
- ----------------------------
- System Administration
- ----------------------------
-
- Unix System Administration Handbook, by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott
- Seebass, and Trent R. Hein, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-151051-7.
-
- Essential System Administration, by Aeleen Frisch, O'Reilly &
- Associates, ISBN 0-937175-80-3.
-
- DNS and BIND, Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN
- 1-56592-512-2. (4th edition will be coming out in May, covering BIND v.
- 9.x.)
-
- TCP/IP Network Administration, Craig Hunt, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN
- 1-56592-322-7.
-
-
-
- ---------------------
- Mac OS X Books
- ---------------------
-
- OS X: The Missing Manual, By David Pogue. * Due July 2001*
- <http://www.missingmanual.com/>
- <http://www.pogueman.com/>
-
-
- Mac OS X Little Black Book, by Gene Steinberg
- Paperback - 315 pages, The Coriolis Group;
- ISBN: 1576107019, Amazon Price: $29.99
- This item was published on February 16, 2001.
- <http://www.macnightowl.com/books.htm>
-
-
-
-
-
-
- From: Chris Stearns <chrisstearns@mac.com>
- To: <x4u@lists.themacintoshguy.com> (Mac OS X for Users)
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:38:13 -0700
- Subject: [X4U] OS X Book List: April 10 (2/2)
-
- Please add to the list and mail it back to me.
- -CMS
-
- --------------
- MAC OS X BOOKS
- --------------
-
- Note: as of early April 2001, many of these books have not yet been
- published. Due dates have been noted where available.
-
-
-
- Mac OS X Book List
- ------------------
-
- OS X: The Misisng Manual, By David Pogue. * Due July 2001*
- <http://www.missingmanual.com/>
- <http://www.pogueman.com/>
-
- Mac OS X Little Black Book, by Gene Steinberg
- Paperback - 315 pages, The Coriolis Group;
- ISBN: 1576107019, Amazon Price: $29.99
- 1st ed., May 2001.
- <http://www.macnightowl.com/books.htm>
-
- Mastering Mac OS X, by Todd Stauffer, Sybex, ISBN 0-78-212581-6, 1st ed,
- April 2001.
-
- MacWorld Mac OS X Bible, by Lon Poole, Hungry Minds, Inc.,
- ISBN 0-76-453467-X,
- 1st ed., Dec. 2000. Note: I was contacted by one of the books authors and
- told that this book is in fact due in September 2001 (they are tracking
- the Puma additions).
-
- Learning Cocoa
- *due May 2001 from O'Reilly.
- (noted by John G. Otto Nisus Software Engineering)
-
- The Mac OS X Book, by Mark Bell, The Coriolis Group, ISBN 1-57-610605-5,
- 1st ed., May 2001.
-
- Mac OS X Black Book : The Reference Guide for Power Users, by Mark R.
- Bell, Debbie Suggs, and Mark Bell, The Coriolis Group, ISBN 1-56-10606-3,
- 1st ed., July 2001.
-
- Mac OS X Clearly Explained, by John Rizzo, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
- ISBN 0-12-589327-2, 1st ed., Feb. 2001.
-
- Mac OS X for Dummies, by Bob Levitus and Robert Le Vitus, Hungry Minds,
- Inc., ISBN 0-76-450706-0, April 2001.
-
- Mac OS X: The Complete Reference, by Jesse Feiler, McGraw-Hill Professional
- Publishing, ISBN 0-07-212663-9, June 2001.
-
-
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-
-
-
- From: Adam Boettiger <boettiger@pobox.com>
- Subject: Re: [X4U] OS X books
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 05:44:41 -0700
- To: Mac OS X for Users <x4u@lists.themacintoshguy.com>
-
- > Can anyone recommend (or even know about) any books about OS X which
- > INCLUDES ALL THE CHANGES IN 10.1?
-
- "Mac OSX - The missing manual" by David Pogue
- <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596000820/qid=1002717766/sr=2-1/ref
- =sr_2_3_1/102-1534746-9765728>
-
- To be published end of October.
-
- AB
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- Email: ab@email911.com - Phone: (503) 925-8434
- Portland, Oregon (USA)
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-
-
-
- From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>
- To: <x4u@lists.themacintoshguy.com> (Mac OS X for Users)
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 15:31:27 -0700
- Subject: Re: [X4U] Which of the new different lists?
-
- Eric Prentice characterised some of his new lists:
-
- > Newbies might be a good one for you as we are all newbies on Mac OS X.
- >
- > Apps will be a good one as it is a place to discuss individual
- > programs like mail.
- >
- > You might want to avoid Unix and Servers unless you are interested in
- > those.
-
- A few others that should be noted:
-
- macos-x-server@lists.apple.com
- Administrators of Mac OS X Server and related technologies.
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/macos-x-server/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/
- (username "archive" password "archive")
-
- darwinos-users@lists.apple.com
- Community-supported help for installing and using Darwin.
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/darwinos-users/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwinos-users/
- (username "archive" password "archive")
-
- darwin-development@lists.apple.com
- Technical discussion list for Darwin software development.
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/darwin-development/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-development/
- (username "archive" password "archive")
-
- maxosx-l@lists.teraglobal.com
- ???
- Subscribe by sending "subscribe {digest} macosx-l" to
- requests@lists.teraglobal.com .
-
- macosx-talk@omnigroup.com
- General discussions of Mac OS X.
- http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/macosx-talk/
-
- macosx-admin@omnigroup.com
- All Mac OS X administration questions, including any
- questions about initial installation and configuration.
- http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/macosx-admin/
-
- macosx-dev@omnigroup.com
- Mac OS X developers' mutual assistance.
- http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/macosx-dev/
-
- osxs-webmasters-subscribe@radiodigest.com
- Low-traffic list for webmasters running on OS X.
- Subscribe by sending mail to osxs-webmasters-subscribe@radiodigest.com .
- No known archives.
-
- macosx-support@yahoogroups.com
- News and user support for Mac OS X.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macosx-support
-
- rhaptel-advocacy@of.org
- Rhapsody on Intel Advocacy. Inactive list.
- http://www.of.org/rhaptel/mailing.html
- http://www.of.org/rhaptel/archives/
-
- macosx@perl.org
- Perl on OS X.
- Subscribe by sending mail to macosx-subscribe@perl.org.
- No known archives.
-
- macosx-l@sparky.listmoms.net
- News and information about OS X.
- http://sparky.listmoms.net/lists/macosx-l/
- http://sparky.listmoms.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=macosx-l
-
- bugtraqmac@sparky.listmoms.net
- Bugs, viruses, and security holes in MacOS (all versions).
- Moderated. (My view: If you need BugTraq, read the real one.)
- http://www.listmoms.net/lists/bugtraqmac/
- http://sparky.listmoms.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=bugtraqmac
-
-
- If you're looking for Web-based forums (yuck!), you're on your own.
-
- See also:
- http://www.lists.apple.com/cgi-bin/mwf/board_show.pl?id=1
- http://www.lists.apple.com/cgi-bin/mwf/board_show.pl?id=3
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