I can understand paying for extra/quick/guaranteed support. However, paying for documentation on how to install or use something? That's a bit much. Maybe some sort of optimization guide for $$. But if you make people pay for docs just to install your program, I think you're doing a bit too much.
Here's my first two books I bought, and why I like them.
First of all, for any distro: Running Linux, latest edition you can get. Why?
It is a book you can read cover to cover. It has some scary stories of the old days of installation in the beginning. You realize how easy it has gotten. Then you will learn the many different ways to do the same thing. You don't have to be on a computer to learn from this book.
If you are using Red Hat, then grab Red Hat Linux Unleashed. Why?
This has MUCH more specific information. It's not something you can read cover to cover, you read the different sections as you need to learn them.
In general though, I've never found a bad O'Reilly book...
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I can understand paying for extra/quick/guaranteed support. However, paying for documentation on how to install or use something? That's a bit much. Maybe some sort of optimization guide for $$. But if you make people pay for docs just to install your program, I think you're doing a bit too much.
Here's my first two books I bought, and why I like them. First of all, for any distro: Running Linux, latest edition you can get. Why? It is a book you can read cover to cover. It has some scary stories of the old days of installation in the beginning. You realize how easy it has gotten. Then you will learn the many different ways to do the same thing. You don't have to be on a computer to learn from this book. If you are using Red Hat, then grab Red Hat Linux Unleashed. Why? This has MUCH more specific information. It's not something you can read cover to cover, you read the different sections as you need to learn them. In general though, I've never found a bad O'Reilly book...