I bought the third edition in January 2004 when I started a new job with a Unix/Linux company. I found it very easy to get up to speed quickly, which is a testament to the quality of the book as my previous *nix experience was measured in minutes. I particularly appreciated the way it compared and contrasted *nix with Windows as that's my background.
It won't teach you everything but it covers the basics and will get you working pretty well straight away. As noted above to become really effective you should get help from someone with a lot more experience, but this book will introduce most *nix concepts.
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How surprising that God is an Anonymous Coward.
*paints two large concentric circles on his chest, one inside the other*
how else can you have two concentric circles?
I bought the third edition in January 2004 when I started a new job with a Unix/Linux company. I found it very easy to get up to speed quickly, which is a testament to the quality of the book as my previous *nix experience was measured in minutes. I particularly appreciated the way it compared and contrasted *nix with Windows as that's my background. It won't teach you everything but it covers the basics and will get you working pretty well straight away. As noted above to become really effective you should get help from someone with a lot more experience, but this book will introduce most *nix concepts.
:) well maybe. "Arse bandit" is a pretty common Australian slang for a homosexual man tho.
who the hell would name their software "arse-bandit" ?!
Software is designed? WOW!
Me too! - The BITCH!
Thats right, man! After all - that's what Maddox uses: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=fa q
halleluljah brother!
sedimentary? as in layers of dirt?