The Linux Reading List HOWTO
by Eric S. Raymond
v1.6, 20 April 1999
This document lists the book I think are most valuable to a person trying to learn Unix (especially Linux) top to bottom.
1.
Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this document
1.2 New versions of this document
1.3 Feedback and Corrections
1.4 Related Resources
1.5 Conventions Used In This Document
2.
Books on Culture, History, and Pragmatics
3.
Books on General Unix/Linux
3.1 Linux Installation and Administration
3.2 Using Unix & Linux
3.3 System Security
4.
Books on Shell, Script, and Web Programming
5.
Books on Text Formatting
5.1 Tex and LaTeX
6.
Books on C and C++ Programming
6.1 C and C++
6.2 C System Call Interface
7.
Books on Networking
8.
Books on Unix Kernel Implementation
8.1 Ancestors of Linux
8.2 Linux
8.3 Relatives of Linux
9.
Books on Intel processor architecture and programming
10.
Books on PC-Class Hardware
11.
Administrivia
11.1 Terms of Use
11.2 History
