General
Linux Cookbook
Format: Paperback
Author: Carla Schroder
ReleaseDate: 01 December, 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Rating:
Succinct and clear to understand . . . 
Covers all flavours and is a 'must have' book. A well-organised and clearly written collection of useful commands and solutions to help one along with the often exasperating arcana of Linux. .
Perfect binding keeps the book open at the desired page
. .. which comes in real handy considering how often I reference it.
Chapter 10 (Patching, Customizing, and Upgrading Kernels) and Chapter 12 (Managing the Bootloader and Multi-Booting) helped me recompile my kernel for the first time. Not only are the instructions clear, but the author also made sure to explain each step so I knew why I was typing a certain command. There's even a section on how to create an initrd image for SCSI drive users, which I had a hard time finding on the web.
This book does an excellent job covering all the basics, and it's worth spending the time to read it from beginning to end. I certainly see myself getting a lot of mileage from it.
It was perfect to get me moving on LINUX
I spent six months having a hard time getting simple things done until I came accross this book. I wanted to become more experienced with UNIX so I had the Ubuntu distribution installed in my computer.
It is organized in such a way that it is easy to get to do what you want/need and, what's better, the explanations provided give you insights on how UNIX works. After a while, you will find yourself doing new stuff on your own.
If you want to get into UNIX but knows little about it my advice for you is: get this book and jump into LINUX - it is worth it!.
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