Where can I get good material (or books or tutorials) on linux and Unix programming

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Posted 28-Jul-12 8:56am

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[no name] 28-Jul-12 15:09pm

Amazon?

Kenneth Haugland 28-Jul-12 16:27pm

Sorry, didnt see your comment ;)

[no name] 28-Jul-12 16:30pm

Not a problem at all.

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Solution 1

The internet is a endless source of Linux/Unix programmging tutorial, examples, samples, ... heck, you could even find 10 years old (or older) linux/unix program books in libraries that would still be relevant.

Are you looking for something particular like kernel/driver programming ?

or something just more general (UI, domain dependant applications, ... )?

Posted 28-Jul-12 9:48am

Maximilien

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pasztorpisti 30-Jul-12 9:51am

The internet is a endless source of Linux/Unix programmging tutorial: This is also one of the biggest problems. A beginner sometimes can't decide if a tutorial is outdated or not. And most of the time its hard to find a really good tutorial when you have a "endless sources". Good info is lost between the lot of low quality stuff.

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Why dont you look over at for instance amazon or other books sites? They have a review system wioth grades... What would you get here that you wouldnt get there?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=linux+and+Unix[^]

Posted 28-Jul-12 10:26am

Kenneth Haugland

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Search the internet. You probably have to use google.com

Posted 30-Jul-12 1:18am

armagedescu

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Kenneth Haugland 30-Jul-12 7:20am

Yeah, I wondered If Id should improve Volynsky Alex answer to include google.com for dummies too ;)

armagedescu 30-Jul-12 7:22am

:)

Kenneth Haugland 30-Jul-12 7:42am

Hah.. There is actually one:
http://www.amazon.com/Google-Search-Rescue-Dummies-Computers/dp/B0068EQDYE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343648474&sr=8-1&keywords=google+search+for+dummies

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Hey, I'm not an active linux user currently but what I know (some commandline, sysadmin stuff, basic programming) I learnt from The Linux Documentation Project Site[^] FOR FREE. At first sight the site might look overly simple, but it has some very good tutorials.

EDIT: I just wrote in "programming" to the search field of TLDP and the first find is a brief book that looks OK: The Linux Programmer's Guide[^]. Quite an old book but its short and you can learn the basics from this for sure. Go and invest a few minutes to find out if this site is OK for you or not! Good luck.

Posted 30-Jul-12 3:57am

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Updated 30-Jul-12 4:03am

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Volynsky Alex · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-29T07:16:00

If you like the Dummies books, the best of this series' Linux books remains "Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment". It was released in 2005, and is an update of the classic first edition (released in 1992) by the late W. Richard Stevens.
http://www.apuebook.com/[^]

The "Advanced Linux Programming" is freely available and is an excellent book on Linux system programming.
http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/[^]

The classic guide to UNIX(R) programming of Marc J. Rochkind !
The book "Advanced UNIX Programming" is still used and considered to be a must have book on any UNIX programmer's shelf.

http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-UNIX-Programming-2nd-Edition/dp/0131411543[^]

No matter what book you get though, the absolute best way to learn Linux is to use it. Get a book and sit down with it and a computer already running your Linux distribution of choice and start playing with Linux. You'll find that learning Linux really isn't that tough after all. Have fun!

P/S Here you can find number of free Linux Books:
http://www.techbooksforfree.com/linux.shtml[^]

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