20 best free Linux books

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The other day, Neo recommended a website containing more than 100 free Linux books. Here, I also recommend 20 of the best free Linux books. Of course, they are also in the English version.

1. Ubuntu pocket guide and reference

An Introduction to Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10.

 

Website	Www.ubuntupocketguide.com
Author	Keir Thomas
Format	PDF
Pages	152

 

2. Two bits

A book on the history and culture of free software. When it is not software, there are also music, movies, science and education.

 

Website	Twobits.net
Author	Christopher M. Kelty
Format	PDF
Pages	400

 

3. the Linux starter pack

A complete book that describes how to use Linux. It can increase your entry level to intermediate level. It mainly teaches you how to operate Linux desktops.

 

Website	Www.tuxradar.com/linuxstarterpack
Author	Future Publishing
Format	PDF
Pages	130

4. The easiest Linux guide you'll ever read

This book is intended for users of windows. It teaches you how to use Linux to complete windows tasks. This book provides users with an experience to tell you how powerful and charming Linux is.

 

Website	Www.suseblog.com
Author	Scott Morris
Format	PDF
Pages	160

 

5. Producing open source software

This book mainly introduces open-source software, such as how to create an open-source project, how to organize and manage it, and introduces some open-source cultures. This is not a technical book. It is a management or open-source engineering book.

 

Website	Producingoss.com
Author	Karl Fogel
Format	PDF, XML, single HTML page, multiple HTML pages
Pages	192

6. Introduction to Linux-A hands on Guide

Another Linux manual covers file systems, processes, I/O, Vim, printing, backup, network, and multimedia.

 

Website	Tille. garrels. be/training/tldp/
Author	Machtelt garrels
Format	PDF, html
Pages	215

7. Bash guide for beginners

A book that teaches you how to use Bash programming.

 

Website	Tille. garrels. be/training/bash
Author	Machtelt garrels
Format	PDF, html
Pages	165

8. After the software wars

This book describes good and bad things in computer software development. It also implies many things today.

 

Website	Www.lulu.com/content/4964815
Author	Keith Curtis
Format	PDF
Pages	292

9. The Cathedral & the bazaar

This is a methodology about software engineering. It mainly summarizes the Linux kernel and the software development methods used in open-source projects.

 

Website	Www.catb.org /~ ESR/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
Author	Eric S. Raymond
Format	PDF, XHTML, XML, and postscript
Pages	260

10. free for all: how Linux and the free software movement undercut the high-tech titans

It is also a book about the political aspects of software development.

 

Website	Wayner.org/node/5
Author	Peter Wayner
Format	PDF, zipped HTML, palm PDB, HTML, ASCII text, XML
Pages	340

11. Put yourself in command

Introduction to Linux commands.

 

Website	En.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux
Author	Free Software Foundation
Format	PDF, multi-page html
Pages	136

12. Getting started with OpenOffice.org 3.x

Use OpenOffice books.

 

Website	Documentation.openoffice.org
Author	Oooauthors Group
Format	PDF, multi-page html
Pages	433

13. grokking the gimp

 

Website	Gimp-savvy.com/book
Author	Carey bunks
Format	Html
Pages	352

14. The Linux knowledge base and tutorial

A Linux technical knowledge base.

 

Website	Sourceforge.net/projects/linkbat
Author	James Mohr
Format	PDF
Pages	614

 

15. Advanced Linux Programming

A large number of examples are used to introduce the most important concepts and technologies of programming in Linux.

 

Website	Www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com
Author	Codesourcery LLC
Format	Multiple PDFs
Pages	344

 

16. Linux 101 & 102 modular training notes

 

Website	Www. ledge. co. za/software/lpinotes
Author	Leading Edge Business Solutions
Format	PDF
Pages	233 (Linux 101), 236 (Linux 102)

 

17. Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition

This section describes driver development for Linux kernel 2.6 and later versions.

 

Website	Oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005900
Author	Jonathan Corbet, Allesandro Rubini, Greg kroah-Harman
Format	PDF, HTML, and docbook
Pages	615

18. Linux: rute user's tutorial and Exposition

A Technical Reference Manual for senior system administrators.

 

Website	Linux.2038bug.com
Author	Paul sheer
Format	PDF, html
Pages	660

19. Linux Network Administrator's Guide-2nd Edition

 

Website	Tldp.org/guides.html
Author	Olaf Kirch, Terry Dawson
Format	PDF, html
Pages	489

20. tuXlabs cookbook

 

Website	Www. upfrontsystems. co. za
Author	Jean Jordaan, the Shuttleworth Foundation
Format	PDF
Pages	153

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