Good LINUX books?

[Chuck Bearden]

I have looked at Using LINUX / Tackett & Gunter (QUE) and 
Running Linux / Welsh & Kaufman (O'Reilly).  Of these two, 
the Using Linux might be a little better for the absolute 
beginner, but I think that Running Linux is overall the 
better book.  Also, the CD's that come with the Using Linux 
book contain rather out of date distributions.  

I, too, am interested on any further comments on the other 
books named.  

To Martin Cohen, who recommended the Linux in a Nutshell: if 
you had to get either Unix in a Nutshell or Linux in a Nutshell 
and have it do as a reference for Unix in general (incl. e.g. 
Solaris & Linux), which would you choose?  I didn't know about 
the Linux/Nutshell, and was considering buying the other.  

Thanks for the advice!

Chuck
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--- On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:25:17 -0800  Christy Wrenn 
<cwrenn at beta.centenary.edu> wrote:

>Hello folks,
>   
>   I need some HELP, some ADVICE on ordering the best LINUX books that I 
>can in a very short time.  
>
>I do have some titles.  Which is BEST!! for foundation learning of LINUX:
> 
>  Special Edition, Using LINUX by Jack Tackett, Jr. and David Gunter
>
>  Linux: The Complete Reference by Richard Petersen
>
>  Linus Secrets by Dr. Naba Barkakati's
>
>  The Linux Companion: The Essential Guide for Users and System 
>     Administrators by Mark F. Komarinski
>
>  Inside Linux: A Look at Operating System Development by Randolph Bentson
>
>The is for a person who is learning from Ground 0.  I appreciate any 
>replies or more good titles.
>
>Thanks,
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