[ubuntu-uk] Recommended Reads

[John Levin]

Jason Liquorish wrote:
> Hello everyone, I am looking for recommendations for some decent reads.
> I am currently doing a BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners based
> around Software Development, so anything that applies to this is a
> plus, although I am generally just looking to learn stuff and expand my
> knowledge.
> 
> I would like to get a better understanding of Linux in general and
> learn more about it, especially the CLI and inner workings, although
> there are a number of other topics I am interested in. I love
> programming at college and I am particularly interested in Java and
> Python. I also found Systems Analysis and Design, Databases, HCI and
> Web Design particularly interesting areas/subjects.
> 
> Thank you in advance for recommendations in any of the subjects listed
> or other areas =)
> 

Not quite sure what you're looking for - particular technical texts? 
Tutorials? Something more general?

Anyway, for a comprehensive intro to linux, I like RUTE:
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

For prose on programming, I recommend "In The Beginning Was The Command 
Line"
http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
and "Open Sources"
http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html
Both freely available online.

Brooks' "The Mythical Man-Month" is essential reading, it made me think 
in a very different, social rather than technical, way about 
programming, and I  enjoyed "Dreaming In Code", about the travails of 
the Chandler project. Code isn't just code!

For Java, Python etc, I've no idea.

Hope that helps

John


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John Levin
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