Okay, I've finally decided to take the plunge and dual boot Linux on my box at home, having tinkered a little with various old PCs at work (I run a Windows network), for the sake of knocking up cheapo DHCP servers etc. I've decided which distro to try first (Libranet if you're interested), I've burnt my CDs and I'm ready to go. I'm hoping to actually learn something about the nature of Linux along the way, and have a bit of a play about, for the joy of it as much as anything else. So here's my question... can anyone recommend any decent books? I'm not a total Linux newbie, having set up a couple of Red Hat boxes, although I'm far from being an expert. Thanks in advance, winkles

There is a wealth of information over on The Linux Documentation Project website (www.tldp.org)....

Thanks 3Dave, I've seen the LDP and it looks really useful. However, sometimes I like to have an honest to god piece of paper in my hand. Gives the old eyes a rest from the VDU aside from anything else. Anyone got any personal recommendations?

I know what you mean about having something in hard copy, you can keep it in the toilet too!=o) The O'Reilly books are generally pretty good. I have a copy of Linux Unleashed (published by Sams?) which I still refer to every now and again even if it is getting old....it came with redhat 5.2! I have always found the books that come when buying suse very good, again I still read parts every now and again even though I no longer use suse.

my favorite: Linux Install and Configuration : Little Black Book by Dee-Ann Leblanc very well written & designed. Very useful as a reference book www.alibris.com