[Gllug] Are old Unix books any good?

[Jason Clifford]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Dermot Moynihan wrote:

> Sometime ago, in response to a request here on what books to get to 
> facilitate my learning Linux, I was advised not to close my eyes to the 
> possibilities of Unix books. As I know nothing about Unix or its evolution 
> can anybody recommend a sort of a cut off publishing date before which the 
> book would not be worth getting. Or should I regard the date as being 
> irrelevant? I don't have enough knowledge to judge the content.

I think a lot of the best books for learning UNIX were published years 
ago.

What the newer books will give you which the older ones wont is tips on 
how to use distribution specific configuration tools.

Some things like printing subsystems have changed quite a lot in recent 
years so a new books would help a lot there.

For basic UNIX usage however nothing has really changed.

Jason Clifford
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