[Gllug] Recommended Books

[Ryan Cartwright]

Greg McCarroll wrote:
> 
> On 12 Dec 2005, at 22:04, John Southern wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone recommend any other books for reference on Linux related  
>> topics such as Perl or security. What do people turn to to check  
>> something?
> 
> 
> First off, hi to GLLUG, after a few weeks of lurking this is my first  
> post - the topic
> of computer books was too hard to resist and has drawn me out.

Been lurking for a while myself so I'd like to say Hi too. (tried 
posting a week or so ago but I was having SMTP trouble at the time and I 
think it never made it).

> For Perl, If I had to name just a few,
> 
>     1) Programming Perl - Ok this is a gimme, but still its _the_  
> reference beyond
>        the pod that comes with the language.

Agree here but I also find myself thumbing through Learning Perl as 
well. Mostly because of the way some of the examples are laid out.

I also delve into "Linux in a nutshell" and "Programming PHP" a lot - 
although that one is starting to be overtaken by the online stuff at 
php.net.

Not strictly Linux related but I also found Atkinson's "Core MySQL" very 
good and O'Reilly's "Pocket Regex Reference" is never far from my desk.
At the moment I am reading through (and enjoying) Bill Nagel's 
Subversion book - which is available as a pdf via the Perens Open Source 
series here:

http://www.phptr.com/promotions/promotion.asp?promo=1484&redir=1&rl=1

> Also, being a bit of a looney book nut I have a 'computer classics' 
 > shelf in my study (posh name for our 2nd bedroom), and you can see
 > the spines of my all  time classics in this photo.
 >
>     http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmccarroll/49705196/

Impressed that you have a Classics shelf - as opposed to my "computer 
books" half shelf. :o) Have you read all those or are they ones you 
"plan to get around to"?

Cheers
Ryan
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