Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, for the GNU operating system. The name is an acronym for the 'Bourne-Again SHell', a pun on Stephen Bourne, the author of the direct ancestor of the current Unix shell /bin/sh, which appeared in the Seventh Edition Bell Labs Research version of Unix.

Knowing Knoppix

A book for Knoppix beginners in PDF format.

Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base

Will the Linux Standard Base succeed? Time will tell, but I believe the current work and momentum bodes well. Recently, the 2.0 version of the Linux Standard Base was released. This version includes full POSIX threads and C++ support. These are the last remaining pieces which will allow software vendors to cost-effectively develop applications that can be used on any LSB certified run-time environment.

Linux Client Migration Cookbook

A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux.

Vi iMproved (VIM)

Vim is one of the most powerful text editors around. It is also extremely efficient, enabling the user to edit files with a minimum of key strokes. This power and functionality comes at a cost, however. When getting started, users face a steep learning curve.

Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition

Most IT books have to be rushed to keep up to date with the rapidly evolving trends in software. As technical books, they are usually of a low quality. Rute, on the other hand, was carefully mastered over three years to be a complete reference of Unix -- Unix itself has not changed fundamentally in many decades. The GNU project also tends toward enduring standards that evolve very slowly. On the other hand, there is much evolving with respect to RedHat, Debian, and Mandrake, so these peculiarities where written into the book as those distributions evolved. I believe there is here the best combination of reference and practical, current information. On another level, my working environment necessitated field experience that was ideal for a book like this. From rebuilding old 486 mail servers (while sitting on the floor in dusty filing rooms); to the creation of custom desktops and thin clients for word processing environments; to nation-wide WAN networks. My company's daring escapades tested human ingenuity and Linux dexterity in every conceivable environment. So quite simply, there is a lot more in Rute than you will find anywhere else.

The Book of Webmin

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love UNIX.

Linux From Scratch

This book describes the process of creating a Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the sources of software that are needed.

GNU Emacs manual

Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. This Info file describes how to edit with Emacs and some of how to customize it.

GNU make

The GNU make utility automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issues the commands to recompile them.