The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use

by Michael Stutz

The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition is your guide to getting the most out of Linux. Organized by general task (such as working with text, managing files, and manipulating graphics), each section contains a series of step-by-step recipes that help you to get your work done quickly and efficiently, most often from the command line. Nearly 50 percent larger than the first edition, this new edition includes hundreds of new recipes as well as new sections on package management; file conversion; multimedia; working with sound files (including OGG and MP3); Vi text editing; advanced text manipulation; and more. Perfect as an introduction to Linux, or as a desktop reference for the seasoned user. Covers the major Linux distributions.

"...the next best thing to having your own personal guru." -- UnixReview.com (praise for the first edition)

Genres: Reference, Computers, Technical

829 pages, Paperback

First published June 8, 2001

About the author

Michael Stutz is an American writer. His reality fiction (including Circuits of the Wind, a three-volume novel) explores Generation X nostalgia and life in the Net Age with trademark poetic rhythms and rhapsodic lyricism.

Reviews

[Jamie Grefe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bit dated (at least the edition I read), but I love the practical approach. Easy to get your hands a bit dirty on the command line and walk away with a pretty great base from which you can jump into deeper waters. Plus, it's formatted in LaTex and has that textual feel.

[Kit · Rating 3 out of 5]

i'd say skip this one. i got it when i first started fooling around with linux and didn't find it particularly useful.

but then again, i've never really been in to cookbook style books.

[Scott Duede · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun to read as more than a reference book.