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Books UNIX admins should read
A Listmania! list by M. Knell (Z�rich, Switzerland)

1. Unix System Administration Handbook: Now covers Red Hat Linux! by Evi Nemeth

The list author says:
	"The Holy Purple Book of UNIX admin (formerly the Red Book). Buy this one if you don't buy any others."

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2. Linux Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth

The list author says:
	"The Holy Green Book of Linux admin. Very similiar to the above except that it covers a number of flavours of Linux rather than a broad range of UNIX (and UNIX-like) systems."

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3. Programming Perl: There's More Than One Way To Do It by Larry Wall

The list author says:
	"The definitive guide to the definitive sysadmin's language. 'Nuff said."

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4. Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration: Help for UNIX System Administrators by �leen Frisch

The list author says:
	"The admin book to buy if you're an O'Reilly bigot, or just if you like armadillos."

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5. TCP/IP Illustrated: Protocols v. 1: The Protocols (APC) by W. Richard Stevens

The list author says:
	"Another holy book. Pricey but fantastic if you want to _really_ understand how networking works."

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6. Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

The list author says:
	"An academic textbook at heart, but excellent for a more general treatment of networking."

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7. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System (Addison-Wesley UNIX and Open Systems Series) by Marshall Kirk McKusick

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	"Intensively technical, but if you can get through this you will Grok UNIX Fully. Well, more or less fully."

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8. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The list author says:
	"As a techie, I am legally required to mention this book in any list of essential reads, although I prefer the radio series."

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9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Collector's Edition (CD Box Set) by Douglas Adams

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	"The original radio series of the above. Even funnier by far. Really."

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10. Exim: The Mail Transfer Agent: The Mail Transport Agent by Philip Hazel

The list author says:
	"Exim's my mail transfer agent of choice, and the book is very, very useful."

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11. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide (HTML & XHTML: Definitive Guide) by Chuck Musciano

The list author says:
	"Web pages aren't really systems admin, but this book is the best treatment of how to write them I've seen."

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12. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: The definite Edition. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland an Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

The list author says:
	"A fascinating read that any self-respecting geek will grok. Just imagine if Carroll had used computers.."

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13. DNS and BIND by Paul Albitz

The list author says:
	"Rather like me, this book used to be thinner and more concise. Unlike me, it's a definitive authority on its subject."

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14. Jumpstart Technology: Effective Use in the Solaris Operating Environment (The official Sun Microsystems resource series) by John S. Howard

The list author says:
	"Administering more than one Sun machine? You'll be needing Jumpstart, then."

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15. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

The list author says:
	"A contender for the title of 'Definitive Geek Novel', albeit with a rather abrupt ending."

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16. The New Hacker's Dictionary by Eric S. Raymond

The list author says:
	"A great read, from the days before it seemed everybody worked in systems admin. Wonderful."

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17. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition and Still Can't Get a Date by Robert X. Cringely

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	"Source for the excellent TV series 'Triumph Of The Nerds', which is well worth seeing if you get a chance. Can I be Steve Wozniak when I grow up?"

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