Practical Linux Books
Intent 12 books
12 hands-on Linux books you can apply directly to your work. Ranked by developer recommendations — top picks include The Linux Command Line and Linux Kernel Development.
Rankings
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The Linux Command Line
William Shotts
60 in 90d
linuxdevops
15
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Linux Kernel Development
Robert Love
31 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
8.3
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How Linux Works
Brian Ward
30 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
7.5
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Shell Scripting
Steve Parker
30 in 90d
linuxdevopsbackend
7.5
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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook
Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin
20 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
5
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Debugging with GDB
Richard Stallman
20 in 90d
code-qualitylinuxbackend
5
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Unix Network Programming
W. Richard Stevens
20 in 90d
networkinglinuxbackend
5
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Python for DevOps
Noah Gift, Kennedy Behrman, Alfredo Deza, Grig Gheorghiu
20 in 90d
pythonlinuxdevops
5
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Time Management for System Administrators
Thomas A. Limoncelli
20 in 90d
linuxdevops
5
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Classic Shell Scripting
Arnold Robbins, Nelson H.F. Beebe
20 in 90d
linuxdevops
5
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Learning the bash Shell
Cameron Newham
20 in 90d
linuxcomputer-sciencedevops
5
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Practical Vim
Drew Neil
10 in 90d
linuxcode-qualitybackend
2.5
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