Best Linux Books
TopicTop Linux books that developers recommend. System administration, command line, and operating system internals.
Rankings
Role
Level
Intent
1↑11
The Linux Command Line
William Shotts
104 in 90d
linuxdevops
22.2
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2↑9
Linux Kernel Development
Robert Love
31 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
8.3
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3↓3
Linux Pocket Guide
Daniel J. Barrett
30 in 90d
linuxdevops
7.5
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4—
How Linux Works
Brian Ward
30 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
7.5
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5—
Shell Scripting
Steve Parker
30 in 90d
linuxdevopsbackend
7.5
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6↑38
Practical Vim
Drew Neil
21 in 90d
linuxcode-qualitybackend
5.8
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7—
Just For Fun
Linus Torvalds, David Diamond
20 in 90d
linuxdevops
5
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8—
UNIX 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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The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System
Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil
20 in 90d
operating-systemslinuxdevops
5
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10—
Understanding the Linux Kernel
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati
20 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
5
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11—
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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14—
Time Management for System Administrators
Tom Limoncelli
20 in 90d
linuxdevops
5
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15↓6
Classic Shell Scripting
Arnold Robbins, Nelson H.F. Beebe
20 in 90d
linuxdevops
5
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16↓6
Learning the bash Shell
Cameron Newham
20 in 90d
linuxcomputer-sciencedevops
5
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