Every month or two, someone asks me how they should go about learning Unix. The short answer is always “use it” or maybe as much as “use it — a lot.” But the detailed answer includes a lot of steps ...

If you are still learning Unix or have any involvement in helping others master the command line, here's the book you have been waiting for. The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction (no starch ...

Noting that Mac OS X has “turned unsuspecting Mac users into Unix users, too,” O’Reilly announced the publication of Dave Taylor and Brian Jepson’s “Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther” on Wednesday.

Dave Taylor's "Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion" offers an in-depth tutorial for OS X power users who have not yet mastered Unix. Written for technically competent readers, it focuses on ...

A lot of new users come to Linux because they dislike aspects of Windows. That's fine, but trying to recreate the old Windows ...

I have decided to make FreeBSD my learning platform for programming a unix-like os. Would it be a good idea to get the boxed set that is on retail shelves? I have already successfully installed ...

So I need money, and a lot of the jobs I like (NT administration, etc.) also include things like "you will be responsible for our NT and UNIX servers" and so on. Well, since I never learned it before, ...

Here's the entirety of a note by discussion contributor nhudd responding to my e-mail exchange with "MCSE Mike": On behalf of MCSE Mike's everywhere... Paul, I think that the vast majority of ...

O’Reilly has announced the release of “Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther” (US$19.95) by Dave Taylor and Brian Jepson. “This compact book provides a user-friendly tour of the Mac’s Unix base for the ...