390 Free Linux, Unix, FreeBSD and Operating System Ebooks

Linux (lee’nuhks/ or /li’nuks/,_not_/li:’nuhks) is a free and open-source operating system first developed by Linus Torvalds (a then-student at the University of Helsinki) and friends that was first announced on August 25, 1991. Torvalds built Linux as a free and open source alternative to Minix, another Unix clone that was predominantly used in academic settings. He originally intended to name it “Freax,” but the administrator of the server Torvalds used to distribute the original code named his directory “Linux” after a combination of Torvalds’ first name and the word Unix, and the name stuck. The Linux kernel runs on numerous different platforms including the Intel and Alpha platform and is available under the GNU General Public License.

Linux is a Unix-like, open source and community-developed operating system for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices and embedded devices. The code used to create Linux is free and available to the public to view, edit, and—for users with the appropriate skills—to contribute to. It is supported on almost every major computer platform including x86, ARM and SPARC, making it one of the most widely supported operating systems. Learning Linux is like riding a bike, you can only become proficient by actually doing. So before getting started, make sure you have access to a terminal.

Linux may be obtained in two different ways. All the necessary components can be downloaded free of charge from the Internet, which means an operating system can be assembled for almost nothing. An alternative is to use a so-called distribution, which is a Linux variation offered by many companies. They include a broad range of applications and full programs that significantly simplify the installation of Linux.

Linux is also considered to be more secure than other operating systems. However, it’s increasingly a target of attackers, as Linux systems are used for critical roles like developer workstations, web servers and internal file servers. In addition to being susceptible to Linux-based and cross-platform exploits, unprotected Linux machines can also become distribution points for Windows, Mac, and Android malware.

Linux is also different in that, although the core pieces of the Linux operating system are generally common, there are many distributions of Linux, which include different software options. This means that Linux is incredibly customizable. Linux users can also choose core components, such as which system displays graphics, and other user-interface components.

Linux distributions are also most commonly used as operating systems for supercomputers; in the decade since the Earth Simulator supercomputer, all the fastest supercomputers have used Linux. As of November 2016, 99.6% of the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers run some variant of Linux.

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“The Linux philosophy is ‘Laugh in the face of danger’. Oops. Wrong One. ‘Do it yourself’. Yes, that’s it.” – Linus Torvalds

As the title suggests, there’ll be a long list of free ebooks and resources below – 390 of them, sorted out in categories which you might find useful in your pursue of mastery in a non-Windows environment. You’ll find Linux, Unix, a general coverage of Operating System topics, Core Linux, Core Unix, Embedded Linux, FreeBSD, GUI X Windows, Security, Shell Programming, Unix & Linux Programming, Unix Networking, Unix System Administrators, Unix Text Editing, Regular Expressions and File Systems.

Granted, you may find that some of the resources below might be a tad too old, or probably a little outdated in today’s standard, but we think that knowledge is knowledge regardless and we hope you’ll benefit tremendously out of them. A big chunk of them are only available for online viewing, meaning that you need an Internet connection, but some of them do have downloadable options as PDF documents.

Table of Contents

1. Free Linux Ebooks
2. Unix
3. Operating Systems
4. Core Linux
5. Core Unix
6. Embedded Linux
7. FreeBSD
8. GUI X Windows
9. Security
10. Shell Programming
11. Unix & Linux Programming
12. Unix Networking
13. Unix System Administrators
14. Unix & Linux Programming
15. Regular Expressions
16. File Systems

Free Linux Ebooks

1. A Byte of VIM by Freeware (PDF)
2. A Slackware Desktop Enhancement Guide by Darrell Anderson
3. Advanced Linux Programming by Mark L. Mitchell, Alex Samuel, Jeffrey Oldham
4. Agustin’s Linux Manuals by Agustin Velasco
5. An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi by William Joy, Mark Horton (PDF)
6. An Introduction to Tkinter by Fredrik Lundh
7. Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial by Steve Bourne
8. Basic Graphics Programming With The Xlib Library by Actcom
9. Beyond Linux from Scratch by Mark Hymers
10. Bodhi Linux 3 for Beginners by Roger Carter
11. Brian and Tom’s Linux Book by Brian P. Bilbrey and Tom Syroid.
12. Debian GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams
13. Debian GNU/Linux System Administrator’s Manual by Ardo van Rangelrooij, Tapio Lehtonen and Oliver Elphick.
14. Desktop Linux by Wikipedia
15. Easy Shell Scripting by Blessen Cherian
16. Embedded Software Development with eCos by Anthony J. Massa
17. Fedora 10 Installation Guide by Red Hat, Inc.
18. Free for All by Peter Wayner
19. Gawk: Effective AWK Programming by Arnold Robbins
20. Getting Started With Ubuntu by The Ubuntu Manual Team
21. Getting started with WebSphere Application Server by Jiang Lin Quan, at al.
22. GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool by Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey and Ian Lance Taylor
23. GNU Emacs Manual by Richard M. Stallman
24. GNU/Linux Basic by J.L. Sanchez-Montanes, S.B. Ramos, R.B. Vinas, F.A. Llinas (PDF)
25. GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary by Gareth Anderson
26. GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams
27. GTK+ / Gnome Application Development by Havoc Pennington (PDF)
28. Guide to ARMLinux for Developers
29. Guide to IP Layer Network Administration with Linux by Martin A. Brown
30. Guide to Managing Media and Public Relations in the Linux Community by Sheldon Rose
31. Into the Core: A look at Tiny Core Linux by Lauri Kasanen
32. Introduction to Linux by Brandon Chisham (PDF)
33. Introduction to Linux: A Hands on Guide by Machtelt Garrels (PDF)
34. Introduction To Linux: A Hands On Guide For Beginners by Machtelt Garrels (HTML)
35. Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It? by Paul E. McKenney
36. Java Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing, Michael Schwarz
37. KDE 2.0 Development by David Sweet
38. Knowing Knoppix
39. Learning Debian GNU/Linux by Bill McCarty
40. Learning Old School Linux by Ed Hartnett
41. Learning the Korn Shell by Bill Rosenblatt and Arnold Robbins (PDF)
42. Learning the vi Editor by Linda Lamb and Arnold Robbins (PDF)
43. Life with Qmail by Dave Sill
44. Linkers and Loaders by Morgan-Kaufman (PDF)
45. Linux 101 Examination by Leading Edge Business Solutions (PDF)
46. Linux 101 Hacks by Ramesh Natarajan
47. Linux 102 Examination by Leading Edge Business Solutions (PDF)
48. Linux Administration Made Easy by Steve Frampton
49. Linux Administrator’s Security Guide by Kurt Seifried
50. Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control by Bert Hubert, at al.
51. Linux Application Development Using Websphere Studio 5 by Osamu Takagiwa, at al. (PDF)
52. Linux Client Migration Cookbook by IBM.Com/Redbooks (PDF)
53. Linux Compute Clusters
54. Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
55. Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition by J. Corbet, A. Rubini, G. Kroah-Hartman
56. Linux Dictionary by Binh Nguyen (PDF)
57. Linux Filesystem Hierarchy by Binh Nguyen (PDF)
58. Linux For Newbies by Various authors.
59. Linux From Scratch by Gerard Beekmans
60. Linux Gazette by Ben Okopnik
61. Linux Guide by Joshua Go
62. Linux in a Windows World by Roderick W. Smith
63. Linux in the Workplace by SSC
64. Linux Inside by 0xAX
65. Linux Installation and Getting Started by Matt Welsh, at al.
66. Linux Internals by Simone Demblon, Sebastian Spitzner (PDF)
67. Linux IPv6 HOWTO by Peter Bieringer
68. Linux Kernel Crash Book by Igor Ljubuncic
69. Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
70. Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
71. Linux Know-How by Epina GMBH
72. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide by Olaf Kirch & Terry Dawson
73. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide, 2nd Edition by Olaf Kirch & Terry Dawson
74. Linux Network HowTo by Neil Gunton
75. Linux Newbie Administrator Guide by Stan, Peter and Marie Klimas (PDF)
76. Linux Packet Filtering and IPtables by Oskar Andreasson
77. Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO by Hank Dietz (PDF)
78. Linux Patch Management by Michael Jang (PDF)
79. Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date by Michael Jang (PDF)
80. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Exam Prep by IBM
81. Linux Quick Fix Notebook by Peter Harrison (PDF)
82. Linux Quick Fix Notebook by Peter Harrison (PDF)
83. Linux Security Administrator’s Guide by Dave Wreski
84. Linux Security for Beginners by Linuxtopia
85. Linux Security HOWTO by K. Fenzi, D. Wreski
86. Linux Shell Scripting A Beginner’s handbook by Vivek G. Gite
87. Linux Sound by Jan Newmarch
88. Linux System Administration by Matthew West
89. Linux Systems Programming by Jonathan Macey
90. LINUX: Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer (PDF)
91. Managing Linux Systems with Webmin by Jamie Cameron (PDF)
92. Managing Linux Systems with Webmin by Jamie Cameron (PDF)
93. Managing Projects with GNU Make, 3rd Edition by Robert Mecklenburg
94. Maximum RPM by Edward C. Bailey
95. Official Ubuntu Documentation by Ubuntu
96. OPEN LOOK User’s Guide by Ian Darwin, Valerie Quercia and Tim O’Reilly
97. OpenSUSE Desktop Essentials by Neil Smyth
98. Pocket Linux Guide by David Horton
99. Programming From The Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett
100. Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers by Detlef Fliegl
101. Programming Linux Games by John R. Hall (PDF)
102. Puppy Linux by Wikibooks
103. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by William Ball
104. Red Hat Linux Unleashed by Kamran Husain and Tim Parker (PDF)
105. Running Linux by Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Terry Dawson, Lar Kaufman
106. Running Linux by Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, and Lar Kaufman (PDF)
107. Samba-3 by Example by John H. Terpstra (PDF)
108. Securing & Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution by Gerhard Mourani (PDF)
109. Securing and Hardening Red Hat Linux Production Systems by Werner Puschitz
110. Securing and Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution by Gerhard Mourani (PDF)
111. Self-Service Linux: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination by Mark Wilding and Dan Behman (PDF)
112. Self-Service Linux: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination by Mark Wilding, Dan Behman (PDF)
113. Sidux: Unofficial User Guide by Pawel
114. Slackware Linux Essentails, 2nd Edition by D. Cantrell, L. Johnson, A. Hicks, C. Lumens
115. Slackware Linux Unleashed by Kamran Husain
116. Step by Step Linux Guide by M. B. G. Suranga De Silva
117. Step-by-Step Guide to Bodhi Linux by Roger Carter
118. Step-by-Step Linux Guide by M. B. G. Suranga De Silva (PDF)
119. SUSE Linux Administration Guide by Frank Bodammer, Stefan Dirsch, et al.
120. Test Driving Linux by David Brickner
121. The Big Online Book of Linux Ada Programming by Ken O. Burtch
122. The CTDP Linux User’s Guide by Mark Allen
123. The Debian Administrator’s Handbook by Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas.
124. The Easiest Linux Guide You’ll Ever Read by Scott Morris
125. The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts, Jr.
126. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use by Michael Stutz
127. The Linux Development Platform – Configuring, Using, and Maintaining a Complete Programming Environment by Rafeeq Ur Rehman, Christopher Paul (PDF)
128. The Linux Gamers’ HOWTO by Peter Jay Salzman, Frederic Delanoy
129. The Linux Kernel by Andries Brouwer
130. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide by Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz (HTML)
131. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide by Peter Jay Salzman (PDF)
132. The Linux Programmer’s Guide by Sven Goldt, at al.
133. The Linux Starter Pack by Linux Format Magazine
134. The Linux System Administrator’s Guide by Lars Wirzenius, at al.
135. The Linux Wireless LAN Howto by Jean Tourrilhes
136. The Little Book of Semaphores by Allen B. Downey
137. The LPIC-2 Exam Prep by Wim-Jan Hilgenbos, Alain van Hoof, Heinrich W. Klöpping, Beno T.J. Mesman, Piet W. Plomp, Willem A. Schreuder
138. The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide by John H. Terpstra, Jelmer R. Vernooij
139. The Operating Systems Handbook by Bob DuCharme
140. The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide by Alistair Ross
141. Ubuntu – An Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Courtney Loo
142. Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) by Chua Wen Kiat
143. Ubuntu Apps: Application Directory, Tips, and Customization Guide by Kevin Prag
144. Ubuntu Hacks by Jonathan Oxer
145. Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference by Keir Thomas
146. Ubuntu Server Succinctly by José Roberto Olivas Mendoza
147. Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager by Mel Gorman
148. Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager by Mel Gorman
149. User Mode Linux by Jeff Dike
150. Using Samba by R. Eckstein, D. Collier-Brown, P. Kelly
151. Wireless LAN Resources For Linux by HP
152. X Window Programming by Wikibooks
153. X WINDOWS by Dr A D Marshall
154. XView Reference Manual by Thomas Van Raalte
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