Here goes the theme for this thread:
You are stuck on a desert island, with nothing but you linux box, keyboard, mouse, gigantic 19" CRT monitor, but only one printed linux book. What book is it?

I like the Rute tutorial, but I am also partial to Linux in a Nutshll and Running Linux. What book is THE book to have, if you could only have one?

On a desert island I would take the nuddy mags and use the manpages for slack.

i'd like to take the biggest book I can find so I can crush my head between its pages, because apparantly, I have no internet connection.

What a second...is there a network connection?

I think we may have missed the point...

Which linux book is the most indispensable? If you could only have one which title would it be.

To answer your question, yes there is a network connection. It is a DSL drop that is always on and has all the bandwidth that you will ever need because you are stuck on an island by yourself and there is no one else to suck it up.

No, I think they answered the question. Internet has tonnes of info plus linuxquestions.org plus you have man pages and howtos locally.

Haven't seen a better "book" on linux.

When I was setting up my first Slackware system a long time ago, I was pretty fond of "Linux: The Complete Reference." (Since you posted in the Slackware forum, I am assuming of course, that the linux box you have on your deserted island is running slack.) The version of the book I had back then had many of the Linux Documentation Project HOWTOs reprinted in it. For anyone using some other distribution that depends on pretty GUI configuration tools, that probably wouldn't be so useful. For setting up a slack system, though, it was perfect. The latest version would probably be just as useful, I would imagine.

that was my intent.. even though I would love to have a few good linux books around, but, it's not as convenient.

The C Programming Language -- Kernighan & Ritchie

That was my answer!

Well, that and Rebel Code by Glyn Moody

Guys, he needs a book because there is no power source on the island. He just wants to read up on linux so when he gets back to the world he'll be ready to go. However, he could take along a few electronics books to figure out how to get that power source, then he would be able to read the man pages all he want and learn all he needs to know about Slack. Besides, you need more than one book with you, tp you know. Also, when he does get the power problem figured out I don't think DSL will do it (no phone line). Might need to go satellite. It's a little spend but I think it would be worth it in this case.

MagicMan

P.S. Linux: The Complete Reference is a good starting point. It covers general linux commands, and a whole lot more, found in most distro's.

>Guys, he needs a book because there is no power source on the island

How the heck is he posting this?

Running Linux: The Essential Guide to Linux - O'REILY

Kernel Hacking - The complete reference to linking computers with solar powerd cells.

If I have power and a net connection, what do I need with a book, except maybe to build a fire?