LinksMon, Apr 16 2007, 9:20am

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UNIX for New Users
Another good introduction to UNIX (stated as for Web developers).
A good site from Geek Girl
Information on a variety of common UNIX commands.
Information on editing and examining files in UNIX.
A fine overview of regular expressions.
UNIX Shell Help
Frequently Asked Questions about UNIX Shells.
A formatted text version of Steven Bourne's original shell tutorial.
An excellent shell scripting resource... a must see.
Another overview of the Bourne shell with examples.
A nice looking UNIX help site
Networking Help and Information
Request For Comments documentation - the definitive TCP/IP specifications.
Table of TCP/IP port numbers (well-known, registered, dynamic and private).
Excellent Ethernet info by the author of O'Reilly's Ethernet: The Definitive Guide book.
A very helpful network address calculator site, with explanations.
10 Different network calculators at Subnets Online (Warning: site includes popups)
Excellent networking information and tools site; includes some nice PDF posters (Warning: site includes popups)
Easy to understand overview of CIDR by Pacbell Internet.
UNIX System Administration
UNIX System Administration Handbook textbook website.
System Administration Guide - resources for system administrators.
An excellent resource that should be read by all aspiring system administrators.
Job information for aspiring system administrators (job descriptions, salary profiles, ...).
Search the Web for UNIX Information
Search Linux-specific information on Google.
Search comp.unix for general UNIX answers
Search comp.unix.shell for UNIX Shell answers.
Search comp.unix.admin for UNIX System Administration answers.
Linux Help and Documentation
Excellent online Linux administration book.
Excellent tutorials on Linux and Open Source software from IBM.
The primary site for Linux documentation and HOWTOs.
Excellent Linux server configuration references, especially networking, performance and security.
Definitive site for installing and running Linux on a laptop.
Description of Linux's /var/proc/net/ipv4 network variables.
Quick References
A printable quick reference of vim commands.
A printable quick reference of vi commands.
Miscellaneous Information
Excellent OS related references (boot process, devices, BIOS, partition format, etc.).
Learn about various computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, and hysteria.
Recommended Reading
Excellent coverage of UNIX for beginners who want some depth.
Another good book, geared towards programmers and those desiring a deeper understanding of UNIX.
Classic UNIX system administration book, covering Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, and FreeBSD.
By the authors of USAH, an outstanding new Linux-specific system administration book.
The third edition of the excellent book on TCP/IP network administration.
An easy to read, extensive and outstanding book on DNS and BIND.
The classic book on NFS and NIS, now covering NFS V3 and Solaris 8.
Popular Unleashed series continues with new material (previous versions are also good).
Great book explains vim in all its glory - a must have for serious vi users.
Online version of O'Reilly's Linux Network Administrator's Guide.
Online version of SAM's book on system administration (see Ch. 20, Networking).
Excellent in-depth introduction to TCP/IP.
Organizations
The Advanced Computing Systems Association - the premiere UNIX organization.
Large Site System Administration (affiliated with USENIX / SAGE).
Mike's UNIX Courses
Introduction to UNIX (Summer 2002). An in-depth introductory course.
UNIX Shell Programming (Winter 2002).
UNIX System Administration (Fall 2001).
UNIX Network Administration (Spring 2002).
Foothill
CTIS department home page.
CTIS Lab Room maps and hours.
Foothill College home page.
UNIX Software UNIX Software
Sudo - The quintessential replacement for su
PC Software PC Software
Excellent telnet clientHelp with CRT
Excellent telnet/SSH clientHelp with SecureCRT
Very good telnet/SSH client (free)Help with PuTTY
Launch your telnet client (the Windows telnet client is not recommended).Help with Telnet
The standard for creating/extracting Zip filesHelp with WinZip
Utility to read PDF filesHelp with Acrobat Reader 5.0
Another excellent graphical FTP clientHelp with FTP Voyager
Mac Software Mac Software
Very good Telnet client for the MacHelp with MacTelnet
Utility to read PDF filesHelp with Acrobat Reader 5.0
Outstanding FTP clientHelp with Interarchy
Good FTP clientHelp with Fetch