# The Linux Reading List HOWTO

### Eric Steven Raymond

Thyrsus Enterprises

`<esr@thyrsus.com>`

Copyright © 2000 Eric S. Raymond

Revision History
Revision 3.0 | 2004-02-04 | Revised by: esr
Major update. Removed out-of-date books, added a new one.
Revision 2.1 | 2003-10-28 | Revised by: esr
Added TAOUP.
Revision 2.0 | 2003-07-31 | Revised by: esr
Major revision, cleaned out obsolete stuff.
Revision 1.21 | 2003-02-22 | Revised by: esr
LDP site has moved.
Revision 1.20 | 2001-06-14 | Revised by: esr
Removed "Practical Unix Security"; it's five years old and the material is now covered better by other books.
Revision 1.19 | 2001-06-14 | Revised by: esr
Added Ross Anderson's "Security Engineering". Corrected ISBNs.

This document lists the books I think are most valuable to a person trying to learn Unix (especially Linux) top to bottom.

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