An O’Reilly book on SUSE Linux? Indeed!
There are a variety of books out there for SUSE Linux, but it’s only just now that legendary tech publisher O’Reilly has chimed in with a title of its own. SUSE Linux: A Complete Guide to Novell’s Community Distribution by Chris Brown, PhD, was just released this month. Here is a blurb about the book:
This book will take you deep into the essential operating system components by presenting them in easy-to-learn modules. From basic installation and configuration through advanced topics such as administration, security, and virtualization, this book captures the important details of how SUSE works—without the fluff that bogs down other books and web sites. Instead, readers get a concise task-based approach to using SUSE as both a desktop and server operating system.
Amazon is carrying the book with a 34% discount. Here is a sample chapter from the book in PDF format.
A few other books you may want to compare it with are SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed, SUSE Linux 10 Bible, and SUSE Linux 10 for Dummies.
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Which of these books do you personally recommend?
The O'Reilly book looks like the best of the lot. I looked at the sample chapter, and it looks pretty good. The Dummies books are usually okay. I haven't tended to like how the Bible series of books is laid out, and the SAMS 'unleashed' book might be alright although I haven't been impressed with other SAMS books I've looked at. The bottom line is that I'm speaking from experience with other books by these publishers, and I would definitely recommend checking these books out for yourself online or in a shop before buying.
The O'Reilly book looked fairly technical. So if you're new to Linux and Unix in general, you might want to pick up a introductory book on Linux and not specific to SUSE Linux.
Switching to Linux from Mac or Windows can be daunting, and I highly recommend doing some initial reading on Linux to get a feel for it. There is tons of online documentation and support. The better you understand the system the greater the chance of your having success with it.