Best Linux Books For Beginners To Advanced Linux Users In 2025

Let’s have a quick look at the list of free Linux ebooks for beginners to advanced users in 2025.

You can find the tons of useful books that you can use in your daily life where Linux is used. There are shell programming, Linux servers, Linux for beginners and so on.

Shell Programming Ebooks 2025:

1. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper (PDF)
2. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper (HTML)
3. Bash Reference Manual
4. Bash Guide for Beginners by Machtelt Garrels (PDF)
5. Bash Reference Manual
6. UNIX/Linux Bourne / Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial
7. Programming the Unix/Linux Shell by C. Cantin
8. Sed An Introduction
9. Bash Guide for Beginners by Machtelt Garrels (HTML)
10. C shell Cookbook
11. O’Reilly Learning the Korn Shell

150+ Best Linux Books For Beginners To Advanced Linux Users [2025]

1. 1. Linux From Scratch Author: Gerard Beekmans
   2. Linux For Newbies Author: Multiple Authors.
   3. An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi Author: William Joy, Mark Horton (PDF)
   4. Gawk: Effective AWK Programming Author: Arnold Robbins
   5. Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial Author: Steve Bourne
   6. Basic Graphics Programming With The Xlib Library Author: Actcom
   7. Easy Shell Scripting Author: Blessen Cherian
   8. Embedded Software Development with eCos Author: Anthony J. Massa
   9. Fedora 10 Installation Guide Author: Red Hat, Inc.
   10. Beyond Linux from Scratch Author: Mark Hymers
   11. Free for All Author: Peter Wayner
   12. Linux Quick Fix Notebook by Peter Harrison (PDF)
   13. Linux Security Administrator’s Guide by Dave Wreski
   14. Getting Started With Ubuntu Author: The Ubuntu Manual Team
   15. Linux in a Windows World Author: Roderick W. Smith
   16. Linux in the Workplace Author: SSC
   17. Linux Gazette Author: Ben Okopnik
   18. Linux Guide Author: Joshua Go
   19. Brian and Tom’s Linux Book Author: Brian P. Bilbrey and Tom Syroid.
   20. Desktop Linux Author: Wikipedia
   21. A Byte of VIM Freeware (PDF)
   22. Linux Packet Filtering and IPtables by Oskar Andreasson
   23. Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO by Hank Dietz (PDF)
   24. Linux Patch Management by Michael Jang (PDF)
   25. Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date by Michael Jang (PDF)
   26. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Exam Prep by IBM
   27. A Slackware Desktop Enhancement Guide Author: Darrell Anderson
   28. Advanced Linux Programming Author: Mark L. Mitchell, Alex Samuel, Jeffrey Oldham
   29. Agustin’s Linux Manuals Author: Agustin Velasco
   30. Getting started with WebSphere Application Server Author: Jiang Lin Quan, at al.
   31. GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool Author: Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey, and Ian Lance Taylor
   32. GNU Emacs Manual Author: Richard M. Stallman
   33. GNU/Linux Basic Author: J.L. Sanchez-Montanes, S.B. Ramos, R.B. Vinas, F.A. Llinas (PDF)
   34. GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary Author: Gareth Anderson
   35. GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide Author: Graham Williams
   36. GTK+ / Gnome Application Development Author: Havoc Pennington (PDF)
   37. Guide to ARMLinux for Developers
   38. Knowing Knoppix
   39. Guide to IP Layer Network Administration with Linux by Martin A. Brown
   40. Learning Debian GNU/Linux by Bill McCarty
   41. Learning Old School Linux by Ed Hartnett
   42. Learning the Korn Shell by Bill Rosenblatt and Arnold Robbins (PDF)
   43. Learning the vi Editor by Linda Lamb and Arnold Robbins (PDF)
   44. Life with Qmail by Dave Sill
   45. Introduction To Linux: A Hands On Guide For Beginners by Machtelt Garrels (HTML)
   46. Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It? by Paul E. McKenney
   47. Linkers and Loaders by Morgan-Kaufman (PDF)
   48. Linux 101 Examination by Leading Edge Business Solutions (PDF)
   49. Linux 101 Hacks by Ramesh Natarajan
   50. Debian GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams
   51. Debian GNU/Linux System Administrator’s Manual by Ardo van Rangelrooij, Tapio Lehtonen, and Oliver Elphick.
   52. Introduction to Linux by Brandon Chisham (PDF)
   53. Introduction to Linux: A Hands-on Guide by Machtelt Garrels (PDF)
   54. Java Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing, Michael Schwarz
   55. KDE 2.0 Development by David Sweet
   56. Linux 102 Examination by Leading Edge Business Solutions (PDF)
   57. Linux Administration Made Easy by Steve Frampton
   58. Linux Administrator’s Security Guide by Kurt Seifried
   59. Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control by Bert Hubert, at al.
   60. Linux Application Development Using Websphere Studio 5 by Osamu Takagiwa, at al. (PDF)
   61. Linux Client Migration Cookbook by IBM.Com/Redbooks (PDF)
   62. Linux Compute Clusters
   63. Guide to Managing Media and Public Relations in the Linux Community Author: Sheldon Rose
   64. Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
   65. Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition by J. Corbet, A. Rubini, G. Kroah-Hartman
   66. Linux Dictionary by Binh Nguyen (PDF)
   67. Linux Filesystem Hierarchy by Binh Nguyen (PDF)
   68. Linux Inside by 0xAX
   69. Linux Installation and Getting Started by Matt Welsh, at al.
   70. Linux Internals by Simone Demblon, Sebastian Spitzner (PDF)
   71. Linux IPv6 HOWTO by Peter Bieringer
   72. Linux Kernel Crash Book by Igor Ljubuncic
   73. Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
   74. Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
   75. Linux Know-How by Epina GMBH
   76. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide by Olaf Kirch & Terry Dawson
   77. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide, 2nd Edition by Olaf Kirch & Terry Dawson
   78. Linux Network HowTo by Neil Gunton
   79. Linux Newbie Administrator Guide by Stan, Peter and Marie Klimas (PDF)
   80. Linux Security for Beginners by Linuxtopia
   81. Linux Security HOWTO by K. Fenzi, D. Wreski
   82. Linux Shell Scripting A Beginner’s handbook by Vivek G. Gite
   83. Linux Sound by Jan Newmarch
   84. Linux System Administration by Matthew West
   85. Linux Systems Programming by Jonathan Macey
   86. LINUX: Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer (PDF)
   87. Managing Linux Systems with Webmin by Jamie Cameron (PDF)
   88. Managing Linux Systems with Webmin by Jamie Cameron (PDF)
   89. Linux Packet Filtering and IPtables by Oskar Andreasson
   90. Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO by Hank Dietz (PDF)
   91. Linux Patch Management by Michael Jang (PDF)
   92. Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date by Michael Jang (PDF)
   93. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Exam Prep by IBM
   94. Linux Quick Fix Notebook by Peter Harrison (PDF)
   95. Linux Quick Fix Notebook by Peter Harrison (PDF)
   96. Linux Security Administrator’s Guide by Dave Wreski
   97. Managing Projects with GNU Make, 3rd Edition by Robert Mecklenburg
   98. Maximum RPM by Edward C. Bailey
   99. Official Ubuntu Documentation by Ubuntu
   100. OPEN LOOK User’s Guide by Ian Darwin, Valerie Quercia, and Tim O’Reilly
   101. OpenSUSE Desktop Essentials by Neil Smyth
   102. Pocket Linux Guide by David Horton
   103. Programming From The Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett
   104. Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers by Detlef Fliegl
   105. Programming Linux Games by John R. Hall (PDF)
   106. Puppy Linux by Wikibooks
   107. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by William Ball
   108. Red Hat Linux Unleashed by Kamran Husain and Tim Parker (PDF)
   109. Running Linux by Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Terry Dawson, Lar Kaufman
   110. Running Linux by Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, and Lar Kaufman (PDF)
   111. Samba-3 by Example by John H. Terpstra (PDF)
   112. Securing & Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution by Gerhard Mourani (PDF)
   113. Securing and Hardening Red Hat Linux Production Systems by Werner Puschitz
   114. Securing and Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution by Gerhard Mourani (PDF)
   115. Self-Service Linux: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination by Mark Wilding and Dan Behman (PDF)
   116. Self-Service Linux: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination by Mark Wilding, Dan Behman (PDF)
   117. Sidux: Unofficial User Guide by Pawel
   118. Slackware Linux Essentails, 2nd Edition by D. Cantrell, L. Johnson, A. Hicks, C. Lumens
   119. Slackware Linux Unleashed by Kamran Husain
   120. Step-by-Step Linux Guide by M. B. G. Suranga De Silva
   121. Step-by-Step Guide to Bodhi Linux by Roger Carter
   122. Step-by-Step Linux Guide by M. B. G. Suranga De Silva (PDF)
   123. SUSE Linux Administration Guide by Frank Bodammer, Stefan Dirsch, et al.
   124. Test Driving Linux by David Brickner
   125. The Big Online Book of Linux Ada Programming by Ken O. Burtch
   126. The CTDP Linux User’s Guide by Mark Allen
   127. The Debian Administrator’s Handbook by Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas.
   128. The Easiest Linux Guide You’ll Ever Read by Scott Morris
   129. The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts, Jr.
   130. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use by Michael Stutz
   131. The Linux Development Platform – Configuring, Using, and Maintaining a Complete Programming Environment by Rafeeq Ur Rehman, Christopher Paul (PDF)
   132. The Linux Gamers’ HOWTO by Peter Jay Salzman, Frederic Delanoy
   133. The Linux Kernel by Andries Brouwer
   134. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide by Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz (HTML)
   135. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide by Peter Jay Salzman (PDF)
   136. The Linux Programmer’s Guide by Sven Goldt, at al.
   137. The Linux Starter Pack by Linux Format Magazine
   138. The Linux System Administrator’s Guide by Lars Wirzenius, at al.
   139. The Linux Wireless LAN Howto by Jean Tourrilhes
   140. The Little Book of Semaphores by Allen B. Downey
   141. 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
   142. The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide by John H. Terpstra, Jelmer R. Vernooij
   143. The Operating Systems Handbook by Bob DuCharme
   144. The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide by Alistair Ross
   145. Ubuntu – An Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Courtney Loo
   146. Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) by Chua Wen Kiat
   147. Ubuntu Apps: Application Directory, Tips, and Customization Guide by Kevin Prag
   148. Ubuntu Server Succinctly by José Roberto Olivas Mendoza
   149. Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager by Mel Gorman
   150. Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager by Mel Gorman
   151. User Mode Linux by Jeff Dike
   152. Motif Programming by Dave Marshall
   153. Wireless LAN Resources For Linux by HP
   154. X Window Programming by Wikibooks
   155. Ubuntu Hacks by Jonathan Oxer
   156. Using Samba by R. Eckstein, D. Collier-Brown, P. Kelly
   157. XView Reference Manual by Thomas Van Raalte
   158. Beej’s Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication by Brian “Beej Jorgensen” Hall
   159. Bourne Shell Scripting by Wikibooks
   160. Debugging C and C++ code in a Unix Environment by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) and I.G. Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper
   161. Effective AWK Programming by Arnold D. Robbi
   162. Conquering the Command Line by Mark Bates
   163. Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper
   164. AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators by IBM Redbooks
   165. An Awk Primer by Aurelio A. Heckert
   166. ANSI C for Programmers on UNIX Systems by Tim Love
   167. Bash Guide for Beginners by Machtelt Garrelsns
   168. Learning About UNIX-GNU/Linux
   169. Guide to X11 by Steve Ambler, et al.
   170. Introduction to Unix by F.G. Fiamingo, L. DeBula, L. Condron
   171. Learning the vi editor by Wikibooks
   172. Errors: errno in UNIX programs by Chris Herborth
   173. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard by R. Russell, D. Quinlan, C. Yeoh
   174. Learning the Unix Operating System by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, and John Strang
   175. GNU Bash Reference Manual by Chet Ramey, Brian Fox
   176. Guide to Unix by Wikibooks
   177. Mac OS X for Unix Geeks by Brian Jepson and Ernest E. Rothman
   178. Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference by Keir Thomas
   179. X WINDOWS by Dr A D Marshall
   180. Programming from the Ground Up by GNU
   181. Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO by David A. Wheeler
   182. The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond
   183. MH and xmh: Email for Users and Programmers by Jerry Peek
   184. The UNIX-Haters Handbook by Simson Garfinkel, Daniel Weise, Steven Strassmann
   185. Unix KornShell Quick Reference by Freeware
   186. The Book of Webmin by Joe Cooper
   187. The Craft of Text Editing by Craig A. Finseth
   188. The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin by Peter H. Salus
   189. UNIX – Filesystem Hierarchy Standard by Rusty Russell, Daniel Quinlan, and Christopher Yeoh
   190. The Unix Programming Environment by Mark Burgess
   191. The UNIX-HATERS Handbook by Simson Garfinkel, Daniel Weise, Steven Strassmann
   192. Unix in a Nutshell by Arnold Robbins
   193. UNIX System Security: A Guide for Users and System Administrators by David A. Curry
   194. UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4 by David A. Curry
   195. UNIX Text Processing by Dale Dougherty, Tim O’Reilly
   196. Writing GNOME Applications by John R. Sheets
   197. Motif Programming Manual by Dan Heller, Paula Ferguson, David Brennan
   198. Unix System Administration by Frank G. Fiamingo
   199. Network Programming Under Unix Systems by Actcom
   200. A Comprehensive Guide to FreeBSD by VMUNIX
   201. BSD vs Linux by Freeware
   202. Linux Administrators Security Guide
   203. Porting UNIX Software by Greg Lehey
   204. FreeBSD System Programming by Nathan Boeger / Mana Tominaga
   205. FreeBSD System Programming by Silberschat
   206. Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 6.X and 7.X by The FreeBSD Documentation Project
   207. The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey
   208. The Complete FreeBSD: Documentation from the Source by Greg Lehey
   209. Linux Security for Beginners by Neil A. Smyth
   210. Linux Security HOWTO by K. Fenzi, D. Wreski
   211. Wireless LAN Resources For Linux by HP
   212. X Window Programming by Wikibooks
   213. X WINDOWS by Dr A D Marshall

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