Best Linux Books For Beginners To Advanced Linux Users [2023]

Let’s have a quick look at the list of free Linux ebooks for beginners to advanced users in 2023.

Shell Programming Ebooks 2023:

1. Bash Reference Manual
2. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper (PDF)
3. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper (HTML)
4. Bash Reference Manual
5. UNIX/Linux Bourne / Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial
6. Bash Guide for Beginners by Machtelt Garrels (PDF)
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 [2023]

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

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