Exploring Other Linux Resources

If you are interested in getting under the hood of the technology revolution (and it’s always
helpful to know how things work), I recommend the following texts:

● Computer: A History of the Information Machine by Martin Campbell-Kelly and William
Aspray (Harper Collins, 1997)
● A Quarter Century of Unix by Peter Salus (Addison-Wesley, 1994)

Neither of these texts discusses Linux specifically. A Quarter Century of Unix does tell
the Linux history up to the point where the system was just becoming a serious player. Peter
Salus writes an interesting discussion of why Linus Torvalds saw a need to create Linux in
the first place.

To get the scoop on Linux itself, start with the Linux home page at http://www.linux.org.
For Linux-related news, http://linuxtoday.com is one of several good resources, and the “News
for Nerds” at http://slashdot.org can be an entertaining—and often Linux-related—read.