[LUNA] Unix training & book recommendation

[Michael W. Hall]

What are the objectives of the training?  You want the students to learn
basic commands for the command line?  

On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 20:52 -0400, Christopher R. Key wrote:
> I'm looking for a recommendation on a goo Unix reference or "learn 
> Unix" book that I can provide to new hires.
> 
> I'm needing to revamp the training we do for our campus new hires, 
> which includes a course on Unix skills.  Sadly what we've been finding 
> is college graduates have little to no Unix skills (yes I know, I could 
> probably recruit at your school but that's not the point).  The 
> expectation is a one day class, but the learned skills would be used 
> over the course of the 5 week bootcamp.
> 
> Here are some I've had or used in the past.  I'm curious what this 
> group's thoughts are, especially since most of these are dated (Unix 
> doesn't change, but given the last IP conversation, apparently it is).
> 
> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002619.do
> Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition (O'Reilly 2001)
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Linux-Visual-QuickStart-Edition/dp/0321636783/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1395247274&sr=8-18&keywords=unix
> Unix and Linux: Visual QuickStart Guide, 4th Edition (2009)
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Impatient-Edition-Paul-Abrahams/dp/0201823764/ref=sr_1_98?ie=UTF8&qid=1395247381&sr=8-98&keywords=unix
> UNIX for the Impatient, 2nd Edition (1995)
>