Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to How Linux Works
What Every Superuser Should Know
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How Linux Works launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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TLDR: I wrote a handbook for the Linux command line. 120 pages in PDF. Updated for 2025. Pay what you want. A few years back I wrote an ebook about the Linux command line. Instead of focusing on a specific shell, paraphrasing manual pages, or providing long repetitive explanations, the idea was to create a modern guide that would help readers to understand the command line in the practical sense, cover the most common things people use the command line for, and do so without wasting the readers' time. The book contains material on terminals, shells (compatible with both Bash and Zsh),…
2025 · commandline.stribny.name · its alternatives →
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2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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a guide of linuxsysteam
2025 · linuxsysteam.surge.sh · its alternatives →
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The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
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Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!
2014 · its alternatives →
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What programmers need to know about web servers.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Kicked my course off today - grep101.com - with lessons starting Monday. I think I've got the pricing right to attract a good class of keen learners for this first run through...
2012 · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Insight into what makes certain offerings shine (book)
2015 · its alternatives →
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A tutorial introduction to computer development environments
2017 · its alternatives →
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I wrote this intermediate-level book as a showcase of various FOSS, mostly command line tools. I'm a nuclear engineer and found myself teaching other nuclear, mechanical, and electrical engineers these tools again and again, so I wanted to package them into book form. I attempted to make it even broader interest, so it's not just about engineering. In the end, it's a fairly eclectic set of topics. Anyway, after selling for a few years, I just decided to release a slightly updated version of it in full for free. You'll find full HTML, PDF and ePub versions (all built with Sphinx) at the link.
2024 · digitalsuperpowers.com · its alternatives →
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Essential Skills and Concepts For The Self-taught Programmer
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hello! This ebook aims to teach Linux command line tools and Shell Scripting for beginner to intermediate level users. The main focus is towards managing your files and performing text processing tasks. Includes plenty of examples, exercises (200+) and solutions. To celebrate my latest ebook release, you can download PDF/EPUB versions of Computing from the Command Line for FREE till 08-Nov-2022: https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_computing (the web version linked as the post url is always free) All books bundle (all my 13 programming ebooks) is $10 (normal…
2022 · learnbyexample.github.io · its alternatives →
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