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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A short introduction to the Unix command line
2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
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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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Code▲76The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
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Server and configuration management for humans
2015 · ansiblefordevops.com · its alternatives →
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The authoritative resource for learning Go
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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a guide of linuxsysteam
2025 · linuxsysteam.surge.sh · its alternatives →
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Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware
2016 · nostarch.com · 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 · withouttheirpermission.com · its alternatives →
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What programmers need to know about web servers.
2015 · book.serversforhackers.com · its alternatives →
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A Great Way To Get You Started With Ubuntu
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The world's first 'fully' open source book
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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An introduction to version control with Git
2016 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
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The Supermen▲66Seymour Cray + technical wizards behind the supercomputer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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