A List of Suggested Reading for Linux people.

• Running Linux, Fourth Edition By: Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Terry Dawson, and Lar Kaufman O'Reilly & Associates
• Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition By: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins O'Reilly & Associates
• Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 2nd Edition By: Olaf Kirch, Terry Dawson O'Reilly & Associates
• Learning Red Hat Linux, 2nd Edition By: Bill McCarty O'Reilly & Associates
• Building Secure Servers with Linux By: Michael D. Bauer O'Reilly & Associates

A List of Suggested Reading for Technical People

• Technopoly By: Neil Postman Vintage Books
• Silicon Snake Oil By: Cliff Stoll
• High Tech Heretic By: Cliff Stoll
• Envisioning Information By: Edward Tufte

A List of Suggested Reading about Programming

Object Oriented Programming and Languages

• Design Patterns By: Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
• Thinking in Java By: "Bruce Eckell (Comment: A very good introduction to Object Oriented Programming, it happens to use Java but can be applied to other languages easily.)
• Design Patterns Explained By: Alan Shalloway, James Trott (Comment: A friendly introduction to the design pattern concept. Assumes a basic knowledge of objects.)
• The Pragmatic Programmer: from journeyman to master By Andrew Hunt, David Thomas (Comments: First book I've seen that defines "orthogonality" in the programming context. Quite open-source friendly.)

Books on MySQL

• MySQL & mSQL By: Randy Jay Yarger, George Reese & Tim King
• MySQL (someone please fix this link By: Paul DuBois

General books on relational database usage and theory.

• The Practical SQL Handbook By: Judith Bowman, et al. (Comment: An excellent introduction to and reference on the Standard Query Language for relational databases.)
• Relational Database Design: Clearly Explained By Jan L. Harrington. (Comment: A non-technical introduction, as advertised in the title.)

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