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Latest edition of "Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours"?

I received this lovely email message from a reader this morning: "Just wanted to thank you for "Teach Yourself Unix in a Week." I read the whole thing cover to cover back in '94, when I was sleeping on a cot at work (!). It got me started in the world of Unix and has provided me employment ever since. My buddy Nick and I owe both you and Kamran Hussein a night of beers for kicking off our sys admin careers."

Dave's Answer:

It's always a pleasure as a writer to get messages like this, because one of the greatest motivations for working is to help others and influence lives positively, so this is just a great thing to hear.

Even better, the latest edition of Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours, the fourth edition, is coming out this week from Sams/Macmillan too! [warning: The web site is not yet updated to reflect the new content. But it will be soon. I promise!]

If you'd like to know more about the new edition, why not pop over to Amazon and have a peek at what we've put up there?

Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours, 4th Ed.

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Comments

Dave, I second everything these guys have to say about this book. My buddy Clint and I read Unix in 24 Hours years ago when getting our first shot at being System Administrators. We have been Sysadmins ever since, and whenever teaching users how to do something in Unix, Unix in 24 Hours is "the book" I recommend to them.

Posted by: Scott at August 14, 2005 2:23 AM

Howdy Dave,

I just thought I'd point out to you and your readers that my favorite online bookstore, nerdbooks.com just got the 4th edition in and they're selling it for $15.89. That is 4 bucks cheaper then Amazon, and if you live in Dallas, TX you can pick it up there saving the shipping.

I'm getting my copy tomorrow.

Erik

Posted by: Erik Weibust at August 29, 2005 5:30 PM

And right you are, Erik. Updating the Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours web site is high on my to-do list this week! :-)

http://www.intuitive.com/tyu24/

Posted by: Dave Taylor at August 29, 2005 7:08 PM

I have a lot to say, but ...

I have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but most of all I'd like to say thank you for all your efforts on this Web site by buying you a chai!

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!