A lot of rebundling from the umpty previous No Starch Linux and general programming bundles, as is to be expected. But a decent amount of new and updated stuff, plus a repeat not previously in a Linux bundle. Newly-bundled books (all published late 2021-2022): Practical Linux Forensics (starting in 20 item 2nd tier) Devops for the Desperate The Book of Kubernetes Programming with OpenSCAD (starting 16 item 3rd tier) Updated books: How Linux Works 3rd edition (2nd previously bundled) The Book of Inkscape 2nd edition (3rd tier) Notable repeats: The Linux Programming Interface (the expensive single extra book at the top tier) Racket Programming the Fun Way (recent-ish book that first showed up in the March 2022 The Joy of Coding by No Starch Press bundle, not in any previous Linux/BSD-themed ones) Previous Linux/BSD bundles and discussion on this sub: Nov 2019 Linux and BSD Bookshelf Jul 2018 Linux Geek More on reddit.com

Originally, it was really really good · Original software, books and co. It was adding added value, like the bundling of music or assets, the promise to have "drm free" executable, and as much as possible, games and software running on linux or at least downloadable. More on news.ycombinator.com

It sounds like your goal here is to build the foundations for a strong mental model of how Linux works. If that's the case, I would spend less time on memorizing the specifics of each chapter and more time ensuring that you can distill the book's information into conceptual building blocks. For example, for chapter 1, the key takeaway is the three-part division of a Linux system into user space, kernel space, and hardware. You don't need to memorize everything that goes into each layer, but you should be able to explain what the purpose of each is and what makes them different. Similarly, for chapter 2, I don't think it's productive to try to memorize each command. You'll learn what `grep`, `cat`, `find`, and so on do from practice; a book like this isn't the best place to learn shell scripting. Instead, focus on the big picture: What is a shell? What is a shell scripting language? What are standard input/standard output/standard error? How can you learn more about what a command does? The best way to learn the nitty-gritty details of using a Linux system is to actually use the system. Work on a project and learn by doing. But books like this are great for creating a mental framework so that you're not just shooting blindly in the dark. More on reddit.com

There's another book from no starch press titled How Cybersecurity Really Works that's a very readable introduction to how cybersecurity works (shocker, right?) and how people will try to get around it. It wont give you too much info on pentesting, but it gives you some info you'd need to know to move in the right direction. I have a copy of How Linux Works but honestly have learned a lot more practical things from tutorials or articles online. This book and the tutorials here are my favorite to recommend. It covers the basics very well, and its free lol https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php More on reddit.com