[ Reading list ]

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Unix System Administration Handbook (3rd edition)
Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein et al.

A very good book, with plenty of stories from the trenches. There's also a related but more specific Linux System Administration Handbook.

The third edition is out, and apparently it's as good as its older siblings.

A good companion to Burgess, it deals with the implementation of best practices for system administrators.

A good companion to Limoncelli and Hogan, it deals with best practices for system administrators.

Of course, there's always the SAGE reading list...