9 Good Resources For Linux System Admins!

If you have ever been a Linux system administrator, you would know how important guides and cheat sheets can be. Linux system admins have to keep references handy for instances when they feel they need help. So, we decided to bring nine of the best resources we could find to help all you system admins out there!

1. SAG: System Admin Guide: This system admin guide is part of the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). According to the official website, “The LDP is working on developing good, reliable documentation for the Linux operating system. The overall goal of the LDP is to collaborate in taking care of all of the issues of Linux documentation, ranging from online documentation (man pages, HTML, and so on) to printed manuals covering topics such as installing, using, and running Linux. Here is the Linux Documentation Project Manifesto and Copyright License for LDP works.”

2. Linux System Administration: This guide is actually a course module from Gbdirect.co.uk. It also contains exercises at the end of each chapter so that you can practice.

3. LINUX Admin Quick Reference: This five page PDF document should be printed out and pinned to a system administrator’s wall. It is a very useful quick reference guide, which will help you grow your knowledge.

4. Debian Reference: This reference guide is especially useful if you use Debian or any other distro based on Debian. It is available in HTML, PDF and TXT formats.

5. linux system Linux Cheat Sheet: This cheat sheet comes from EZ Linux admin. It is in fact quite short but can make a good reference guide when you need it.

6. Top 10 Best Cheat Sheets and Tutorials for Linux / UNIX Commands: Here you will find 10 of the most useful cheatsheets on Linux.

7. Linux Administration Made Easy: This is a short guide that can help any system administrator. You can also get the HTML version for this.

8. Introduction to Basic Unix System Administration: When you are a Linux system administrator, you have to differentiate between Linux and Unix. This guide will help you to that.

9. The Linux Network Administrator's Guide: This guide also comes from the Linux Documentation project. It is available in PDF format.