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Are the textbooks required?

There are two books listed for the course:

  1. Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett, O'Reilly, 2004.
  2. C: A Reference Manual (5th ed) by Harbison & Steele, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
Although these are listed as "required", additional explanation will help...

Bottom line: It is possible for some students to get all the information they need in this course without the textbooks since they will only occasionally be referred to. However, they are good books with lots of information and alternate explanations, so not getting them and making the course and your future endeavors more difficult may be a very bad idea.


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