I'm a pure Windows guy but i'm working with linux and raspberries pretty heavily in my current project and i wanted to know if you guys could recommand a book that could give me a solid fundation with the following traits:

- No begginer level book, i'm new to linux but not new to computers nor to programming

- Not a programmer book : i'm looking for a book on using and managing linux, the programming part isn't much of an issue as i'm using VisualGDB and having no problems so far

- Not a humor book : i like formal content packed books where every page feels like it was Worth reading, i don't need a light tone to keep me interested at all, so at equal quality between 2 books suggest the most "academic" one.

- Not a chose your linux book, the choice is made and it's raspbian, i'm looking for something about linux and not about a specific distribution nor about their pro & cons

- No user interface, i'm only using the PIs through SSH and have zero interest in X.

I'm finding myself having to Google things that are pretty basic like "how do i set a program to start on boot without anyone logging on and keep running in the background unatached to a specific bash instance" and i think it's time i step up and actually learn this more formally, any advice is most welcome.

My first steps in Linux was buying Suse which by then (1998) came with a accompanying book in a box.

It was very useful to get to know all, although nowadays all I need is a quick google search.

Googling is great for a specific issue, i want to learn the thing as a whole.

I just like you can learn a few PowerShell commands but that's very different from Learning the .net Framework as a whole, i'm looking for the later. Some kind of linux admin book.

Raspbian is a port of Debian compiled for the processor used in the Raspberry Pi[1] so look for Debian documentation. A good place to start id the Debian documentation site.


[1] The standard linux ARM distributions are armel (ARMv4 using method supporting floating point that is compatible with software FP and hardware FP but is relatively slow) and armhf (ARMv7 with hardware FP required). Rasbian is Debian recompiled for ARMv6 with hardware FP (with kernels and a few other bits also available in ARMv7 versions for Pi2s).

I guess the debian administrator handbook would be a good starting place and quite book-like in scope and quality, thanks!