I’ve helped thousands learn tmux through my free resource under the name The Tao of tmux, which I kept as part of the documentation for the tmuxp session manager. And now, it’s been expanded into a full-blown book with refined graphics, examples, and much more.

There are countless lists on the internet claiming to be the list of must-read programming books and it seemed that all those lists always recommended that same books minus two or three odd choices.

Finding good resources for learning programming is always tricky. Every-one has its own opinion about what book is the best to learn, and as we say in french, “Color and tastes should not be argued about”.

However I though it would be interesting to trust the wisdom of the crown and to find the books that appeared the most in those “Best Programming Book” lists.

If you want to jump right on the results go take a look below at the full results. If you want to learn about the methodology, bear with me.

List of fiction encompassing programming/compsci concepts at deeper than surface level

Newsboat, a fork of Newsbeuter, is a free, open source RSS/Atom feed reader for text consoles. It supports GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like operating systems. Compared to other slow and huge amount of memory consumed RSS feed readers, Newsboat is the best choice for anyone who are looking for a simple, slick and fast feed reader that can be completely managed via keyboard.

Concerning about the features, we can list the following:

• Subscribe to RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds.
• Download podcasts.
• Configure your keyboard shortcuts as per your wish.
• Search through all downloaded articles.
• Categorize and query your subscriptions with a flexible tag system.
• Integrate any data source through a flexible filter and plugin system.
• Automatically remove unwanted articles through a “killfile”.
• Define “meta feeds” using a powerful query language.
• Synchronize newsboatr with your bloglines.com account.
• Import and exporting your subscriptions with the widely used OPML format.
• Customize the look and feel of Newsboat as per your liking.
• Keep all your feeds in sync with Google Reader.

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