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Allan Adler

Since nobody else has responded yet (at least not that I've seen), I'll wager an opinion:

Most of the concepts in the book should be about the AVR microcontroller and so should apply no matter where you're developing software for it. The Windows-specific bits should pertain only to the compiler, linker, and whatever other software their development kit contains. If you're comfortable building, installing, and using your own version of GCC (which needs to be configured as a cross-compiler for the AVR microcontroller) you should be just fine. Note also that you'll need some way of getting the compiled binary onto the target board. That may be the biggest challenge without their Windows-based development kit.

IOW, it all depends on what you're looking for from the book. If you want a complete start-to-finish tutorial on developing for AVR microcontrollers then the book won't be suitable. If you're looking solely for AVR-specific information in order to build on existing experience using Linux as a host for developing for other microcontrollers, then the book might be a good starting point.

Note that I haven't read that particular book, but I do have a similar books about other microcontrollers. They all seem to follow the same pattern.