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Summary: THIS BOOK ITS OUT DATE.
Review: If you think that with this book you going to pass the exam, you are wrong. if you see the LPI page, you ll find that the lpi exam change a lot. USE THIS BOOK ONLY FOR BASIC LEARNING OF LINUX. im not sorry about buying this book, this book its great, but its REALLY OUT DATE.
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Summary: Exactly what is to be expected.
Review: After reading this book and taking the first test I must say that the information included is exactly what should be expected from a Nutshell type book. It's not trying to teach you new concepts. Instead the book is meant as a study tool for those who have some experience with Linux and simply need an aid to study for a test on which you will not be able to lookup man pages for obscure switches to obscure commands. If you are unfamiliar with a certain section of the test this book will NOT be enough to teach it to you from scratch, much in the same way that the other "Nutshell" books serve as command references and rarely deal with the theory behind the practice.
One caveat is that the LPI Level 1 has gone through reworking since 2001 meaning that what the book lists as being on test 101 does not necessarily correspond to the current LPI task list which can be found at http://www.lpi.org/en/lpic.html. The information itself is contained in the book, but as the LPI evolves the test order will change so you will need to tune your studying accordingly. (Or, if you wish, you can do as I did and get an unpleasant shock on test day :])
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Summary: Great prep
Review: Best thing I can say is that if they come out with a review for exams 2 and 3, i'll buy it immediately. If you're going to take the LPI exam, get this book. Excellent review, with questions that hit most every area of the test.
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Summary: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Review: I am preparing for the LPI level one test and picked up this guide as a study reference. Overall, the quality of this book is outstanding and the material is presented in way that made it very easy to digest. I've broken the highlights down into three categories.1. Good - Excellent explanation of the topics in the books. There were very few items I had to go to other sources from. The way this book is set up makes it great as a study guide or for future reference. Even if I wasn't going to take the test, I'd still keep this one within arms reach. 2. Bad - LPI has restructured their tests. This means that some of the 102 test topics are now in the 101 test. Make sure you get the correct list of study topics directly from LPI to ensure you are preparing for the correct subjects. Since these changes were made quite a while ago, I would have hoped that O'Reilly would have come up with a new version, but no luck. 3. UGLY - Several topics were not covered at all in the book. This is really dissapointing for me as I've always respected the O'Reilly books and found them to be way above par. But don't take my word for it. You can locate the missing parts by comparing the T-O-C and the LPI site Overall, this is a great book. If you are currently a system administrator or work with Linux often, this matierial should be easy to pick up and understand. The book has in depth coverage along with a "Highlighters Index" for quick reviews and sample tests to help you prepare.<...
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Summary: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Review: I am preparing for the LPI level one test and picked up this guide as a study reference. Overall, the quality of this book is outstanding and the material is presented in way that made it very easy to digest. I've broken the highlights down into three categories. 1. Good - Excellent explanation of the topics in the books. There were very few items I had to go to other sources from. The way this book is set up makes it great as a study guide or for future reference. Even if I wasn't going to take the test, I'd still keep this one within arms reach. 2. Bad - LPI has restructured their tests. This means that some of the 102 test topics are now in the 101 test. Make sure you get the correct list of study topics directly from LPI to ensure you are preparing for the correct subjects. Since these changes were made quite a while ago, I would have hoped that O'Reilly would have come up with a new version, but no luck. 3. UGLY - Several topics were not covered at all in the book. This is really dissapointing for me as I've always respected the O'Reilly books and found them to be way above par. But don't take my word for it. You can locate the missing parts by comparing the T-O-C and the LPI site Overall, this is a great book. If you are currently a system administrator or work with Linux often, this matierial should be easy to pick up and understand. The book has in depth coverage along with a "Highlighters Index" for quick reviews and sample tests to help you prepare.<...
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Summary: Pass Exam 101 Release 2 Beta (Dec 2002)
Review: I bought this book since there are no good study materials available for LPI. Although a little bit outdated, it did help me much. I hope oreilly can produce the second version of this book so people can prepare for the exam easily. The contents of this book is very good which gove real world examples. However my only concern that there are a lot of errors in the book, which made me rate this book to just 4stars. As a technical book, they shoultn't have errors since it will confuse the readers
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Summary: Oreilly does it again
Review: I have a growing disdain for Microsoft and turned to Linux a few years ago. The only problem with that is that Linux, like Unix is very powerful and has many wonderful tools to do things a Windows box would never do. (Like host multiple Windows domains on a single Linux computer with Samba, heh.)
The problem? It would take years to learn on your own what you can get from a Linux certification in a few weeks of study.
O'reilly books have always impressed me so I tried this one and it is great. It has great documentation with examples and some test questions.
If you're intersted in learning Linux, start out with a nice certification like this one: LPI Linux Certification. or RHCE, Red Hat Certified Engineer or Linux+ from CompTIA. In any case, certifications are a great place to start and this O'Reilly book is wonderful to get started.
Go Linux!
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Summary: Good book for exam and work
Review: I pass exam 101 with 20 minutes to spare. I study the review questions, doing the exercise, doing the demo test, and restudy again. Note: remember to study variation of the demo test. Example, if demo test ask you ps -aux, you study pstree. I hope this comments help.
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Summary: Very good book, but be careful of the mistakes.
Review: I purchased "LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell" because I have had several other Nutshell books which were very good. This one is no exception, it is well written and easy to read. There is thoughtful use of examples and code snippits to illustrate points, and there are practice excercises and exams which are good. So far, it has taught me things about Linux I did not know even though I have been administering my own linux system for over 2 years. Despite this, there are more mistakes in the first printing(Jun 2001) than I would like. The mistakes aren't just typos either, there are some quite subtle errors in both the examples and the descriptions of command options. There are also errors in the figures, with one figure missing completely(it is available on the oreilly.com website), and another printed twice with different figure numbers. It would be a good idea to visit oreilly.com and find the erratum. There are both confirmed and unconfirmed errors. Most of the unconfirmed errors are valid, but I would advise caution. This is the kind of book you that is best read in front of a computer running linux so that you can try it all out. If you do this you will pick up the mistakes anyway. I think the book achieves its purpose, and is a good study guide.
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Summary: Very good book, but be careful of the mistakes.
Review: I purchased "LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell" because I have had several other Nutshell books which were very good. This one is no exception, it is well written and easy to read. There is thoughtful use of examples and code snippits to illustrate points, and there are practice excercises and exams which are good. So far, it has taught me things about Linux I did not know even though I have been administering my own linux system for over 2 years. Despite this, there are more mistakes in the first printing(Jun 2001) than I would like. The mistakes aren't just typos either, there are some quite subtle errors in both the examples and the descriptions of command options. There are also errors in the figures, with one figure missing completely(it is available on the oreilly.com website), and another printed twice with different figure numbers. It would be a good idea to visit oreilly.com and find the erratum. There are both confirmed and unconfirmed errors. Most of the unconfirmed errors are valid, but I would advise caution. This is the kind of book you that is best read in front of a computer running linux so that you can try it all out. If you do this you will pick up the mistakes anyway. I think the book achieves its purpose, and is a good study guide.
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