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Summary: not for beginners
Review: just doesn't cover the basics: commands, howto's etc. in one case it said it covered the specifics of the topic and i'll be darned if i could even find a clue how to do the task at hand. lots of advanced stuff.
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Summary: What a book....
Review: Although this book holds an extensive table of contents, it doesn't provide much use to those who have a certain level of knowledge, to a new linux user maybe. Most of the stuff in this book "hides behind the bush". It talk about a topic but doesn't adequately explain the concept behind. Again just basic user stuff. For a book this thick, I certainly thought it would be really good but it wasn't. A good book fot hose new to Linux but not for those seeking a lot of information.
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Summary: Resource for Reference
Review: This is an excellent book, but only to be used for reference. Many readers will open this book and find it unorganized and unsgaped, but they do not realize that it is intended for reference. Great resources and an index that should be put to use. Don't read it cover-to-cover. Definatly a great reference book.
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Summary: It's still the best ever and ever ....
Review: This book has it all, for the beginners until the crazy hackers level ... Everything is given in the book, and everything is beyond your knowledge of linux ever... The worst thing ... you have to own it yourselves ...
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Summary: Lots of information but badly written.
Review: This book really made me angry! The only structure that was provided seemed to be the chapter headings. The information provided to perform any of the many operations that I attempted in Linux was just inadequite in almost every case; especially for a book this size! It seems to be a book that was poorly planned and made to sell.
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Summary: Good Overall Introduction
Review: This book is a great introduction to LINUX. The authors have done a good job of bringing the many, many facets of LINUX into one place. You will find though, that as you delve into depths of some aspects of the system, that additional, more specific reading will be required. That aside though, this book definitely belongs on the shelf of anyone beginning their adventures in LINUX!
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Summary: This book is now my Linux bible
Review: As a network admin type I have many referance tomes. For NT and Vines I have books that refer me to other books that refer me to CD ROM referance guides. For Linux I always reach for a single referance manual. I have two Redhat boxes that I have setup from scratch from on-line downloadable files useing only this book. It covers everything that you need to know in a no nonsence fasion in clear, easy to understand language. Some areas could go a little more in depth but over all this guide will get you up and running and your clients on line.
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Summary: POOR AUTHOR OR PUBLISHER?
Review: I was just amazed that some of the reviews were from Red Hat 5.2, and the Year 1999. I agree with the author, you do think twice about buying a book with inaccurate reviews? I suggest the author contact his publisher, as in most places it how much you money you have that counts. And I am sure the publisher will know who to phone to get the reviews checked.
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Summary: Detailed, thorough, and actually has a good index
Review: Linux books tend to fall into two categories: 1. How-to books for beginners
2. Reference books I am already fairly comfortable in linux, but most of my experience is with distributions that do things differently than the "Red Hat" way. When I decided to try out Fedore Core 2, I realized I would need to either spend a lot of time online in forums, or get a book. But I didn't need a beginners book, and I wanted more than a simple reference. I looked through many, many linux books on the shelves of my local brick & motor bookstore, but they almost all fell into one of the two catefories I mentioned above. Luckily, I then found "Red Hat Linux Fedora unleashed". This book has the perfect combination of background and reference material that somebody who has a little bit of linux experience needs. In fact, I would also recommend this book to beginners as well, because if you stick with linux you move out of the "beginner" stage fairly quickly, and would then need a book like this one. Better to have spent your $$ on this book to begin with. Oh yeah - the index is also great. A good and usable index is a hard thing to produce. Most publishers seem to be letting software build the index and then never bother to have a human check it out. I don't need index references that point me to every single page that mentions the word or topic I'm trying to look up, but that's what you get with most linux books. For the index in "Red Hat Linux Fedora unleashed" the publisher either used a human being or has smarter indexing software.
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Summary: Fedora leashed
Review: This book is not for the person who wants to use Fedora as an OS. It is geared for someone who is into programming and is very complicated. It assumes you have a doctorate in Computer Science. I would never recommend anyone to buy this book. Fedora Core for dummies would be a much better bargain than this book.
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