Linux+ In Depth

Rating:
Summary: Since passing is all that matters, it is good enough
Review: I got a 780/900 (passsing is 655). I knew this book about as well as you possibly can and that was my score. Honestly, the book was great. Very readable, and understandable. Lots of information,etc. The problem is the exam. The questions are all over the place and many don't make much sense. As with most certs its a poor measurment of technical capabilities that is designed to give inqualified management the warm and fuzzies about hiring a new employee.

Rating:
Summary: Since passing is all that matters, it is good enough
Review: I got a 780/900 (passsing is 655). I knew this book about as well as you possibly can and that was my score. Honestly, the book was great. Very readable, and understandable. Lots of information,etc. The problem is the exam. The questions are all over the place and many don't make much sense. As with most certs its a poor measurment of technical capabilities that is designed to give inqualified management the warm and fuzzies about hiring a new employee.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent starter book
Review: I have not read any Thomson Course Technology books before this one and if this is any indication of the overall quality, I will consider them as future resources. As it is with Linux+ In Depth, Eckert and Schitka create a book that is an enjoyable read for those starting out in the realm of Linux and in the process help facilitate your endeavor to attain CompTIA's Linux+ certification. I thought the book definitely hit its target audience and aligns itself perfectly with CompTIA's aims...entry level professionals and beginning Linux admins. If you plan on diving in deeper, a must have book to further ground your knowledge is Running Linux by M.Welsh (O'Reilly).

However, if you're largely experienced with *nix, you won't find anything new here. The authors do not really get into various real-world, critical services such as Squid, Apache and Samba.

Rating:
Summary: Good enough
Review: I've just passed my Linux+ test with score 860 out of 900 today. Overall this book is okay if you already got many background in maintaining Linux System, but if you don't have a broad background in maintaining Linux system, you may need to use several additional books, for example this book is lacking some information about some commands, such as 'netstat', which was on my test. This book is also lacking some stuffs that may need some fixes on the next edition of this book such as NIS/YP, hardware stuffs, and some scenarios (with files operations, network operations, etc.) which may help those who don't have strong Linux background.

Anyhow, I've been maintaining and using many of *NIX flavors such as Linux (Slackware, Redhat, Debian, Mandrake, SuSE), FreeBSD, Sun Solaris, HP-UX servers for at least 3 years by now, so my comments may be a little bias.

Rating:
Summary: I have seen better.
Review: last week, I finished reading the whole book. I thought I was ready for the exam. I bought the exam Cram book just to practice, I knew only about 40% of the practice exam, the rest were never covered in this book. However, I think the book is very easy to understand. Very well written. YOU DO NEED ANOTHER BOOK TO GO ALONG WITH THIS ONE FOR THE EXAM (for example, Exam Cram Linux+).

Sybex Linux+, is also a perfect book. some of the practice exam in Sybex Linux+ were the exact questions on the real test.

Rating:
Summary: Very well written and comprehensive
Review: Linux+ In Depth is a well written book that starts off exploring basics so fundemental that a reader should already be familiar with them if they are planning to take this test. Beyond that, the writing style flows well and keeps you reading. Ultimately the nearly 700 page book progresses into much more advanced topics. I recommend this study guide to anyone planning to sit the Linux+ exam.

Rating:
Summary: They weren't lying when they said "In Depth"
Review: What can I say?

Been using linux for 3 years and I actually learnt stuff from this book. It being in depth doesn't mean its lengthy and technical because it isn't. Just under 600 pages including illustrations makes this an easy read.

Passing the exam was a breeze with the extra knowledge I got and allowed me to score a confident 815 out of 900. Not bad after litteraly finishing the exam in 40 min.