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Summary: An excellent book - but the title is misleading.
Review: This book should not be called Learning the Unix Operating System, since it only covers the preface, introduction, and first chapter of a typical introductory Unix text. That said, this book is very well written and provides a fast and easy start to using X windows and terminal command shells. This book will not take long to read, and I am sure that once you finish it, you will want to learn alot more. Fortunately, the text integrates well with other O'Reilly texts, and is included as one of the six titles in O'Reilly's Unix CD Bookshelf. In that package, you can just continue with the other titles as though they were one seamlessly integrated tome. I doubt that this book alone will satisfy the needs of most users, but it will certain whet your appetite! Lastly, if you are already familiar with command shells, even in their most basic uses, you will want to skip this book and move directly into a more advanced text, such as Learning the Korn (or Bash) shell.
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Summary: Basic intro to the use of unix/linux
Review: This book was written for the newbie who is using a unix terminal. He don't teach you the installation or config of unix, only gives you an overview of the fundamental commands and tasks (logging, windowing, managing files & directories, background processing and a little more). So if you are using a unix/linux preconfigured system and know nothing about unix, then buy this book or look the net (for there are very much like this and you don't need to pay), if not, forget!!!
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Summary: Good introduction
Review: This is a good first book on Unix. A reader of the book can decide which of the subjects covered in the book interests him, and go deeper by reading other books. Be sure to check the errata page at oreilly.com for mistakes in the book.
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Summary: Good first book on using UNIX.
Review: This is a very basic book, so if you know anything at all about UNIX, you won't learn much here - you will have a quick, basic reference book that you can carry in your briefcase. However if you are new to UNIX, start with this book (even if you've never used a computer). The answer to a lot of questions in this book is "ask your system administrator," so an efficient (or misanthropic) SysAd could post these answers on their door and just recommend this book to new users.
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Summary: A Good Introduction to UNIX
Review: This is a well written book that provides an easy and fast start to using the UNIX X Windows & terminal shells, printing, using the Internet for web browsing, email and file transfers. The use of examples, screenshots and illustrations together with a step by step list of commands to do throughout the book prove to be a very valuable feature for the UNIX beginners so they could better understand what should happen and appear when they click or type something. It also covers problems and errors a user might encounter and gives some useful information why they got that error and how to deal with them.
This book is not too comprehensive, you will be able to start with using UNIX quickly and easily but on the other hand, the descriptions for most of that commands are too brief to be able to do advance things, thus you still need to consult the documentations and man pages of the command you will encounter.
This is a good first book for UNIX beginners. New UNIX Users should go deeper by reading other inroductory books like Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours or The Complete Idiot's Guide to Unix. Experienced UNIX users would find this book too basic and should read a more advance book for systems administrators like the Essential System Administration and UNIX System Administration Handbook.
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Summary: What makes "Learning the UNIX Operating System" unique
Review: This little book is for people who *don't* want to be UNIX experts. If you're using UNIX-type systems (Linux, Solaris, many others) but don't need the gory details, it could be for you. It has the very basics--lots of "how" with just enough "why" to put it all in context.(Of course, if you like what you see here and want to learn more, there are also plenty of 600-page UNIX books on amazon.com!) This book has been through four editions during more than ten years in print. Each time I've revised it, I've spent a lot of time looking at what a typical modern reader might need to do and how to say it as economically as I can without being terse. Except for its new quick-reference card, the book isn't a choppy reference; the text flows and hangs together (I believe!). It also isn't a "dummies" book: it's to-the-point, not cute, without being stiff or formal. As they say, "just the facts, ma'am." If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to send me email! I'd be glad to hear from you. Regards, Jerry Peek
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Summary: Best quick reference for UNIX in my library.
Review: Very easy to understand and reference. Best as a quick reference to understand UNIX. Good for both novice and expert users.
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Summary: Best quick reference for UNIX in my library.
Review: Very easy to understand and reference. Best as a quick reference to understand UNIX. Good for both novice and expert users.
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