Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition (With CD-ROM)

Rating:
Summary: Not a good choice for a class text.
Review: Theis title was chosen as the textbook for an introductory class on Linux. After several weeks the class concluded it was not a good choice for an introductory text. Although the book contains a wealth of information the book lacks any ordered teaching structure which a student can build on.

Rating:
Summary: Well written but eclectic coverage
Review: This is a wonderfully written book, as many reviewers have said. The author has a gift for clear explanation and writes in a lucid style which is far too rare in IT books.

But beware! The coverage of topics is quite uneven: be sure that it covers the material that you need.

For example, the coverage of mail is a little on how SMTP, POP and IMAP work, and 17 pages covering configuration of exim and a little on sendmail, and combatting spam, It doesn't give enough detail to begin to set up or maintain a mail server. Contrast this with 40 pages on the Linux File System standard.