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Summary: Worthwhile only for the RedHat CD
Review: This book was not very helpful at all. It does not seem to be geared to an expeirenced Linux user, or to beginnning users. Covers only a fraction of the comands, and not very well at all. The book itself recomends buying other Linux books. Wastes amazing amout of space on silly puns.
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Summary: Not for serious Linux users, only for windows type users
Review: I'm not a serious programmer, but I've done some C++ programming and was looking for a dipper look into Linux. Unfortunately this book is about a Windows Type Operating System (Red Hat Fedora) and how to installing it and use it. If you're are tired of Windows and all its problems this is the book for you.
Easy to understand and comes with a DVD with the software
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Summary: Installation of Linux for Complete Idiots
Review: This book is awful. I mean terrible. It is so basic. Let's be honest, dummies are not going to use Linux. It just isn't reality. Techie people are going to. This book is too remedial and leaves out a lot of detail for those who want more nitty gritty about how the OS operates. It does do a section on command line which I find bizarre as no dummie would ever jump into console when they could use the GUI.
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Summary: A very usefull book to get started with Linux
Review: I was reluctant to switch to Linux because I thought that it was only for professional computer users.
Gradually by getting more and more information, I choose to migrate totally to Linux...No more Windows operating system ! The most scariest part is undoubtly the command line but Linux for Dummies really helped me to get familiar with the basics and now I can administrate my computer directly with the command line, whithout using the GUI. Very good job !!
I don t use the distro described in the Book since I am a Mandrake user and the main developments are focused on FEDORA core of Red Hat. But the two GUI are well described.
A very usefull book to get started with LINUX.
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Summary: The latest is the Greatest
Review: This new edition of Linux for Dummies, written by Linux guru Dee Ann LeBlanc is well worth the price. It's packed with the latest information and expertly written in a style that is accessible to computer users of all ability levels. A must have for every Linux user!
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Summary: Just what I needed ... more beer coasters !
Review: I'm still waiting for Dr. Laura to pen "10 Stupid Things People do to Obtain & Learn Linux." Buying this book was somewhere around number 3 on my list. The next "dummies" book I might buy will be "Dummies Books for Dummies" (but only if it is a total spoof of the genre). Actually, I bought the book for the accompanying CD's, and my disappointment ties back to the fact that they did not boot up as advertised and the utitilies that were supposed to help around that didn't seem to be there. Having gone through that, I actually browsed through the book itself, and it turned out to border on worthless, except for the linux command appendix, which makes for a good reference tear-out for whatever "piker" version of linux you ultimately do not want to pay for. The CD's make for decent beer coasters ... You could find cheaper, but think of it as your patriotic duty to keep the Dummies who write this stuff tied down here lest they branch out to other topics where they could do real harm.
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