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Summary: A deadly book!
Review: I have been looking for a book that explains how linux and the unices work. This book has finally provided me with the sort of information that I wanted. I am the sort of person who prefers to understand the fundamentals of the OS and then I can extrapolate enough from there to figure it out. This is not a "how-to" book, it's a book that gives you the basics, the rocks you need to stand on. By the way, in reference to the user above, if you don't know how to use the shell and you want you run linux, you should learn right now! If you want to understand Linux and don't just want to push a button to make things work while not understanding what the button does, this BOOK IS FOR YOU!
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Summary: Must Have
Review: I read this book when I was beginning to learn Linux. I would recommend this book to anyone who has at least enough knowledge to install Linux. I found this book to be all encompassing. It includes topics I never came across in other Linux beginners books including the Linux boot process etc. The only down side to this book is the CD-ROM which sports the very little known Linux Pro Distribution.
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Summary: I found the book longwinded and out of sequence
Review: Per the author "This is not a book that shows you how to administer and run a Linux system." He is correct I just wish he had said this on the cover. For a book that isn't going to tell you how to run Linux he spent a lot of time talking about the shells. (If you don't know what a shell is you are in the same boat with me.) There is a lot of good info in this book but you will have to look for it. He talked about shells and pipes for several pages but you still don't know how to load the software yet so you can't test/try what he is saying, something I found quite annoying. If he meant for the text to be a guide for Linux use in the business world he would have been better off describing how to implement it and then listing a selection of reference books for the installation and administration.
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Summary: I found the book longwinded and out of sequence
Review: Per the author "This is not a book that shows you how to administer and run a Linux system." He is correct I just wish he had said this on the cover. For a book that isn't going to tell you how to run Linux he spent a lot of time talking about the shells. (If you don't know what a shell is you are in the same boat with me.) There is a lot of good info in this book but you will have to look for it. He talked about shells and pipes for several pages but you still don't know how to load the software yet so you can't test/try what he is saying, something I found quite annoying. If he meant for the text to be a guide for Linux use in the business world he would have been better off describing how to implement it and then listing a selection of reference books for the installation and administration.
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