Linux Complete

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Summary: Weakly indexed excellent source of information
Review: I basically bought this book because I was tired of scrolling through the pages of HOWTO documents, which I think have tons of useful and time-proven techniques to solve problems related to Linux. A better index could have done this book an excellent one. There is an extensive command reference at the end but finding a command is not that easy. If you basically want a desktop reference I would recommend the O'Reilly's Linux in a Nutshell which is thumbindexed thus letting you access the information you want in no time.

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Summary: My favorite linux book
Review: I really love this book and have owned it since it first came out. True, Linux has become more complex since the book was written, but if youy can understand the things in this book, you can easily be productive in any modern linux. I am glad I bought it. I think everyone should have a copy especially if they are on a dial-up account and cannot get the HOWTO's in an easy manner.

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Summary: Why bother have a paper printed version of How-TOs ?
Review: I thought, what so complete about this book ? Well, it is only a paper version of "some" (not the complete) How-TOs...

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Plus, it is not the latest version of the How-Tos....

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Summary: Useless for me
Review: Infomation is not detailed enough to be helpful. I would suggest "Mastering Redhat Linux 6.0".

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Summary: Satisfactory
Review: It is not complete and I found it lacking in some areas. Could use a more effective index.

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Summary: A good book for a great price
Review: It's currently the best Linux reference book on the market and it's no doubt worth its price. I recommend it everyone working with Linux regardless your level and experience.

But dont be cheated with the word COMPLETE. Of course it is NOT complete and you'll still need other books.

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Summary: A right-hand book.
Review: This book is awesome! Nearly everything in one place. Usually I buy other books to learn a subject and, once learned, use this book as a very handy reference. Often, however, I find myself lerning a subject directly from this book. It's so complete!

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Summary: Please do not waste money on this book.
Review: This book is basicaly a compilation of How-To's and explanation of the most used commands of this operating System. It is, however, a good reference for commands.

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Summary: Second Edition is good
Review: This is the only edition I could find here, but my copy has a different cover. The image in the lower right corner on mine has a light blue pattern with a few circles and bubbles. (That's what it looks like to me.) Mine is definitely the second edition.

I do agree with many of the other reviews here. In some ways, this book is very basic, and they reference other Sybex books throughout. Each chapter states what book the information came from. This is almost like a Best Of collection.

For me, the book was very helpful. I'm very expirienced with Windows. Over the years I've also used Apple DOS, ProDOS, MS-DOS, DR DOS, OS/2, and Mac OS. This book had enough information for me to understand Linux better. The writers mainly compare Linux and Windows. Most of the focus is on Red Hat and GNOME. I'm actually using SuSE with the KDE desktop. There's a chapter on installing Red Hat.

I do like the information presented on using the command line. It's basic but enough to be useful. Later chapters discuss more advanced topics like server configurations, using Samba, and setting up Apache. It also covers how things work. ...under the hood. Since I'm not a Linux veteran, I can't really comment on the advanced topics, but I did find the book easy to follow.