Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network (Linux)

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Summary: Dustin understands why Windows admins would use Linux
Review: I just love the walkthroughs. For Windows admins this is like an eye opener. Like anybody else I needed to understand how I could use Linux to share files, printers, do remote admin, etc... Excellent descriptions of bash, samba, MySql, PHP and Apache. Concise, to the point, allowing me a quick start with hints where to further each project. Dustin's approach is to offer real life examples of how to install and use Linux applications. He covers every basic aspect of the Linux system. My recommendation is to buy the book, install Linux and proceed page by page in the exact order of his book chapters and try everything. At the end of the book you will know a little bit of everything.

Rating:
Summary: Dustin understands why Windows admins would use Linux
Review: I just love the walkthroughs. For Windows admins this is like an eye opener. Like anybody else I needed to understand how I could use Linux to share files, printers, do remote admin, etc... Excellent descriptions of bash, samba, MySql, PHP and Apache. Concise, to the point, allowing me a quick start with hints where to further each project. Dustin's approach is to offer real life examples of how to install and use Linux applications. He covers every basic aspect of the Linux system. My recommendation is to buy the book, install Linux and proceed page by page in the exact order of his book chapters and try everything. At the end of the book you will know a little bit of everything.

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Summary: Solid book
Review: I liked this book. Dustin Puryear takes a good approach to writing this book. Instead of just giving you alot of information he obviously sat back and decided what kind of features an administrator wants out of a server. He then went on to explain how to actually offer those features using Linux. He does this using examples the entire book. If you are a hardcore UNIX user then this book is probably useful for you. It does go over UNIX stuff, and it can be used by UNIX people to configure their stuff. But for Windows NT people this book is GREAT! I feel like I'ma UNIX pro now! However I did have one small problem, and that's why I gave it 4/5 instead of 5/5. I found a couple of typo's. In most books this is ok, but in a computer book it can be annoying. (Of course, I have never seen a book, computer or otherwise, without them!)

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Summary: My Linux bible
Review: Whoa! Integrate Linux Solutions into your Windows Network is EXACTLY that. I am truly impressed with not only the content of the book, but the way it was written. It is "open" enough to cover virtually all brands of Linux and more than that, gives clear examples to help with the more challenging tasks of integration. I have used this book extensively for setting up a Linux Proxy Server (Squid) on my Windows network and am very pleased with the results. More than this, it will help with just about all practical applications of a server on your network. This book is worth every penny.

Rating:
Summary: My Linux bible
Review: Whoa! Integrate Linux Solutions into your Windows Network is EXACTLY that. I am truly impressed with not only the content of the book, but the way it was written. It is "open" enough to cover virtually all brands of Linux and more than that, gives clear examples to help with the more challenging tasks of integration. I have used this book extensively for setting up a Linux Proxy Server (Squid) on my Windows network and am very pleased with the results. More than this, it will help with just about all practical applications of a server on your network. This book is worth every penny.