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Summary: excellent...
Review: ...for configuring & running linux from the command line. This book travels with me. Everywhere. If it was 200 pages thicker and covered X, it would stay on the shelf. Not a tutorial, not 'linux for dummies'.
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Summary: Worthy of a place in my "essential bookspace"
Review: As bruising as it may be to the ego, IT workers are often only as good as the quality of their references. When trying to win the battle with the nymphs of computing chaos, I often have a clear understanding of what I want to do, but only a better than vague idea of how it can be done. The proper syntax of a command is better kept in short-term memory if you move from system to system, otherwise you will exceed your memory capacity and be the victim of a random memory purge.
In the area of Linux, this is the reference I keep on my desk shelf, that very special 38 inches of space reserved only for those books that I use several times a day. Thin enough to be worthy, it is thorough enough to contain the answer over 95 percent of the time. Being an essential reference, it is not a complete description, for that you must look elsewhere. It is made for the experienced user who will immediately recognize the answer to the problem when seen in the book. Even when I was in my most clueless frame of mind, it took only a few glances at some of the index mechanisms before I tracked down the answer.
As the computing horizon continues to stretch before us, we are forced to keep more of our ready knowledge at arms length rather than behind our eyeballs. I use this reference for Linux and have yet to be disappointed when searching for a critical point of information.
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Summary: Same as man/info pages?
Review: Every reference to a command appears to be a direct quote from Linux man pages or the info pages. If those were clear enough I wouldn't need a reference! The good thing about this book is that it does organize commands based loosely on what they do.
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Summary: An expert's book
Review: Linux - Essential Reference AUTHOR: Ed Petron PUBLISHER: New Riders REVIEWED BY: Barbara RhoadesBOOK REVIEW: This is a book for anyone who knows what Linux is all about but may need help in how to do it. Since the first page contains an explanation of HOW to interpret what you are reading, you better know Linux inside and out before trying to use this book. If you want to learn Linux, Linux - Essential Reference is definitely not your cup of tea. The Book includes: an 11-page Content, a 38-page Index and the print is very small. There are no tips or notes in the margins to assist you with the material presented. Be sure to have a good light and knowledge of Linux before buying this book.
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Summary: An expert's book
Review: Linux - Essential Reference AUTHOR: Ed Petron PUBLISHER: New Riders REVIEWED BY: Barbara Rhoades BOOK REVIEW: This is a book for anyone who knows what Linux is all about but may need help in how to do it. Since the first page contains an explanation of HOW to interpret what you are reading, you better know Linux inside and out before trying to use this book. If you want to learn Linux, Linux - Essential Reference is definitely not your cup of tea. The Book includes: an 11-page Content, a 38-page Index and the print is very small. There are no tips or notes in the margins to assist you with the material presented. Be sure to have a good light and knowledge of Linux before buying this book.
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Summary: comparison with Linux in a Nutshell
Review: Linux Essential Reference (LER) lays out the options and provides better descriptions than Linux in a Nutshell (LN) for commands. However, for those who want to do more advanced shell programming they may find LN better. The same goes for the programmer, where LN's coverage of RCS and CVS and other things partaining to the Linux programmer, probably make it worth selecting LN over LER. In general, I would look at the table of contents for both, see which one covers the topics you are most interested in. They are both great books, but in some cases LN is the better choice.
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Summary: comparison with Linux in a Nutshell
Review: Linux Essential Reference (LER) lays out the options and provides better descriptions than Linux in a Nutshell (LN) for commands. However, for those who want to do more advanced shell programming they may find LN better. The same goes for the programmer, where LN's coverage of RCS and CVS and other things partaining to the Linux programmer, probably make it worth selecting LN over LER. In general, I would look at the table of contents for both, see which one covers the topics you are most interested in. They are both great books, but in some cases LN is the better choice.
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Summary: Very handy the only reference book you will need
Review: This book is very handy to resolve problems you will face while using linux. I have tried various other books but this was the best so far. It is well worth to spend small amount of money for very handy and useful knowledge. Order it.
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