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Summary: Future RHCE
Review: I like the data it has. Linux is changing on a daily basis, but the bread and butter stuff is the same. Thats what this book gives you, the bread and butter, (so later on you can make Dagwood triple deckers)I have lots of Linux and Unix books. If I have to choose one. This be the one. You can get specialized later on, but you definitely have to know the bread and butter stuff.
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Summary: Future RHCE
Review: I like the data it has. Linux is changing on a daily basis, but the bread and butter stuff is the same. Thats what this book gives you, the bread and butter, (so later on you can make Dagwood triple deckers) I have lots of Linux and Unix books. If I have to choose one. This be the one. You can get specialized later on, but you definitely have to know the bread and butter stuff.
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Summary: Not as good as claimed
Review: I liked this book for the most part, yet I have had several problems with it. Obviously wrong answers are listed in the back of the book, and the cdrom is terrible as far as grading goes. I tested on chapters 1-8 and missed 1 question yet was given an 85 percent because the answers were listed incorrectly on the cdrom. Another problem with the book is that it is a little bloated at times. Like listing 25 pages of the Hardware compatability list was a little much. My problem with this book is not mainly the content or the author, but with the proof reading skills of the publishers staff. (I tried to get in touch with the email address given on the cdrom yet noone has acknowledged me as of yet.) Maybe someone from the publishing company will see this post and acknowledge my complaint. If they do they can email me at kdsmailman/@/aol.com.
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Summary: Very vague and full of mistakes
Review: It came as a surprise that such a hopeless book will be published by McGrawHill. Since I am fairly familiar with Linux ( LPI certified ), I could tell the mistakes, whenever I came across one. But I am wondering about the public there.
Also all teh topics are handled in a very shallow manner.
It is clear that the author himself does not understand well about MBR, disks, IRQ s etc.
It has all the symptoms of being written by a technician rather than a technical author.
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Summary: Exactly what I needed
Review: It doesn't treat the reader as a dummy, but thoroughly covers the topics needed for the exam. As I am studying, it has already been helpful as a reference text. Worth the money. Worth the read.
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Summary: RHCE - It is a waste
Review: Please save your money.....the test questions are elementary (and the answers sometimes wrong) and the text is inconsistent. On one page, it states that a Server installation requires 2.1 GB, on another 2.4 GB, and then somewhere else, it places the figure at 1.9 GB. Which is it? I don't think I'll ever find out from this book.
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Summary: RHCE - It is a waste
Review: Please save your money.....the test questions are elementary (and the answers sometimes wrong) and the text is inconsistent. On one page, it states that a Server installation requires 2.1 GB, on another 2.4 GB, and then somewhere else, it places the figure at 1.9 GB. Which is it? I don't think I'll ever find out from this book.
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Summary: Good material, but not thorough nor cover version 7.0
Review: The current RedHat exams cover Versions 6.1/6.2 & 7.0, however this edition does not cover the extra items for version RedHat 7.0. Granted there is not much more to version 7.0 over 6.2, but the additionals such as update agents, some X items, and RedHat Network Daemon, are not in this edition of the book. It will get you prepared to take the exam, however do not use it to become an expert. The book does not cover (for example) some simple & advanced firewalling protocols (tunnelling, icmp, etc) nor go into details about how these work.
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Summary: The best I have seen
Review: This book does exactly what it advertises to do. prepare you for the RHCE. Those in need of a beginners guide should look elsewhere. MCSE books tend to tell the right answer, the wrong answer, and the answer that MS wants you to answer on the test. This book gives you clear info w/ out feeding you propaganda from RH, or present facts and scenarios that you will never see in a real world environment.
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Summary: This book is terrible
Review: This book is full of mistakes and very unclear.
Here's an example.. When he introduces the POP protocol, he tells the reader that it stands for Point of Presence as opposed to Post Office Protocol, come on now. I was looking for a book to help prepare me for the RHCE, but now, I don't trust any information that comes from this book, and I would not recommend it to anyone who is even the slightest bit unfamiliar with Linux or UNIX.
Since I have worked with Linux systems, I can tell the mistakes, and there are many. It is a waste to even try to get something out of this book. I have since purchased another book, so let's see how that one does.
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