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Title: UNIX Made Easy: The Basics & Beyond! by John Muster, Associates Muster ISBN: 0078821738 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: A star in the darkness
Comment: UNIX as a cammand line program is mostly like a dark night and this book for sure is like a bright star helps you find your way. It is so easy that a beginner can read and learn about UNIX and have fun running and palying with it. I give it 4 star because it sometimes has too much explaination about an easy issue and miss some more basic information which can help the reader get stronger with UNIX. It is still the only book teaches you and be sure won't waiste your time. It gives you confidence with UNIX. Another weekness of this book is some wrong commands or exercises that can be fixed in 3rd edition. The nice thing with this book is being a hands on book. Do not read this book in a library or away from your computer. Put it on your desk with your computer because for every pages in this book, you need to practice it. It will walk you through the Master of Masters.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great tutorial
Comment: This text is a wonderful way to actually learn how to do unix. It told me what to type, explained what was going on, and gave me enough repitition to actually master the skills. The author anticipated my questions and mistakes. In less that a week I have become quite solid -- I can not only use the commands, I can solve problems. The text is not a cook book. It is a guided examination that I used at the terminal. Although not a reference book, the command summaries at the ends of the chapters made finding answers easy. The mix of hands on guidance and detailed explanations of the underlying structure was perfect for us.
Rating: 5
Summary: It is a way to learn UNIX, not a reference book
Comment: This book is seen as the essential learning tool around here. It guides us along without pain to the place where we are really quite confident and quite skilled. Clearly it must be used hands on -- at the terminal -- it gives instructions, then explanations in a way that knowledge and skills grow quickly. It is obvious that the authors know a lot about how people learn and how to support that learning.
Although not a reference book, command summaries are located at the ends of all chapters and the index is extensive allowing us to go back to look at a topic easily.
Can't understand why it isn't 5 stars from everyone. Lots of good concise reference books out there -- this one does not attempt to be that. This book is like a tutor, but costs a lot less.
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Title: Unix in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for SVR4 and Solaris 7 (3rd Edition) by Arnold Robbins ISBN: 1565924274 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Learning UNIX Operating System, Fifth Edition by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang ISBN: 0596002610 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Unix: The Complete Reference by Kenneth Rosen, Douglas Host, James Farber, Richard Rosinski ISBN: 007211892X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 19 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Essential System Administration, Third Edition by Aeleen Frisch, Eleen Frisch ISBN: 0596003439 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Learning the vi Editor (6th Edition) by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins ISBN: 1565924266 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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