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Title: Running Linux, Fourth Edition by Matt Welsh, Lar Kaufman, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Terry Dawson ISBN: 0-596-00272-6 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (111 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: If you don't know any Unix, forget it!
Comment: I read this book through when I started with Linux 6 months ago. Since then I've installed RedHat, Mandrake and Lycoris, tried a Suze LiveCD and had a look at Debian, while I developed my own website and started to use signed/encrypted email. I'll stick to my convenient Mandrake distro, to which I hope switching everything what I've got left on Win2k (I keep reading and want to know more about Debian, a fascinating world indeed). I've also used Linux very successfully to recover my Win2K station and now feel more and more comfo with Linux.
But THAT book did not help me much! The author himself says in the intro that he'll have no pity with Unix newbies!! Appart from good chapter intros, you'll find 80% of the book useless if you have a modern distro or impossible to understand and apply if you are new to Unix.
Paul Sheer's tutorial, Brian Ward's problem solver and Michael Stutz's Linux Cookbook are on my wish list, they sound much more accessible and useful.
By the way, O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell" is a good reference book to have, although I haven't needed it much yet.
Conclusion: don't waste money on this book if you are new to the Unix world!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: Running Linux covers everything from the history and philosophy of Linux to installation and running applications on Linux. After the introduction, the first few chapters cover the different versions of Linux and how to install it on different hardware platforms. This is very helpful to anyone who has never installed Linux. The step-by-step tutorial to setup and configure Linux is very detailed and explains many of the common problems that could be encountered. The setup and configuration sections are generic to cover all versions of Linux, but differences of diverse vendors are covered when it varies from the generic tutorial.
A short introduction to UNIX commands and concepts is provided for users who have never used a Unix based operating system. This section applies to not just Linux, but any Unix based operating system. Common applications that are installed are each given a small tutorial. The applications covered are vi, EMACS, GIMP, etc. Linux programming tools are also each covered in a short tutorial section on several tools.
The last sections of the book cover Linux administration. Setting up new users and file premissions are discussed. Also, networking aspects of Linux and covered in various chapters about TCP/IP and e-mail. This book is a comprehensive book covering all aspects of Linux and should be required reading for anyone new to Linux.
Rating: 3
Summary: Pass on 3rd Edition (99) version (1-56592-469-X)
Comment: This is a general book on Linux and with a general guide to installing Linux. With 2 chapters and 43 pages on installation, its general procedures are next to useless. There is no specific distribution and hardware so at least your installation can be modelled from it.
At least there is a few hints like using Fdisk with /MBR (p88) for dual boot Win/Linux machines.
Almost all of the book is oriented to the command line within a terminal window. The book shows a Windows GUI, Xfree86, Chap 10-11, and Gnome in Appendix B.
I have yet to find a book that makes it straightforward to fully configure a Linux machine with SCSI, sound, network, modem or router, tape backup, CD-RW, USB, FireWire, scanner, photo, HP printer etc so that some real work can be done with StarOffice, Netscape web & email. (Doing things that can be done on Win98SE without breaking a sweat.)
However, I still recommend finding a local Linux User Group and going to an InstallFest (Twin Cities, Minn has a group supported by the Univ of Minn, EE/CS Dept). I have attended one but still didn't have a fully configured RedHat Linux 9 Server up and running yet. After the 2nd InstallFest, I got my TR-4 tape backup functional and Palm sync'd. I read this book at the local library.
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Title: Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins ISBN: 0596004826 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: LINUX in A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (3rd Edition) by Stephen Spainhour, Ellen Siever, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins ISBN: 0596000251 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Understanding the Linux Kernel (2nd Edition) by Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati ISBN: 0596002130 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition) by Olaf Kirch, Terry Dawson ISBN: 1565924002 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Red Hat Linux 9 Bible by Christopher Negus ISBN: 0764539388 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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