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Title: Discover Linux® by Steve Oualline ISBN: 0-7645-3105-0 Publisher: Wiley Publishing Pub. Date: 07 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99

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Average Customer Rating: 2.62 (16 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent entry into Linux computing
Comment: This books succeeds as an introduction to RedHat Linux, and makes it more accessible to a wider audience. After a short time with this book/CD, I find Linux is easier to use than WinNT. Special features like the Quick summaries section, reviews of included software, tips, and many tables and figures have helped me learn the non-unix side of Linux. I would recommend other, more in-depth books for advanced use, but with the extensive on-line Linux documentation, perhaps this is the only book you really need. The CD is a recent version of Red Hat 4.2, which lacks a few goodies included in Red Hat 5.0, like the disk druid formatting utility, and PCI autoprobing. In short, this is a fun and useful book, at a very reasonable price.

Rating: 4
Summary: "Discover Linux" a good beginner's overview
Comment: Steve Oualline has put together a good overview of the Linux operating system for beginners. The book focuses on surface topics on a potentially complex PC based Unix-like operating system. Though the book is colorful in it's presentation, the book does not gloss over the installation and presents the operating system in a "fun" light. With plenty of hints and World Wide Web addresses mentioned, the reader can find plenty of additional help as well as programs on the internet. Yet, with all of the information this book provides, the reader will likely seek other publications to further his/her knowledge on this topic. Mainly because the book is designed to present the operating system in a colorful fun-to-use light most readers will use this publication as the first step into Linux

Rating: 5
Summary: THE HUMANITY!
Comment: This book made my gay uncle vomit