Linux Unleashed

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This Paperback Book item from Sams was reviewed on 3-Nov-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. Don´t waist your money on this book. If you do, make sure you don´t open the CD ROMs. This would prevent you from doing what I wanted to do so bad--return the darn thing and get a refund. It is incoherent. It gives facts about a topic, but does not link the ideas in a way that drives to conclude a point, offer a suggestion, or explain a procedure. Poor use of headings and sub-headings, or lack there-of. It seems the author (although he appears to be reputable in his field) threw the contents of the book together with little consideration for making it flow in a smooth and truly explanitory manner. It defines terms and ideas for the sake of defining them, but not with the aim of applying them to solve or provide answers to practical situations. It is also sorely out of date. Although the copywrite is 1998, it makes no mention at all of Windows NT, (much less dual-booting with this O.S., or Windows 95 for that matter) and instead spends complete chapters discussing Gopher and WAIS, and considerable portions discussing DOS.

Admittingly, the introduction was very good, though. I was foolish for buying it based on this.¤

2) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. I don´t suppose you really need another review telling you that this is NOT a good book. It tries to cover everything, and ends up covering nothing. Please do not repeat my mistake! Buy something else (I wish I knew what though...)¤

3) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. If you are somewhat lost with Linux, I highly recommend this book to you. While there is no book that can spell out every minute detail and every point of Linux, this book does a far better job than most.

I´d give it 5 stars, but the included software is not that great. I doubt anyone would actually use the CDROM anymore, but then, that´s not really the value behind the book at all. Linux and almost all applications are free on the Internet anyway.

If you plan to run Linux, and you are having a tough time finding what you need to know at the Linux Documentation Project (LDP = NOT a well organized place), this book will certainly lead you in the proper directions. Once you have general knowledge of a given subject matter, then you can much more easily find additional information online. But remember, unless you can ask the right question, you´ll never get the right answer.

If you are new to Linux, you will not regret buying this book. Download RedHat 6.1 from the Internet to have the latest release and forget the CDROM. However, don´t feel that this book is in any way outdated. Most of the code of the programs you´ll use on a day to day basis in Linux is already years old, and that´s often based on software that is sometimes decades old. Sure, the code is updated, but the commands and command structure rarely change.

An excellent reference. CDROM should be updated, so think of this one as a shiny coaster. This is still a good purchase. Only the Linux pros should skip it... they already know their way around the confusing LDP. They already KNOW the RIGHT QUESTIONS.¤

4) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. Great way to get a lot of information that saves me buying a lot of different books. Excellent system admin stuff.¤

5) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. If you want to learn very little about many topic in Linux, then this is a good book. But if you want to learn about specific topics, don´t even bother buying this book.¤

6) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. Linux Unleashed, Third Edition, is for the user who has some experience when it comes to operating systems. It focuses on the needs of administrators, power users and programmers covering everything from managing users and groups to using

-The book covers Linux in general, and doesnt focus on any particular distribution of Linux appealing to a wider range of users

-Geared towards power users and programmers, this book gives the more experienced reader the information they need in a clear and concise manner

-Complete coverage of networking, administration and programming tools¤

7) Paperback Book Linux Unleashed by Sams. Linux is a free version of UNIX created for DOS compatible personal computers and designed collaboratively by computer programmers worldwide. With Linux on your computer, you can have a fully functional multitasking computer and Internet site at very little cost.

The book includes a CD-ROM containing the complete Linux OS, X-Windows for Linux (so you don´t need Windows or Win95), a complete suite of Internet applications, programming languages (Perl, C, C++, Tcl and Smalltalk), TCP/IP networking support, games (including DOOM), and the GNU archives. Some UNIX experience is useful -- but not entirely necessary -- to make best use of this book.¤

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