Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech)

Author - Scott Granneman ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Wiley was reviewed on 10-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) by Wiley. This book gives you real insight to the Knoppix workings. Be it trying to backup a windows partition or scanning it for viruses. It even teaches you how to remaster Knoppix and do it your way. If you want to get the most out of Knoppix this is the book to look for.¤

2) Paperback Book Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) by Wiley. This is the first ExtremeTech title I´ve ordered - and if this is an example of their overall quality, it will quite likely be the last.

"Hacking Knoppix" is a mediocre rip-off of the much better O´Reilly title Knoppix Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools.

Chapter 1, for example, is entitled "Unraveling the Knoppix Toolkit Maze" which is nothing more than an overview of using several common Linux applications such as OpenOffice. Hardly "hacking" in any true sense of the word. From covering total basics, author Granneman then immerses you in "Asessing Security with Knoppix" and "Clustering with Knoppix". Let me see if I can grasp the logic of this: the first chapter is incredibly elementary and deals with the basics of a common application suite and within 150 pages is dealing with clustering and assessing security?

No.

This is simply a rip-off. It´s a collection of "wisdom" gleaned from online sources and put between sazzy covers as a guide to "hacking Knoppix".

More like simply a device to separate you from a few of your hard-earned dollars. Leave this one for the dollar remainder table. As well, I would be extremely wary of any ExtremeTech title: judging by this example, it is a series intended only to exploit the O´Reilly hacks series which are far better.

Jerry

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3) Paperback Book Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) by Wiley. I was very disappointed in this book. In each case, there is just enough information, some of which applies to a later version of Knoppix, to turn the package on and then there are references to internet sites which requires hours of searching to find the answers to questions. The author would have done well to explain the function of the commands that he uses. There is an attempt to cover much more material than is possible in a book of this length. The writing style is geared towards an eight grade level with the use of slang and cryptic names. I expect a book to educate the reader, not simply provide a semi-accurate road map to information.¤

4) Paperback Book Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) by Wiley. I bought this in conjunction with the knoppix hacks book as it was published more recently than the other book. Like the Hacks book, this has a number of really useful tricks that really show off the use of Linux and Knoppix as a whole. The ability to use Knoppix to cloan PC´s and even setup a Master machine to act as a cloan repository on a network is really handy.

I think both this book and knoppix hacks compliment each other very well.¤

5) Paperback Book Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) by Wiley. ...book on linux I have bought in years!

Scott Granneman has written a book that gives you tips you can directly use within knoppix. The information on Helix OS is worth the purchase of the book alone.

It is also written in a very readable way.

I have honestly gained more knowledge from this book that any other on the subject.

A+¤

6) Paperback Book Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) by Wiley.

• Knoppix is an innovative Linux distribution that does not require installation, making it ideal to use for a rescue system, demonstration purposes, or many other applications
• Shows hack-hungry fans how to fully customize Knoppix and Knoppix-based distributions
• Readers will learn to create two different Knoppix-based live CDs, one for children and one for Windows recovery
• Teaches readers to use Knoppix to work from a strange computer, rescue a Windows computer that won´t boot, repair and recover data from other machines, and more
• Includes Knoppix Light 4.0 on a ready-to-use, bootable live CD

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