On 2009-04-24 Douglas Sourbeer, Gilroy Ca wrote: I bought this hoping to get some insight into SUSE 11.1. I was very dissapointed. There are three major annoyances with the book.
The first is the constant bashing of Microsoft Windows. Lines like ´...and it puts the features in a similar Microsoft product to shame.´ Or words like, ´this works just like windows only much better´. This becomes irritating after a while especially when most applications written for MS Windows work damn well.
The second problem is that nothing he explains works the way Keir says. Part of this is due to changes in SUSE; the other reason may be documenting from memory rather than actual practice. So you spend a lot of time re-reading the explanations because they don´t jive with what is happening on your screen.
The third is that the material is either oversimplified or is lacking sufficient explanation. The stuff most people are familiar with is covered in depth and the things you don´t know about are sketchy.
Do yourself a favor while saving money and just use the online documentation at suse.org. Here is the link.
http://en.opensuse.org/Documentation
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