Review by Gary
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1507836996 Neat little book. I had no clue how the Linux operating system worked, but after reading this, I’m starting to get it. Rating: 3 1507836996 Count: 7
Review by Gary
on 2020-03-10
Product: LINUX: Easy Linux For Beginners, Your Step-By-Step Guide To Learning The Linux Operating System And Command Line It’s a good introduction to Linux Rating: 4 1533683735 Count: 23
Review by Gary E. Albers
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0738203335 The most recent previous review is now about three years old, so an update may not be out of place. This book is a decade old, published shortly after the turn of the millennium and, more importantly, a couple of years after Gnu/Linux and the open source movement finally hit the big-time; i.e., acceptance by, and endorsements from, some of the major players in the computer arena, like IBM, Sun, Dell, Intel, etc.
Review by Gary E. Albers
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0470497025 This book by one of the true gurus of computer programming is long overdue, but well worth the wait. I’m using it to refresh my dormant assembly language skills. I highly recommend this book for both beginners and rusty old-timers like me. Please note that Jeff’s book teaches assembly language programming for the IA-32 (Intel/AMD) CPUs on a Linux Ubuntu platform, NOT Windows. He uses development tools that are free in the Linux world, specifically: the KDE desktop, the Kate programming editor, the Nasm assembler, the Linux built-in linker, and the Insight debugger.
Review by Gary L. Roach
on 2020-03-10
Product: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook I have had this book for about 3 weeks and it has already bailed me out 3 or 4 times. It’s well written, easy to read and very informative. I have a small network but that doesn’t make the admin headaches go away. This is Tylenol of System Administrators. If you have to do admin work, even on small installation, buy it. Security has always been a headache for me.
Review by Gene Ballard
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0130084662 Just got this book and opened it to the security chapter with the purple, Unix System Admin Handbook opened to the same chapter. The new Linux Admin Handbook follows the exact same, time-tested layout as the Unix book. Fans will feel right at home. However, it has lots of new info for Linux users. This is a great overview of the useful and important things you need to know.
Review by Gene Ballard
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0782127355 Great book to get you started with Linux Admin. Covers many issues a sys admin is expected to know. However it doesn’t cover ftp. It just mentions it. It has a pretty good chapter on sendmail. To get your server up and running I would recommend Kabir’s RedHat book. Stanfield’s book will help you mantain the server. Don’t miss the all new Linux Administration Handbook ISBN 0-13-008466-2. Rating: 4 0782127355 Count: 7
Review by Gene Ballard
on 2020-03-10
Product: 013937681X This is a really neat book because of who wrote it and it’s value to the history of Unix. It’s a good read and very informative. However, if you want to learn or get up to speed on Unix/Linux, this is not the book unless you are into Unix programming. Yes Unix is basically the same now as then but it has gone through some major evolving with different tools and servers.
Review by Genesis
on 2020-03-10
Product: 151182607X This book is a must read for Linux student. Especially if you are new to Linux. Very easy to understand, and we’ll explained. Rating: 4 151182607X Count: 33
Review by Geoff Thornton
on 2020-03-10
Product: Running Linux This the third edition of the book has been signifigantly updated and now includes an appendix on GNOME, a good addition. The book is not centred on any one distribution of Linux, as some others seem to be these days. The book is clean and concise and cuts straight to what users and administrators want to know about GNU/Linux, giving clear direction on installation issues, software upgrade/installation and problems.