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I can’t fault this book for how big it is. I usually find super huge tomes to be of inconsistent quality across the chapters, but this book has consistently high quality organization, text and use of graphics across all of the chapters. As you would expect the book starts with installation, it then covers use of the operating system from the desktop level. After that it goes into the file system using the shell, and ends up with the with shell programming.

All of the code and shell stuff is hilighted for clarity. The text is not stiff, but isn’t so loose as to be annoying. This isn’t a reference, it’s an end to end walkthrough. If you are looking to use Linux at the end-user level this is a well balanced book that will familiarize you with all of the basics.
Rating: 4
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