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The world of Linux is pretty deep and rather disorganized, so as a newbie I was overwhelmed by the amount of resources that will sure help me in the end but did not give me a clue where to start. After all, Linux is not Windows, which all the dummies in the world use.

Running Linux was a very helpful resource for me to get started with almost anything that I know about Linux today. Of course it is impossible for a book like this to be truely comprehensive, and nobody should expect that. It is very hard to go for breadth and depth at the same time when there are hundreds of distributions that are different enough that they have their own how-to’s.

What really helped me in this book were rather shallow yet to-the-point references to more in-depth resources about a vast array of essential subjects on how to maintain a Linux box. In the end, you have to read distribution- or tool-specific README’s or how-to’s, so getting the pointers to where I should look for really made it easy for me to explore more.

I recommend this book if you wish to go into Linux and already know a bit about how computers work.
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