Product: 0596006403

Let’s face it O’Reilly books are generally of very good quality and personally I have rarely (if ever) been let down by the titles.

This book lives up to its reputation of being from the O’Reilly stable by providing focussed and well laid out recipes for Linux SysAdmins. Mind you, it does not address the productivity tools. There are far too many good books out there who do just the same and do it far more effectively. This book is for the user who has installed Linux (for the first time user, that is an experience by itself) and desires to use a lot of the underlying power to make life easy for him/her. Categorising the book as a HowTo would not do justice to the casual elegance of the writing style. This is definitely not a how to guide. Yet, it does show the user a number of tweaks and tricks that makes using a Linux system such a powerful experience. And each one of the recipes will ensure that administration of a Linux box is simple and trouble free.

The chapters are well laid out and well spaced. With the recipes and the scripts(…) that make it a very light read. From addressing the single user space and the related hassles to setting up shared printers, caching servers and time servers, the book manages to make it look very easy. A wonderful book to have. Especially for those days when you need a wee bit of help and things are just not happening.
Rating: 5
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