Product: How Linux Works

I was misled by the many glowing reviews into buying this book. This book is n’t really about how linux works. Its more like a reference or manual - with very barebones descriptions followed by instruction. It doesn’t go into depth at all about the ‘how’ or the ‘why’ as the title claims. In fact its just a regurgitation of the standard linux docs and HOWTOs (some of which were written by this author), the only advantage being that here you have them collected here between a spine. But their are websites that do this for you and do it for free to boot. The intermediate and advanced lessons at Linux.org/lessons cover everything in this book and much more in a better organized fashion. I would go there instead of buying this book.
Rating: 3
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