Review by Danny McAllaster
on 2020-03-12
Product: RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide First of all, this book is meant to help you study for two different exams. This means that the topic are covered in a bit of a strange order. First, the RHCSA is covered. This is the Red Hat entry level exam. Unless you are a long time sysadmin, you can expect to learn quite a bit from this part of the book, even if you have been running Linux as a normal user for years (as I have).
Review by A
on 2020-03-10
Product: Linux (Hacking Exposed) Hacking Linux Exposed by Brian Hatch, James Lee and George Kurtz, is a nice follow-up to their bestselling Hacking Exposed . While not as groundshaking as its predecessor, the new book does provide a good reference for people just starting with Linux. Anyone who is setting up or planning to set up a Linux network should consider owning it, together with the appropriate Linux administration manuals.
Review by A. D. Lum
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1491939982 Having a general Unix/Linux background, this book did not contain much that I did not know already. Yet I recommend it because not everything that worked from my Solaris and Red Hat background, translated directly to OS X. Pretty close, but not exactly. The same can be said of Solaris and Red Hat. Some things in Solaris don’t work or exist in Red Hat, and vice versa. Going through this book, I know what things will work in OS X, and where to look for more information, as this book is not exhaustive, but an introduction.
Review by A. Rutter
on 2020-03-10
Product: Linux Bible The book is pretty much well written and does contain a lot of good info, however Ive got to drop my rating for the overly-hyped marketing. While the author is clear that the team putting this together is a fully Red Hat group the covers & write-ups claim …a focus on the latest version of Red Hat…Fedora…and Ubuntu…. Yes, Ubuntu is regularly mentioned and a few Ubuntu instructions are presented but understand that the book really is about Red Hat/Fedora and just barely scratches any Debian products.
Review by Allan M
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0072253657 As an experienced system administrator (AIX, DG-UX, Linux, HP-UX - HP Certified) I have found this book to be very useful. It is not a beginners how to book, but lists a lot of very useful information for day to day work as well as for exam preparation. True, the included CD is aimed at Windows PCs, but it’s very easy to access the PDF files on a Linux system as well without using the Windows programs.
Review by Andrew Huey
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0764547976 I’ve found this book to be a great introduction to Red Hat Linux. I’ve been using Linux on and off for the last few years, but I’ve only ever had a superficial understanding of it. This book was very useful in helping me figure out what’s going on with Red Hat 7, including specifics on the boot sequence. The book also has good introductory chapters on Samba and Apache; enough to get you started at least.
Review by Andrew Robinson
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596000715 This book is no different from RedHat installation manuals/information that can be read on the web for free. Horrid as a reference manual. Buy ‘Running Linux’ instead. ISBN 156592469X. Regret that I ever bought this book. In addition it is old (RedHat 7.2 and not 8.0). Rating: 1 0596000715 Count: 12
Review by Andy Gregory
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0072129409 This is a huge book (1200) pages yet is well organised and truly a ‘reference’ work. It is clearly written and I have used it over and over to increase my use/knowledge of Linux. The sections on SAMBA and APACHE enabled me to get these up, running and customised in no time and the introductory chapter on TCL/TK programming soon had me producing natty little GUIs to control these services as well as other applications.
Review by Asa C. Martin
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0130206016 This book is by far the best book out there for general UNIX system adminstration. The third edition is even better than the second. Whereas the second edition sometimes got bogged down in trying to mention too many different UNIX flavors, this new addition just concentrates on four main ones (HP-UX, Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and BSD). An excellent decision because it nows has great details and specifics about the four types.
Review by Ben Yeung
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0131367366 Before I read this book, I had nil knowledge of Linux and only knew how to install the RedHat distribution of Linux (easy). Not a foreigner to OS (certified in NT), I knew I had to get over the initial learn curve. Using this book, I was able to learn the basics and I got everything running (dialin to ISP, upgrade packages…) and it opened up a new world to me.