Review by J. W. Rine
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596008015 Linux Annoyances for Geeks is a guide to help system administrators fine tune their systems for themselves and their users. The text compares various tweaks and modifications across several popular distributions. It’s part cookbook and part procedural manual for making modifications to Fedora/Red Hat, Debian, and SUSE systems for both Gnome and KDE desktops. The book was published in 2006. As such, some of the material is a bit dated.
Review by J.G.
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1592007287 This book was very informative but there were too many references to Red Hat. A book like this, I feel, should be well rounded and give examples of other distro’s as well. I used this book in a study group with very knowledgeable people and many years of experience. At times it would be mentioned that they learned some new things from the reading material which surprised me! All in all, it’s a good book to get started in the Linux realm and you won’t be disappointed.
Review by Jeffery Page
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596006284 It is a handy little guide/reference for Red Hat Linux (Fedora Core 1, Nov 2003 specifically) and even some shell programing (scripts).It has chapters to get you started, an index. 179 pages + 10 page index. Rating: 4 0596006284 Count: 21
Review by Jennifer L. Webb
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0764549685 I was here looking for when the next edition of the Red Hat Linux Bible would release - because I faithfully buy the updated version that Chris Negus writes - and noticed some reviews saying they did not like this book. I have to throw in my 2 cents because I completely disagree. This book is by far the most comprehensive and helpful coverage on Red Hat Linux 8.
Review by John Matlock
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0201308215 This is an almost beginners book on programming at the Linux operating system level. It is not a book on C itself, but you could probably use it as one. It’s real emphasis is on the system call, shared library, file handling level. That is, how to interface directly to the operating system itself to get it to perform what you need it to do. The bookis aimed at three audiences: C programmers who need to know how to get to the Linux operating system, Unix programmers who need to make the transition to Linux (no they’re not the same), Linux programmers who need to move upwards in their understanding of the operating system.
Review by John Matlock
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0471752827 I know, I know! I should have at least tried Linux by now. But I hadn’t. Then I found this book. Among all of the books on Linux at the book store, this one said, here’s seven different distributions of Linux that you can install. Furthermore, in Chapter 4 it had 35 pages describing the different distributions. Why, for instance, would I want to install Xandros, Mandriva or SuSE instead of the Fedora (Red Hat) core.
Review by John Matlock
on 2020-03-10
Product: How Linux Works This is the second Linux book you should buy. First you need something a bit simpler to get the of off the ground (or off the CD perhaps). Perhaps the ‘Linux For Non-Geeks’ which even includes a distribution of the latest Fedora (RedHat) core. But by the time you are getting ready to actually make the system do something, then you need this book. The sub-title is ‘What every Superuser should know.
Review by John Matlock
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0131448536 Cluster supercomputers became originated when NASA had a need for another supercomputer but no budge to buy one. The particular tasks that they needed to perform tended to have a lot of parallelism. That is, they could benefit by having a bunch of systems work on small tasks and then bring the results together. An example of an ideal parallel application is provessing seismic data. Basically you have the signals to process from a bunch of sensors and each data stream is independent of the other until the end of the process.
Review by Jon Konrath
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1886411484 Linux may be cool, but the documentation is horrible. There are tons of inconsistent HOWTO files, out of date FAQs, and a bunch of programmers that don’t really see the problem. Whenever you want to do anything with Linux, you usually have to read every piece of documentation out there, and basically reverse-engineer a solution. Most commercial Linux books for beginners (or at least for people who don’t dig through C++ on a daily basis) are not well laid out.
Review by Juan deCampos
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1517392772 I am very versed in using Windows OS, but over the past 10 years I have become somewhat of an advanced basic user of Linux. This book has shed further light on the Linux OS as it refers to various commands used and how to even set it up. The book talks about the different flavors/versions of Linux, like Ubuntu and Red Hat, that are super easy to install and use.