Review by Amazon Customer
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0738203335 I very much enjoyed this book. Mr Moody writes well and entertainingly about the origins of the Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Movement. The historic characters in the drama are well drawn and engaging. Time and again I’d remark ‘So, that’s where he/it came from!’ as Moody traced the origin of Apache or Samba or Alan Cox. I was very much reminded of the excellent history of the PC ‘Fire in the Valley’ that traces the origins of the PC industry to where we find it today.
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 Brian Connors
on 2020-03-10
Product: Ubuntu Made Easy I’m sure this book is heresy to someone; there’s a point in the book where the authors explicitly set aside the command line junkie approach in favor of covering Ubuntu the same way Mac OS X or Windows would be covered – from the GUI down. That I think is where this book is at its most successful; it’s not that there’s anything wrong with the traditional Unix-centric approach, but that’s not why people tend to pick Ubuntu in the first place.
Review by CF
on 2020-03-10
Product: Linux Bible I’m a computer engineering student and network administrator with a fairly heavy background in MS operating systems and programming. When I decided to move on to the *nix world, the Red Hat Linux 9 Bible came highly recommended from my other friends (also powerusers). While this book is not a complete reference for everything that can be done with Linux (ie. PHP), it’s an excellent introduction and reference, and provides a thorough walkthrough for starting a variety of services that are packaged with the RH9 distribution, including the Apache HTTPd, vsFTPd, sendmail, MySQL, BIND DNS, DHCP, and Samba servers.
Review by Doug M
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596002564 Network administers will invariably face the task of integrating Windows systems with Unix or Linux ones. Samba provides an excellent solution to this problem, but for people starting out, Samba seems like a daunting task. Not so with this book. Prior to reading this book, I had no experience with Samba whatsoever. Before long, I found myself setting up Samba on a linux server and setting up file shares to Win2k systems.
Review by dustmouse
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596002564 So, I got the 2nd edition of this book (which is out of date now) because I’m a cheap skate and I saw it on Amazon second hand for a rediculously low price (somewhere in the range of $1 - $2). For the most part, it was still pretty relevant. It was released just before Samba 3.0.x was rolled out (well, in that vicinity, anyway), and it does address some of the updates in the ‘new’ updated version.
Review by Giovanni T.
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0071545883 This a well written book, easy to ready and contains wealth of information for any Linux enthusiast or on IT professional. Whether you’re studying for your Linux certification, learning Linux administration from scratch, or just need a solid companion in the world of Linux administration - this book is a must have! It’s a 4edition and it must tell you something, at least. What makes this book a steal is the variety of information presented.
Review by Greg M.
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596005288 I have a growing disdain for Microsoft and turned to Linux a few years ago. The only problem with that is that Linux, like Unix is very powerful and has many wonderful tools to do things a Windows box would never do. (Like host multiple Windows domains on a single Linux computer with Samba, heh.) The problem? It would take years to learn on your own what you can get from a Linux certification in a few weeks of study.
Review by Harold McFarland
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596008015 Linux is a great operating system but like every other one it has some annoyances that may crop up from time to time. The purpose of this book is to help the reader to get Linux to work the way they want it to without getting annoyed in the process. As such the target audience is the Linux power user and system administrators. Some of the areas covered include configuring GNOME applications in KDE and configuring KDE applications in GNOME, X Window configuration, working with CDs and DVDs, configuring sound, converting from Outlook, interfacing with various Instant Messaging programs, working with Microsoft Office documents, multimedia, hardware issues, startup problems, system maintenance, CUPS printing, using Samba, and various administrative tasks.
Review by Hector Pizarro
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596002564 Excellent! This book helped me clear all the silly mistakes I usually make when installing Samba on Linux. This is an easy to read (and understand!) book that can make life easier to anybody who must connect Windows and Linux in an heterogeneous enviroment. Great work! Rating: 5 0596002564 Count: 5