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 blacklight
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0470404833 Even if you’re not studying for the LPIC this book is an excellent basic reference. It walks a perfect line between too much detail and not enough. If you sit down at your terminal and play with all of the ideas mentioned, you will not only learn a lot of really cool and useful things, but you will learn a lot about your Linux distribution versus others. I used Slackware and OpenSUSE, which really allowed me to compare and contrast things in the book.
Review by J. A. Crimi
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1590596277 I had installed Slackware Linux 12 years ago. Wow Linux has come a long way. Back then I had to initiallize nearly every component in my computer individually and manually. With today’s Ubuntu, it was all automatic. I recommend this book to any first timer looking to run Linux. I haven’t used any unix commands since college mainframe days (10 years). This book and this distribution of Linux require no previous unix command line knowledge.
Review by Thomas Duff
on 2020-03-10
Product: Linux Bible It seems like a lot of the Linux books out there right now pick a single distribution and teach you that one. Wiley’s Linux Bible (2005 Edition) by Christopher Negus takes a different approach that may be valuable to you. Chapter List: Part 1 - Linux First Steps: Starting With Linux; Running Commands from the Shell; Getting into the Desktop Part 2 - Running The Show: Learning Basic Administration; Getting on the Internet; Securing Linux
Review by Vinny Carpenter
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596000715 O’Reilly and Bill McCarty have done it again - they’ve gone ahead and created an awesome intro Linux book. In the same vein as Running Linux by Matt Welsh (the bible), this is a really good book for anyone who wants to get into Linux. I have been a Linux user since 1991 back when no one really knew about Linux and the Kernel was still at 0.99. I cut my teeth on SLS and Slackware releases of Linux before moving to RedHat and the O’Reilly books have been just incredible.