Review by Amazon Customer
on 2020-03-10
Product: 159327257X As a non-geek, I’d abandoned Linux years ago, dismissing it as an ugly pain-in-the-butt for a normal non-programmer just looking to get work done. Then I got a nifty little hand-me-down Toshiba laptop that would be great for staying on top of things while traveling. Sadly, the Windows OS on the laptop was toasted (and unstable to begin with). Thanks to Grant’s book that lil laptop is doing everything from email and web browsing to office work and noodling with vintage analog synths via janky MIDI interfaces; this reborn laptop travels like a champ, never hangs up or crashes, and the OS looks GREAT!
Review by Andrew Lyle Jones
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0380815931 in The Beginning…was the Command Line actually managed to change my perception of how operating systems work. While Stephenson’s arguements might be a tad moot in light of Apple’s recent change to unix and recent change intel (Stephenson himself now uses OSX) his ability to make the arguement for open-source developers and operating systems like linux is compelling. At the heart of Stephenson’s arguement is one simple fact: linux is more dependable than any commercial OS currently operating out there and best of all it’s free.
Review by Anthony Lawrence
on 2020-03-10
Product: 013236039X There is no doubt that this book contains very complete coverage of Ubuntu. My only question is, who wants it? The new user, never exposed to Linux before, is going to be scared off by the more technical parts of the book. The more experienced user who wants to find out about Ubuntu is going to be bored and annoyed by the coverage of basics (that coverage is very good, byt the way, as is the more technical stuff later).
Review by B. Laue
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1430219998 Really great introduction to Ubuntu Linux. My only issues are that it is outdated with the latest version. It also lacks in discussing shell commands. Overall, it is a great introduction, and worthwhile, but search for a current edition, matching the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, the latest LTS version (Long Term Support – very stable version). Cheers! Rating: 4 1430219998 Count: 9
Review by Bill
on 2020-03-10
Product: How Linux Works As of 07/29/2916, this book is very much well up to date and relevant to Ubuntu 16.04 from what I have read so far. The examples have all worked. It’s done a good job describing the boot process, kernel space and user space. It’s not too wordy so you can read it quickly and get what you need out of it. Because of this book I feel much more comfortable with Linux.
Review by Blackbull
on 2020-03-10
Product: Ubuntu Made Easy I’m 64 years old, a non-geek, and non-techie. This book is giving me a clear and understandable waltz through a truly fun OS. I haven’t enjoyed my computer this much in years. The index isn’t all that comprehensive and I still have more questions than answers, but this tome has kicked me off in the right direction. The only weak point I’ve found in the book is how to go back and make changes after I’ve thought things over for a while.
Review by BluegrassPicker
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0672336243 There’s a lot of good information about Ubuntu/Linux on the Internet, but I find that having a well-organized (and indexed) comprehensive 3-D book next to my computer is still a very valuable resource. There are, of course, many different flavors of Ubuntu and many different desktops (I’m using xfce), and this book doesn’t address all the variations in any detail. Nevertheless, there’s much to be learned from a more or less generic discussion of Ubuntu, and for the idiosyncrasies of each desktop variation, Google is still your friend.
Review by Boris B. Delaine
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0137021208 This is a very good read. I have had this book for two days, and I have read halfway through it. IT are not typically very readable. I have not started to install Ubuntu at this time, but that will start in about a week. Rating: 4 0137021208 Count: 7
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 C. Chartier
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0470038993 I’m a computer professional who is new to Linux. As Ubuntu seems to be what everybody raves about these days, I decided to take the plunge and bought this book as my guide. It’s not a bad book by any means, but it certainly has room for improvement as well. I see a mistake that a lot of technical type books make. The author takes very simple topics and explains them to the level of a 4-year old who doesn’t speak the language can understand (things like how to click the mouse).