Review by Papuna Papiashvili
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1442376244 Originally airport reading - amazed me in the end. Once I came over an article on the Internet; I guess it was on Fortune speaking about the fortune 500 CEOs which book they value most. It was saying that about 30% of them named Good to Great and Innovators got some honorable mention getting about 15% of the votes. The thing that author, got admiration of Elon Musk for Franklin and Einstein biographies and after he was approached by Steve Jobs to write his biography he would have got access to practically anyone.
Review by Patrick Shepherd
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0380815931 As a hardware/software engineer I have worked with MS-DOS, Windows, MacOS, and UNIX for many years. Reading this fairly short, critical, and sometimes hysterically funny essay was an enjoyable experience, albeit I had some major reservations about some of Neal’s suppositions and conclusions. Stephenson presents, first of all, a rather simplified version of the history of PC computing world and the operating systems that have helped define and advance (or impede) the development of the PC from something that only a geek could love to a ubiquitous near-appliance.
Review by Paul M. Dubuc
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1932394508 This is an excellent Perl tutorial for those who are already familiar with UNIX/Linux shell scripting and other common utilities like find, sed, grep, and awk. Perl combines the strengths of each of these tools and surpasses them in one powerful and portable scripting language. This book is well worth the time and money spent with it for those in its target audience. This book is very well written.
Review by R. Freiberger
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1450588301 I’m working in a job where I use Red Hat Linux and FreeBSD daily. While I only have a few years of experience with Linux, there is many times where I need some details or forget a certain command. Many of the books I keep at my desk are the typical, 600+ page manual guides that offer commands with details such as when you would use it. The problem I found with these books is the overall length and extended amount of information.
Review by railmeat
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0066620732 I certainly hope that Linus Torvalds and David Diamond had fun writing Just for Fun. They did such a poor job of it that I was not able to enjoy reading it. The first thing that bothered me about the book was the poor proofreading and editing. The book switches between second person and first person. There does not seem to be any reason for this in the narrative.
Review by richard gostanian
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1568842031 When this book was written (mid 1990’s) it contained some small elements of truth. Most of it however, even at that time, was a collection of nits which only the most deranged would find amusing. From the perspective of UNIX/Linux in 2009, there is little relevant in this book. Mercifully, it’s long out of print. Rating: 1 1568842031 Count: 8
Review by Richard L. Rankin
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1449327141 For those who could program an orthogonally linked list in UNIX/C and the Korn shell (now using bash) before they could shoot an arrow straight back with a compound bow while riding a horse, this will refresh your skills, your C functions where needed in C++ and the most useful C++ methods in C where needed. Rating: 4 1449327141 Count: 7
Review by rpenc01
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1118531744 I bought this book for two purposes– to refresh my Linux skills, and to start preparing for either the Linux Plus or the LPIC certifications. I think, from my short ownership of this book, that it fits both nicely. The book covers the Linux Plus 101 and 102 curriculum nicely, supplemented, of course, by real life experience. No book will, in itself, prepare you for these exams. I use the book in conjunction with 4 Linux systems I built at home, plus my work experience as a UNIX engineer.
Review by Tom Adelstein
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0596003439 Power UNIX and Linux users will want to expand their skills. It’s inevitable. Some will get frustrated and drop out and some will work their way through it. For those who commit to make the transition from power user to system admin, then you will like this book. I don’t believe this is the only book a system admin will read or need. But, this is the one you’ll go back to over and over.