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Title: Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed by David Pitts, Bill Ball ISBN: 0-672-31689-7 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 30 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3.26 (47 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book, Don't let the bad reviews fool you.
Comment: A great book. I just read all the reviews, and I'm guessing most are by people who have no idea what they're doing. Ppl saying the book is not for Newbies apparently never read the book "Running a Perfect Website with Linux". This book is very detailed in exactly how to set up your system and get things off the ground. It is filled with information specific to this distribution of linux also, further helping Redhat 6.x users get moving without having to make them learn that not every distribution is the same. I've read several complaints here about ppl not liking there being any programming info in the book. Why would a newbie be setting up Linux if they won't be doing programming anyway? The info is only there to help you out. If you want a book that will help you set up linux at home or work so you can do what you want it for in the first place, you will love this book. If you want to buy linux because you've never used it before and want to give it a whirl, you may want to read up on it a little BEFORE you delve into the land where only gods can tread. It isn't a toy, it is a programmer's OS. It is a design and development environment. If you don't know anything about Linux and Hardware Compatibility, for example, don't just jump in. Do some research. Then if you're interested, buy this book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Still my first source
Comment: I'm not sure if this is common of the "Unleashed" series or not, but I still use this book for most of my Linux problems. I always seem to be able to find the answer and the index is the most complete of all the books I've bought since -- not sure if that's saying too much since I've been so frustrated with ALL the other Linux books I've bought since. Maybe I just find the bad ones.

If you haven't had some "command-line" experience, then I'm not certain this book may be for you. Most things are described via command-line interfaces with some desciptions of companion gui apps.

For what's worth, I'm (still) runnning RedHat 7.2 and this is still my best reference. The only other reference I usually use is the man pages and an occasional HOWTO. Not sure that's bad or good, so take it as you will. :o)

Rating: 1
Summary: Put me off Linux for good
Comment: As a system administrator I was looking for an alternative to Windows OS so Redhat was the first system I trialled. Unleashed was the first textbook I bought as a guide. I must be thick. I can configure tcp/ip, proxy servers, Windows servers and a variety of other things but using this book as a guide, I got nothing working on Redhat. Half of my system config.s in the book would not work and I found no support docmentation in the book to help. The whole book and process was so off-putting that I would rather spend my time plugging holes in Windows servers than spend hours trying to get a simple 3COM 3c509B working. Newbies-keep clear of this one. Me?-I'm sticking to Mac.s and Windows.