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Title: Linux for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Dee-Ann LeBlanc, Melanie Hoag, Evan Blomquist ISBN: 0-7645-1660-4 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.46 (59 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: still a dummy
Comment: I'm just your average Windows user trying to make the jump. I'm not sure if I'm the problem or the book is the problem or the O/S is the problem or possibly a combination. I'm still determind to figure it all out. The good news is that it came with RedHat 7. The bad news is that it crashes several times trying to load before loading successfully. But seems like the computer gives in eventually and it loads up. The order of loading up did not match the book and the screens shown didn't match either. But that's mostly a nusance as you can figure that part out on your own. My main problem is that it's written from the point of view from an expert and not in the point of view of somebody totally alien to linux. I do think that once I get a handle on Linux, this book would be an excellent quick reference. Maybe it's not the book's fault. Maybe Linux is just a complicated subject. It's not up to MS Windows ease of use yet, but it's better than it was two years ago when I tried it back then. A video session would be helpfull instead of reading about files. A video on CD!
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a new edition - ignore the bad reviews!
Comment: I recently "upgraded" and bought the newer edition of this book, since the previous editions are horribly outdated. And I'm surprised that Amazon is including on this page the reviews for those older editions, because they don't even apply to this edition! Ms. LeBlanc (any relation to Matthew?) has outdone herself (and has especially outdone the other authors who wrote the earlier editions) and has written a highly useful book that anyone interested in Linux should own.
Rating: 5
Summary: From the author: About the 5th Edition
Comment: Linux for Dummies has followed a long and rocky road. The first two editions were done by one group, then the last 3 (including this) by another after completely rewriting it from scratch--and unfortunately Amazon refuses to detach the old reviews that have nothing to do with this version of the book. It's gone from trying to cover everything (impossible to do well!) to trying to focus on the desktop.
Don't expect Linux for Dummies 5th Edition to tell you how to set up a server! This book is exclusively for those who want to master the desktop and simple system administration (like user account creation) tasks. Fedora Core 1 is a powerful new desktop offering and I think you'll find that it's an exciting evolution in desktop Linux. A new chapter focusing on multimedia galore will especially knock your socks off!
Thanks for reading!
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Title: LINUX Programming for Dummies by Jim Keogh ISBN: 0764506919 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Linux for Dummies Quick Reference by Phil Hughes, Viktorie Navratilova ISBN: 0764507605 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Red Hat Linux 9 for Dummies by Jon 'maddog' Hall, Paul G. Sery ISBN: 0764539906 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: UNIX for Dummies by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young ISBN: 0764504193 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 09 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Linux for the Rest of Us by Mark Rais ISBN: 0972679006 Publisher: Eagle Nest Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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