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Title: Linux for the Rest of Us by Mark Rais ISBN: 0-9726790-0-6 Publisher: Eagle Nest Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Really helpful beginner linux guide
Comment: I am very impressed by this book. I read the brief reviews here and thought the price was reasonable enough to try it out. NOW I must say that this book FAR exceeded my expectations for a beginner Linux book.
It includes tips no one ever thought to tell me. For example during installation the author gives his own real world experiences on what are the best partitions to create and how much to allocate. He also includes a lot of tips I've never heard about before, such as how most versions default to netmask 255.0.0.0, when usually an office intranet uses 255.255.255.0 and this saved me a lot of troubleshooting time.
Other personal experience suggestions the author includes helped me to fix problems before they ever became issues such as the excellent details this book includes on using Emacs (the whole problem I got with the "this buffer is for notes" error message was resolved thanks to the tips).
Overall, I have never seen a more compact (just over 100 pages) and yet information rich book on Linux. I own a lot of computer books that are much more expensive and I am thankful to have this included in my library.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great starter book
Comment: This is a great starter book for anyone who's felt intimidated by Linux. It has a clear and logical walkthrough for installing, partitioning hard drives for dual boot (in case you need to keep your Windows), and practical advice on how to use Linux once you have it up and running. Great quick reference tables. I'm using the book now to get an old HP Vectra configured with Mandrake. Concise and well-written with some tongue-in-cheek humor, definitely recommended for any beginners or anyone who needs a refresher on how Linux works.
Rating: 1
Summary: Support your favorite charity... but don't buy this book
Comment: I bought this book based on a couple of favorable editorial reviews, expecting that it would provide the essentials of a roadmap for finally making my transition from Windows. I had been reading a lot of very informative articles about Linux, but I felt that there must be a more succinct overview available that would highlight only those things I would need to know, why I needed to know them, and what they meant. This book falls far short of those expectations.
Aside from the annoyingly familiar writing style (do the Eagle's Nest editors care?) and the large number of pages of anectdotal fluff, the author seems to miss the point of his original intentions, as stated in his foreward. Topics are presented with no overlying concern to context, and without any indication as to why the reader should care. Detailed instructions are given in some cases without explaining the purpose of the commands. It left me constantly asking the question "why is that important?".
I do give credit to the author for donating all proceeds to charity, but I just don't think the book offers any real value to newbies, experts, or anyone in between. You would do better to write your check directly to your favorite charity, and spend five minutes with google to choose from any number of options for more focused, appropriate, and free instruction.
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Title: Integrating Linux and Windows by Mike McCune ISBN: 0130306703 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 19 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! by Marcel Gagne ISBN: 0321159985 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 07 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Linux Desktop Starter Kit by John P. Lathrop ISBN: 0072122838 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 28 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use by Michael Stutz ISBN: 1886411484 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Linux for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Dee-Ann LeBlanc, Melanie Hoag, Evan Blomquist ISBN: 0764516604 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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