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Rhce Red Hat Certified Engineer Study Guide (Certification Press)

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I have a fair amount of experience using Linux, and I bought this book to help study for my exam. I passed pretty easily, and I have this book to partially thank. The contnet of the exam (and the book) is difficult stuff, and it's obvious that these authors really understand it. Thanks.

This book really did the job for me. I've used it in my studies for the RHCE exam, but also have found myself referring to it multiple times as I go about my everyday Red Hat business. Strong sections on Advanced User Admin, especially surrounding modifications to /etc/fstab. I also learned a bit from the Kernel recompilation and installation sections. I noticed that this book was written by many qualified indivisuals, but it was especially nice to see some of the main contributors holding the RHCE and RHCX certifications- seems like people in the know about what's up with the product, and the certification. I do recommend experience as a key to learning and knowing the info. but this book will help!

I don't really qualify as a newbie anymore - but I wish I had this book when I started out. I must say that I own more than my fair share of Linux books, and this is the one that I refer to most of the time for a deeper understanding of stuff that I only 'kinda' know, or to find relevant, concise info about troubleshooting issues.

I DON'T like reading online documentation. It's a waste of electricity, and besides, I haven't setup my scroll mouse. Reading that much material online would certainly give me a headache!

Anyone who wants to be able to answer most of the posts you see for RedHat support should buy this book. Don't be intimidated by the fact that it's a cert guide. It will serve you well even after you are quite experienced.

This book does exactly what it advertises to do. prepare you for the RHCE. Those in need of a beginners guide should look elsewhere.

MCSE books tend to tell the right answer, the wrong answer, and the answer that MS wants you to answer on the test. This book gives you clear info w/ out feeding you propaganda from RH, or present facts and scenarios that you will never see in a real world environment.

Those who have brushed on the RHCE test know that it is a pretty grueling test. Thankfully I bought this book. This should be the first book you read in preparation for this RHCE exam.

What impresses me about this book, is that it is concise, yet the information is always relevant. Ironically, for those who are new to Linux, and not taking the RHCE exam, this book is still very useful in that it doesn't inundate the reader with useful information. Rather, it gives plenty of useful information at a relaxed pace, that anyone can keep up with.

Some chapters were particularly enlightening. The chapter on kernel compilation was the best I had seen on this topic. Out of 3 or 4 books I had read, this one was the easiest to understand, and also the most thorough.

One complaint that cost this book 1 star, were mistakes in the practice exams. I found a few mistakes in a couple of the chapter tests that would frustrate the reader, or confuse him as to what was the right answer. I hope that in the 3rd edition, this will be cleaned up because otherwise, this book is terrific.

I find myself using this book in the workplace too when I need a quick reference, so I think the authors deserve a round of applause. This is the best guide on the RHCE around, and I consider it money well-spent.

I have read all those remarks from users who have low-rated this book as it came with a Windows CD. Accepted, WindoZE sucks,... but, how can we expect an user trying to learn Linux, and pass the RHCE to fair well, if he cannot even get his X-Windows working to browse the CD comfortably?

And, besides, to a newbie, the CD would be indispensible, perhaps, it should come with a HOW-To partition your hard drive pre-requisite notification on it.

It's best for people with a home network, whereby they could browse the CD while simultaneously trying them out on their Linux box, or, at the least with a telnet/X-server (xdmcp or something) access to a linux box.

This book is very well done. Like some of the other reviewers here I've found that it's an excellent way to study for the RHCE exam, and has found its way onto my bookshelf as a resource- I open it often. I understand the comment in regards to the CD, but in my opinion it's an absolute shame to criticize this book because of the CD. (Although I did find the CD of particular use)...

Before I being, let me mention that I run the premiere websitefor people studying for their RHCE exam at ( )

Ireally like the book itself. It's very thorough. At the end of each chapter there is a "two minute drill" which summarizes the chapter, and a self test which helps you see how well you understand the material. The self-test at the end of each chapter has around 20 questions! This is much better than other books that only have 10 questions at the end of each chapter.

The practice tests on the cdrom are not usable under Linux. If they aren't going to make their software compatible with Linux, they could at least grant us the ability to do that in their licensing agreement. I invite people who want practice tests to visit my website.

But, despite the sillyness of relasing a book about Linux with software that requires Windows, I like the book.

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It doesn't treat the reader as a dummy, but thoroughly covers the topics needed for the exam. As I am studying, it has already been helpful as a reference text. Worth the money. Worth the read.

I like the data it has. Linux is changing on a daily basis, but the bread and butter stuff is the same. Thats what this book gives you, the bread and butter, (so later on you can make Dagwood triple deckers)

I have lots of Linux and Unix books. If I have to choose one. This be the one.

You can get specialized later on, but you definitely have to know the bread and butter stuff.