Customer Reviews

Discover Linux®

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I am a computer professional just trying to learn LINUX and find this book a poor choice for a novice. It lacks basic instruction necessary to follow through on many setup tasks. Author directs reader to creat scripts for various applictions but never shows you HOW to create or save a script or what package to use for such purpose etc. Very confusing book.

Not only is "Dicover Linux" a complete waste of time, pulp, and effort, it comes with a copy of Linux that is useless.

Steve Oualline obviously has some sort of schizophrenia, because he tries to claim that the book is for beginners, and shortly afterwards delves into compiling a kernel.

Needless to say, after trying to install Linux and use this book, my computer was a mess.

The problem I had with this book, is that it really didn't provide information how to solve common problems that you might encounter installing and configuring Linux. This book however, does serve as a good reference for different applications that come with RedHat and a basic understanding how to use them.

It goes throught the basics that you need to know to work a Linux system. Unfourtunetly for complete newbies it is not the best. It will tell you to edit a file and not walk through an editing tool. It's an ok book but not the best.

I have this book for 2 weeks now. The sole reason that I want to keep this book is that it has the listing of many commands and games with brief descriptions which I am not aware of.

This is a book that give pointers to where to find information!! Thank you.

I also own "Teach yourself Linix in 24 hrs" a better book, but also short in coverage and completeness. I heard about "Practical Linux" from Mark Sobel, and ordered one. Hopefully, this book will help me to solve my X setting and PPP to internet.

On the cover of the book it claims to be a book for the beginner yet in the introduction of the book it is noted the book is written for those who are familiar with Unix. There is little meat on these bones...

This is an excellent book that covers most of the things you would commonly do in a RedHat 4.2 setup, in a manner both suitable for the beginning user. It also makes a good reference of what you can do with RH 4.2.

The sidebars are enjoyable to read, and, unlike many Linux books, this book is concise without drowning you with details, nor is it a commercial publication of the online documentation.

This book promises a lot an unfortunately does not deliver. If you run itno any difficulties in the installation (Like I did) the book is useless. I bought another book SlackWare Linux Unleashed that did work me through the problems to get Linux up and running. The book may be adequate if you are lucky and the install works for you. Otherwise it's $20 that should have been spent on another book.

Scripts that don't work and misprints of destination directories. If you're new to Linux, this book will cause you no end in frustration.

I was hoping to get a book up to the quality of IDG's "Dummy" series, since when I bought it there wasn't a "Linux For Dummies." Despite the language on the cover, this book is not going to help a beginner and not going to get you up an running. It's only buried away on one page that the book expects you to have knowledge of unix; this should be on the cover. Oualline doesn't tell you anything about permissions, using emacs, and all the other fun things that go with setting up Linux. Spend the money and buy a better book.