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Fedora 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

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3lbs of Fedora Core 8 goodness. This is more like an end-user/junior sysadmin bible though. It covers a _LOT_ of ground -- everything from installation to configuration to deploying network services, the bible goes step by step. In some cases, the bible offers a more complete set of documentation than manuals from Red Hat.

The book doesn't delve into the nitty-gritty of Linux. For example, rolling a custom kernel is out. Probably for good reason though since most people probably won't need to do that. Things like strace or deep security concepts are best researched using other books.

RHEL5 is an after-thought in this bible. Do not buy if you are looking for lots of RHEL specific topics.

Still, for a Fedora Core end-user or someone starting out in sysadmin field, this bible will deliver the goods.

This is a great textbook. The author goes all out in this book to explain how to use Fedora productively. He explains every little corner you can possibly think of. From how the file system is set up and different from windows to setting up different types of servers. The book is easy to follow along and is pretty much step by step the further you get into the book. I recommend this book to anyone that is just starting out using Linux because of its ease of use and in depth explanations. The cool thing about this book is that it can be used practically with any Linux OS. I tried it out with Ubuntu and everything I've accomplished so far in Fedora I have been able to do in Ubuntu.
Fedora 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

This book with its companion CD/DVD is about the only thing you need to get started with Linux, besides a computer, of course. I tried Linux with Fedora 3 several years ago, and things have really improved with Fedora 8. The writing is superb, at least so far. I'm only on about page 182. There are over 1000 pages. Linux is not for everybody, but if you are curious what it is all about, this book is a great place to start. You can try Linux without installing anything, if you like, from the CD. Or you can install as much as you want from the DVD. A lot of open source software is included: Firefox, Open Office, etc. I even downloaded and installed Picasa. Linux is not for the casual computer user, but if you've read this far...

Really very helpful and full of great info. I must recommend this book. I already owned the Red Hat 9 Linux Bible and in a way for recycling me in the new Fedora 8 OS think it's a must.

For all users, from the newbie to the professional user that ever find new tips & tricks in this book.

This is a good teaching book for the individual who already has working knowledge of Linux. For the novice, this book is too advanced.

This book is a very good guide to this modern Linux distro. But I missed some better explenation about upgrade and I had a little misshap with the CD.

I cannot believe it did not spend much on integration with Windows. I know it's a Linux book but let's face it, 80% of this world is occupied by Windows. How to make Linux to work with Windows is absolutely essential.

The os on the dvd/cd are such that you can not use the auto updater. So, you get an old out of date os that can not be updated. I paid to much for this book. I wish that I could return it for a full refund. Perhaps its worth $5 including the shipping.