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Guide to Parallel Operating Systems with Windows XP and Linux

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I purchased this book. I found out that there is a 2nd Edition. Both books used the same ISBN number. 1st edition copyright 2006 618 pages. 2nd edition copyright 2007 640 pages. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!!!!!!

This is a very good book to read. If you are into anything to do with computer, I would ahve to say this book is one of the first that you should read. I have been working on computers for 15 years and am in college now for programming. This book has alot of information that is needed for the IT guy's, from writing in linux to your basic's of XP. Good luck to everyone going into the IT programming world.

The exercises are bland, and definitely doesn't even begin to properly cover linux. almost treats linux as a step child. give it a cookie just because its here and i dont want to hear its supporters cry. it also seems to treat the distribution fedora as the alpha and omega of linux. it does vaguely mention there are others, but just barely and easy to miss.

the good points are, its almost idiot proof. i say almost, because, well, most people still couldn't get the ideas given in this book. the subjects are decently explained, and all exercises are incrementally stepped through. how tough is it to follow this?

type dir /s into command prompt to see a listing of the files in your current directory and all directories below it. some how, people manage to mangle that. its literally like, step one leads directly to step two, just type what you see on page, its done. maybe that was the problem it babied them too much, lord help us if we are required to think for ourselves. hi pete, meet repete.

Thank goodness my teacher Mr. BOz was there to clear the fuzzy parts of it, and actually understand the in depth workings (mostly in the linux areas). *shameless plug to praise him*

This book is probably better for one grade under. like the class where the teacher slowly says "This is a computer!" *hears ooos and ahhs from crowd* "press this button to turn it on!* *even more ooos and ahhs*.

Still, this is a good book to have for reference, just don't expect to be enthralled to learn.

I honestly don't know what to say about this book. It tries to teach both basic and advanced concepts at the same time, and I'm not sure what kind of student they envisioned for this book - certainly someone with a modicum of experience using PCs would be familiar with such topics as Windows filesystem navigation, for example. Some of the explanations are hard to follow even for experienced students, and there doesn't seem to be much of a consistent system followed - the book simply jumps around between topics seemingly at random.

In effect, this book is proof that textbooks are horrifically overpriced given the quality of content. A basic introduction to Windows book, introduction to Linux book, and an introduction to VMWare book would altogether not only cost less than this single volume, but be easier to understand, and provide a more satisfying experience for most students, I imagine. I absolutely would not recommend this book to anyone without feeling guilty at having done so.

The book I received also did not include the CD or Appendices for whatever reason.

The cds that come with the book are fedora core 4. Really no reason to fret about if the book comes with the cds because this is easily downloaded.

Book came in new condition as stated and was received very quickly! Would definitely do business again and highly recommend store/seller!

well i ordered it cause i needed it for my class and it got here just when they said it would and im happy bout that.