Hacking Knoppix (extremetech) [Paperback]

Scott Granneman (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Wiley (2005)
• ASIN: B0029EFPS2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great intro to Knoppix and Linux!, March 12, 2006

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Dennis Kibbe (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) (Paperback)

If your looking for a step-by-step how-to on writing your first letter in OpenOffice.org using Knoppix, you won't find it here. And that's a good thing. Scott Granneman doesn't waste your time with the obvious but instead shows you how to tweak Knoppix and get all the fiddleybits like wifi cards and fonts setup and working.

And when you get tired of playing FrozenBubble Scott shows you how to use Knoppix to do useful things like check network security and fix a broken Windoze box.

Since no one author can know it all, Scott includes lots of pointer to information on the Web. After all that's where the latest info is and it helps the newbie to get in the habit of finding answers on their own.

Even if you've worked with Knoppix for some time, you'll find this book useful and also the perfect gift to introduce a computer friend to Knoppix.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre rip-off of the O'Reilly title on the same subject, October 5, 2007

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Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) (Paperback)

This is the first ExtremeTech title I've ordered - and if this is an example of their overall quality, it will quite likely be the last.

"Hacking Knoppix" is a mediocre rip-off of the much better O'Reilly title Knoppix Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools.

Chapter 1, for example, is entitled "Unraveling the Knoppix Toolkit Maze" which is nothing more than an overview of using several common Linux applications such as OpenOffice. Hardly "hacking" in any true sense of the word. From covering total basics, author Granneman then immerses you in "Asessing Security with Knoppix" and "Clustering with Knoppix". Let me see if I can grasp the logic of this: the first chapter is incredibly elementary and deals with the basics of a common application suite and within 150 pages is dealing with clustering and assessing security?

No.

This is simply a rip-off. It's a collection of "wisdom" gleaned from online sources and put between sazzy covers as a guide to "hacking Knoppix".

More like simply a device to separate you from a few of your hard-earned dollars. Leave this one for the dollar remainder table. As well, I would be extremely wary of any ExtremeTech title: judging by this example, it is a series intended only to exploit the O'Reilly hacks series which are far better.

Jerry

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knoppix reloaded, June 30, 2008

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Erich R. Jess (Lima / Peru) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking Knoppix (ExtremeTech) (Paperback)

This book gives you real insight to the Knoppix workings. Be it trying to backup a windows partition or scanning it for viruses. It even teaches you how to remaster Knoppix and do it your way. If you want to get the most out of Knoppix this is the book to look for.