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Practical Linux Programming: Device Drivers, Embedded systems, and the Internet (with CD- ROM) (Programming Series)

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This book does have lots of typo's. you will find it somewhat frustrating.BUT- do not worry. Once you are familiar with Linux then you can overcome them. What the books strong point is:
It shows what commands/files/procedures you need to use to set up a linux embedded system.That alone is worth its Used price. You will need another such as the linux desk reference to get around better.but really, this is not so bad of a book as to be forgotten. You might consider it a good mid level computer science elective type book that needs someone like an instructor(or a google search engine) to clear up certain issues.

Typos and mistakes all over the book. Beginners will find it frustrated.

There aren't enough politically correct words to describe how awful this book was. I wasted money on books before, and this is another to add to the pile. Jim Carey (as Ace Ventura) might say "Editor's Mmmuch?"

The type-o's in the book are one thing, but the amount are strictly appaullyng (<-purpose). I couldn't recommend this book to a guru nor a beginner. It takes a spreadshot approach to a web server setup, and the postgresql setup section didn't work on RedHat platforms 6.x through 8.x .

You /will/ have an awful time with this onslaught of what more practiced authors only joke about. I think you get my drift, don't buy it. Sadly, i did.

The book is shellow. Gives an overview of so many subject that are not related, from device drivers to SQL and HTML, morover, a lot of the subjects that are covered, are no more than their man page or man page equivalent.

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Update to my reveiw: This book is now out of date. I hope the author will write an updated new edition.
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This book will be useful to you as a beginner lab book for Linux. There are a few typos and the material is becoming outdated. But that is the nature of Linux in that anything written will soon be out of date by the time it is published.

One of the things I've noticed is that a lot of people can install Linux on their home systems, but then don't know what to do with it once it is there. This book can be usefully used as a lab book that gives you projects to work on and working though the typos and out dated material gives you a more in depth understanding of how Linux and the related tools work. It is the problem solving ability that will help you the most. (I have never seen a computer book that was completely up to date, error free, and completely told me the steps to do what I wanted to do.)

I recommend this book as a lab book to be used along with other books to demonstrate the multiple uses and capabilities of a Linux system.

So bottom line is:
If you are looking for an unchallenging step by step cook book, this is not the book for you.
If you are looking for a challenging lab book at the beginner level that shows you an overview of Linux systems and related tools work and that will develop your problem solving abilities, then you will find this book interesting.

A complete waste of money. Bad exposition coupled with some blatant textual errors point towards a very shoddy authorship.

terrible...look at my review on
the linux journal.

My review was too generous -- should have just said:
"feh, phooey"