Install, Configure, and Customize Slackware LINUX (with CD-ROM) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author), Andy Harris (Author), Brian Proffitt (Author), Charles Coffing (Author), Keith Pettit (Author), William E. Schaffer (Author)

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Product Description

Install, Configure, and Customize Slackware Linux X provides the advice you need for working through the trouble spots you might run into when setting up Slackware Linux. With step-by-step instructions and a multitude of helpful screen shots, this book takes you through the installation, configuration, and customization process to make Linux work the way you need it to. It also includes an important troubleshooting chapter that will help you use the product more effectively. The included CD-ROM contains a full version of Slackware Linux.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Premier Press; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761526161
• ISBN-13: 978-0761526162
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,139,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely for the beginner, May 30, 2001

By	poscogrubb (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This book was very easy to follow, but I didn't learn very much that wasn't already available in the Linux documentation.

When I got this book, I had already been using UNIX at work. I just needed some guidance in installing Linux the first time at home. This book proved to be too shallow for me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Got me going..., June 23, 2001

By	"matneyc" (indiana) - See all my reviews

I started my server with this book and the man pages that it suggested helped a little. It does not have the heavier network admin information that you need once you get running. If you are trying to configure multiple nic's, sendmail, web hosting or any of the standard things, you need to get something else. But if you want to set up a basic network, this is the best starter book i have used.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only the obvious copied and pasted, May 25, 2001

By	Oscar Buijten (Gignac, France) - See all my reviews

This book I found rather disappointing. It is DEFINITELY for the beginner. So much that most information is nearly copied from all the help information provided during the installation process itself.

If you are a beginner I would not recommend buying this book. Look for something else!!