Using Linux (Paperback)

by William H. Ball (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Using Linux is designed to meet the reader s needs by focusing on the problems and concerns of the beginning to intermediate Linux user. It will help them manage and use their systems more effectively. Most books in this category are geared mostly toward installation and configuration, they have very little content which helps the user on a day-to-day basis. This book will give the reader the information the other books do have, in addition to what they leave out. The effective use of cross-references and index aliases found in the Using series makes it easy for the reader to find the information they need quickly, even when they are not sure what to look for. The author will be using Red Hat 5.0 Linux software as a base for this book. Red Hat Linux is the number one Linux system today. There is a need for a good beginner-intermediate book on the new 5.0 version of the software

-More and more people, and corporations, are beginning to choose Linux for its performance, endurance and stability.

-This complete reference will show the reader how to install, manage and use their Linux system productively.

-Linux is a "free" Unix-like operating system whose user base has grown 6,000% over the past four years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 732 pages
• Publisher: Que (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789716232
• ISBN-13: 978-8120316492
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #874,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for beginners., January 12, 1999

By A Customer

This is a great book for beginners of Linux OS (Red Hat Version). The format is a simplified step by step howto on the basics of "using" the OS & system utilities. This book can shave months off the Linux learning curve. It does not have all the detailed answers, but can point you in the right direction of where to start looking in the "free" HOWTOS off the internet & cdroms (i.e. you can't find an answer if you don't know the question). Problems with other books are "too much or too little" info to get started. This book aims to give just the right amount of information. I believe there is NO one perfect book on Linux OR Unix period. The only problem I have with this book is that I wish it were published when I first started "Using Linux".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent all-in-one guide for new users of Linux, March 29, 1999

By A Customer

This book covers everything that a new Linux user needs to get a system up and running, and how to use Linux effectively and productively.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An excellent FAQ book, March 22, 1999

By A Customer

It's probably no the best book about Linux, and quite expensive when read its content, but if you are looking for a book from where get a quick answer to usual and simple questions (how mount a flopply, how change X windows server, using tar command .... ), that's your book.