Introduction to Unix and Linux 1st Edition

by John Muster (Author)

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Ideal for students with little or no computer experience, this essential learning tool is filled with fundamental skill-building exercises, hands-on tutorials, and clear explanations. And, it’s written by a leading UNIX and Linux curriculum developer and instructor, making it perfect for both learning -- and teaching -- the basics.

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John Muster teaches and conducts educational development at the Educational Center of Silicon Valley, the University of California’s Extension Division, where he was given the Honored Teacher Award. In addition to teaching and multimedia development, he consults and teaches for clients in industry, government, and universities across the globe. His undergraduate and graduate education took place at Otterbein College, The Ohio State University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

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Essential IT Skills for On-the-Job Success

Includes Student Edition of Red Hat Linux on CD-ROM

John Muster, leading UNIX and Linux Curriculum Developer and Instructor at the University of California Berkeley Extension, will teach you how to use UNIX and Linux through clear presentation of the concepts, hands-on tutorials and exercises, illustrations, chapter reviews, and more. This classroom-tested resource covers all the essential features of UNIX and Linux and allows you to learn by applying your skills to real-world scenarios.

Inside this book, you will learn to:

Log on to a UNIX/Linux system
Run programs to obtain system and user information
Create and execute shell scripts
Use the visual editor (vi)
Use multiple utilities in scripts
Create and change directories
Specify instructions to the shell
Set and use permissions for files and directories
Control user processes
Manage, print, and archive large files
Access and tour graphical desktops
Administer a Linux PC system

In each chapter, you'll find:

Learning objectives
Skills-check sections
Hands-on tutorials
Fundamental skill-building exercises
Illustrations and figures
Chapter self-tests
End-of-chapter summaries, quizzes, and projects

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Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (December 30, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 688 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0072226951
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0072226959
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.59 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.3 x 9.1 inches

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Dark Knight

Great intro to Linux. Readable Linux book (hallelujah!). Highly recommend to beginners possibly self studiers.

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2017

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GREAT BEGINNERS BOOK (with some caveats of course, what else is new!)!. I must say the author does have many spells of unusual way of putting things that could be much better, but this should be surmountable with "a little extra effort". I have tried to understand Linux from many sources but this seems to one of the more understandable resources. The author does not meander around all sorts of bizarre topics. Also most books have their "second half exhaustion point" where the author inexplicable becomes more of a rambling idiot not presenting topis in a clear manner but like one that is winded and wants to finish it via horrible later half explanations, but this book is consistent all the way to the end. Sorry that I am a simpleton but for learning ambiguity and poor explanations lead to endless hours of trying to learn something that should take little time and leads negative imprinting that affects further learning as one is never really sure they know the topic. This book is good for the fundamentals. It is not an in depth "every little detail book" but one that gets one on a firm footing with Linux. I gave it 5 stars because of that as Linux is such a frustrating & difficult topic to learn about as one could fall asleep after reading a few pages - this book was not like that for me but gave me more enthusiasm to learn a topic I find difficult to keep interested in. However, in spite of my high praise several very important topics were left off or could have been extrapolated on much further - examples of this were, its was very limited on installing linux packages, had nothing about compiling from source code, or other most important Linux procedures that are ball breakers to accomplish in the real world. Book arrived on time & in shape stated. Highly recommend it for beginners.

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Amos A

I bought it for school but would definitely recommend people interested in Linux check it out

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2017

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As old as this book is it would seem relevant to today's operating systems. I was surprised to find out how much of the material still applies to Linux today. I bought it for school but would definitely recommend people interested in Linux check it out.

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Tripy2_g

Good Vendor / Quick delivery

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2018

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Product was as described and packing exceeded my expectations

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Mike

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2011

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This book is excellent, especially for beginners. It comes with 2 CDs so Linux can be loaded on a computer and the lessons practiced on a computer as they're presented. It takes you step by step through using a Linux system and each step builds on the previous ones.

The instructions are clear and easily understood, though, like with most things related to computers, you still have to pay attention to the details. Fortunately if a step is missed you can go back and do it without having to redo everything in between.

I would highly recommend this book for someone interested in learning Linux.

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E. Reardon

Great information and very educational, but binding is lacking.

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2011

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This book has been absolutely amazing and I've only utilized it for 4 weeks! It's easy to understand and has plenty of relevant examples to help the reader actually learn the commands and features of linux/unix. Although I love this book and will probably tape it together when it falls apart, it's biggest down fall is its binding; after 4 weeks it feels as if it may fall apart.

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Pat

Do not buy the Kindle Version

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2013

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Amazon should mention that you will not have any way to access the information on the CD-ROM that comes with the physical version. The book expects you to have that content.

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Peter VanHemert

Old but still very usefull

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2013

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Old but still very usefull. This book was able to guilde me while learning to use unix and linux systems as well as giving me a good take on where everything came from and original purposes.

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Brandon Wong

Taught me a few things

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2012

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I first used UNIX back in the 90's when I was using AIX on a dumb terminal. Now that I am taking night class to become a UNIX system admin, this was my first class, and this book showed me a few new things I never knew about. The best way to learn UNIX is to get your hands dirty and try things that work and that produce errors.

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