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The Linux Cookbook, Second Edition Paperback – August 11, 2004

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The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition is your guide to getting the most out of Linux. Organized by general task (such as working with text, managing files, and manipulating graphics), each section contains a series of step-by-step recipes that help you to get your work done quickly and efficiently, most often from the command line. Nearly 50 percent larger than the first edition, this new edition includes hundreds of new recipes as well as new sections on package management; file conversion; multimedia; working with sound files (including OGG and MP3); Vi text editing; advanced text manipulation; and more. Perfect as an introduction to Linux, or as a desktop reference for the seasoned user. Covers the major Linux distributions.

"...the next best thing to having your own personal guru." -- UnixReview.com (praise for the first edition)

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    August 11, 2004
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"Definitely to be kept close at hand if you're not a Linux wizard" -- Network World, November 29, 2004 http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/112904gearhead.html

"Unless you're expert at everything, you'll find helpful material. There are pointers to esoteric utilities you've probably never heard of." -- PCUnix.com, October 2004

"Well worth getting." -- ;login: December 2004

A fact-filled book that's well composed and easy to reference... You should have a copy close at hand. -- Lockergnome, July 4, 2005

Michael Stutz's acclaimed Linux Cookbook now appears in its updated second edition, packing in tips and techniques for everyday applications. -- Midwest Book Review, December, 2004

Stutz' Linux Cookbook ... doubled in size from 402 to over 800 pages. -- ;login:, December 2004

This book contains an amazing amount of hard to find information on specific Linux commands. -- Security Forums Dot Com, October 31, 2004

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Michael Stutz has used Linux exclusively for over a decade. He was the first to apply the "open source" methodology of Linux to non-software works, and was one of the first reporters to cover Linux and the free software movement in the mainstream press.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1593270313
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ No Starch Press; Second edition (August 11, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 829 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781593270315
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1593270315
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.84 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
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MICHAEL STUTZ coined the phrase "net generation" while working as a reporter for Wired News—and in the early 1990s kicked off the Wikipedia era by being the first to take open source beyond software. He lives in Space Age Central, the former home of the NASA rocket scientist who planned the Apollo Project.

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Brahim Jr
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must for beginners and advanced Linux users and sysadmins
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2012
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This is a book that every linux user or sysadmin must have on their shelf.Th book covers everything you need in plain english and I liked most the different methods the author used to explain a tool or a command line.You can jump to any chapter of your interest and you will find plenty of satisfied explanations.The book helps anybody go beyond the basics of Linux and build a strong understanding of the matter. I recommend it to any linux people and I believe they will not disappointed.
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David Burns
3.0 out of 5 stars wife commander
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2007
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This would be an okay book for my wife if she got interested in the linux command line.

It does not tell you much about setting up your system - but my wife can just get me to do that.

This book is getting old, but for a lot of command line stuff, that doesn't matter much, because it doesn't change a lot. And my wife can ask me whether there is something newer and spiffier.

It does not go into any depth. Things like tunneling a vnc session over ssh - no way it is going to tell you. But my wife doesn't care. And if for some reaswon she needed to open a desktop on a remote system securely, she would ask me to do it for her.

It does not tell you much about GUI tools. My wife does like GUI tools, but she's pretty good at figuring them out.

Its strength is the nice examples. There is never any doubt how to do something that is actually covered. I suspect its coverage of things like postscript and printing would help someone who needed to deal with those at a user level. So if my wife wanted to print out a DVI file, this would be the book for her.

For people like me, who want to know how to make that new printer work right, or start up a secure desktop session on a remote machine, this is not the book. A book with the same title but a different author (Schroeder) does a better job for us.
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David Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars exactly what was advertised
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2014
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It was lightly used condition just like was stated by the seller. I finally made the switch from Windows to Ubuntu Linux and I am loving it. It really isn't as hard as some make it out to be. This book is very helpful with explaining terms and line commands, which the average user will need to know a little bit about.
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herd27
5.0 out of 5 stars Good review of linux
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2014
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This just about has everything I need to know about Linux. I am a novice to LINUX, and this book really gives you a great overview to how to get yourself around in linux OS.
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Robert Streeter
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016
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This is awesome exactly what I was expecting.
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RayK
3.0 out of 5 stars Same Titles, Different Authors/Publishers
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2013
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Caveat emptor: Mr. Stutz'  The Linux Cookbook, Second Edition , ISBN 1-59327-031-3, is well-written and quite useful. However, I am much confused to find another " Linux Cookbook ," ISBN-13: 978-0596006402, 2nd Printing, 2004, also available. It seems the shopper needs to check out the author and publisher, as well as the book and reviews, before making a purchase edition. Here we seem to have two authors and two publishers, both excellent, with almost identical titles.
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Eric V. Coleman
4.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive book
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2011
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This a very comprehensive book, that is very detailed. Although, I would appreciate that the author would give a wider sampling of different distributions. The majority of the book is based on the Debian distribution. There is a little reference to the "other" major distributions such as Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, etc.
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Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars Great if you already have your foot in the door
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2011
This book does an excellent job of walking you through processes that you may be familiar with on other operating systems but not on Linux. If you use some flavor of UNIX at work or have shell experience and you're wanting to learn more -- this is a good supplement. However, this book doesn't hold your hand all the way. You are encouraged to poke and prod and to learn stuff through usage and experimentation, but the author does a fine job of laying out things that are otherwise mysteries (difference and short history of LILO vs. GRUB, for instance) that hours of scouring and searching the internet simply fail at.

If you're pro-active in your approach and you already have a little working knowledge of Linux, this would be a great book for you. After you've messed around and read the book, the next step in mastery would probably be joining your local LUG (Linux User Group). However, if you don't have a clue and you're too afraid to play around and experiment, probably not the book for you.

I've enjoyed it and I've gleaned knowledge from it. What more can I ask? Cheers.
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Apo
3.0 out of 5 stars Une bonne base
Reviewed in France on November 23, 2020
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Une bonne référence, mais environ un tiers du livre n'est plus d'actualité (pas gênant, mais inutile).
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Coffin Dodger
5.0 out of 5 stars Starting with Linux ?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2014
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This is a good book for anyone who is just starting with a Linux system and want to get a working computer running Linux. Supplied from, and ex-library stock this was well worth the couple of pounds paid.
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The OTR Man
3.0 out of 5 stars Bit old
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