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Summary: Fantastico libro, honestamente muy buena inversion
Review: Este si que es un buen libro, completo, claro, cubre todos los temas, brinda buenas instrucciones y su nivel es excelente.
Compre este libro a fin de migrar mis habilidades de administrador NT/2000 hacia solaris, y honestamente este libro ha hecho mucho por mi. Sus paginas estan repletas de excelente informacion que sin duda te servira.
Te recomiendo este libro bajo si caes dentro de una de las siguientes categorias: eres un habilidoso administrador NT/2000 pero novato con unix y tienes que moverte hacia solaris, eres un experto TCP/IP y tienes que aprender Solaris, tienes buenos o excelentes conocimientos sobre unix y desea adaptarlos a Solaris.
Este libro tambien ofrece: varios capitulos destinados a aprender a programar con los diferentes shells, seguridad, recursos y trucos.
Si tu eres novato en el mundo de Unix, compra este libro y tambien Solaris Administration - A Begineer's Guide. Ambos te pondran a la altura que ya tienes en el mundo de Microsoft, garantizado.
Espero que mi experiencia con estos libros te sirva para que hagas una buena decision. Saludos.
Piyux
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Summary: Great book to learn from and a great reference
Review: I used the book to brush up on my rusty Unix skills.
Don't let the number of pages in the book overwhelm you if you're a newbie or want to brush up. The first 125 pages will have you using Solaris with great confidence. The next 1,000 or so pages can be used to learn particular topics and as a reference. Recommended for newbie and intermediate (learning tool) and advanced users (detailed reference).
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Summary: Great book to learn from and a great reference
Review: I used the book to brush up on my rusty Unix skills.
Don't let the number of pages in the book overwhelm you if you're a newbie or want to brush up. The first 125 pages will have you using Solaris with great confidence. The next 1,000 or so pages can be used to learn particular topics and as a reference. Recommended for newbie and intermediate (learning tool) and advanced users (detailed reference).
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Summary: Good only for beginners
Review: I was quite disappointed by this book. It really should have been titled "An Introduction to Solaris". For anyone who has experience in the UNIX world there is little to be gained from this book.
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Summary: Reviewed by creator of sunhelpdesk.com
Review: Out of all the books I have read to date on the subject of Solaris, this book ranks as one of the best. It is a book that can be read and understood by someone just stepping into the world of Solaris and is an excellent reference for those of us who have worked with Solaris for years. As a consultant, I always have clients ask me for recommendations on which Solaris book they should buy. Mark Sobell's book is always at the top of my recommendation list. I have received nothing but positive feedback from all of those whom I have guided towards purchasing this book.
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Summary: REALLY Basic - 4 some-1 with no comp./internet experience
Review: Real easy reading(12th grade max mostly 10th and below) for the beginner. Covers everything from how to use Netscape browser (duh...) to some fairly simple Korne, Bourne and C shell scripting guidance. I find it a little verbose (but then again I like decoding the man pages). Here's a sampling of the table of contents (something I wish Amazon would do...)Chpt1 - Overview of Solaris; Chpt2 - Getting Started, Before you start Logging in ....Basic Utilities like ls cat pg rm ect; Chpt3 - Solaris Utilities;Part II Intermediate /Advanced Solaris;Chpt6 - What Is a GUI? (no I'm not joking apparently Sobell thinks this is int./adv. stuff).Using a GUI...and so on, I think you get the idea. Do NOT consider this a user's guide. If you have more than a few weeks experience with any flavour of Unix then you are probably better off with a more sophisticated book (sorry no refs - I'm still looking myself) I would recommend this book for any high school computer course. There you have it - good luck!
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Summary: take a look at TOC
Review: take a look at table of Content to make sure that is what you want.
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Summary: Excellent UNIX book for beginners and experts alike
Review: This book is an excellent text book. I recommend it to anybody as a good starting place. When we get new empoyees without any Unix experience this is the book I recommend. The layout is perfect for sitting down and learning step by step with the included lessons.
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Summary: Great beginner book
Review: This is a thick book (1.5 inches), and it covers a lot of ground, starting with very basic Unix commands (not Solaris specific) and progressing through shell programming and onto Solaris specific system administrative tasks. For example, I liked the section describing the 'mystery files' needed to configure Solaris networking. It is hard to find this information in one place. Another example would be the description of /home and how the automounter manages it. This topic generates frequent questions on the Solaris newsgroups. As you work your way into the book, Sobell explains things like the Solaris performance tools sar, mpstat, etc. as well as the boot process on both Sparc and Intel based systems. The second half of the book is versions of the most common manual pages but Sobell includes *examples*. All in all, this book is good for the beginner, and the advanced user will find it a useful reference, especially in the later chapters.
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Summary: Excellent beginner's book and transitional reference
Review: This is an excellent book for UNIX beginners who are entering a Solaris systems administration role. The first part of the book is a refresher for basic UNIX commands, and then it proceeds with an overview of the CDE desktop manager, network utilities, newsreaders, text editors, shell programming, and programming tools. If you're comfortable with UNIX, you may still find the book useful as a quick reference or for closing knowledge gaps. The systems administration section is straightforward and the commands reference in the back is excellent. The reference, which takes up over 250 pages of the book, appears similar to man page format, but it has a lot more details--including how the output will appear for many commands. You might also find this book useful as a "quick reference" if you're transitioning to Solaris from some other flavor of UNIX.
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