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Summary: I wish I had bothered to look through it at a bookstore...
Review: ...before buying it online. Its a nice book to have around, but not my first choice by any means. Too general & poorly indexed. If you can only buy one unix related book, then this may be for you, but why not buy a few smaller books on what you actually want to know? Too often I've looked in it for info only to get half my answer & need to look in another source. Personally I don't think it is worth the ten pounds of paper it is printed on.
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Summary: I wish I had bothered to look through it at a bookstore...
Review: ...before buying it online. Its a nice book to have around, but not my first choice by any means. Too general & poorly indexed. If you can only buy one unix related book, then this may be for you, but why not buy a few smaller books on what you actually want to know? Too often I've looked in it for info only to get half my answer & need to look in another source. Personally I don't think it is worth the ten pounds of paper it is printed on.
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Summary: UNIX: Entering the Fourth Decade
Review: Fact is, the UNIX world has changed significantly since some of our peers invented it back in 1969. While there are still many installations running versions such as SVR4, Solaris and HP-UX, many newer ones are running Linux. It was a difficult task to address all of the unique issues for these four major variants in one book. What we have attempted to do here is distinguish those issues that are common across all of the platforms, and highlight those that are unique. Another fact is that UNIX users - much like Windows users - use different features depending on how heavily they use the system (and what they want to know about what goes on behind the curtain). With interfaces such as CDE and KDE, UNIX users need only know how to move around a desktop as they do in a Windows environment. System and Network Administrators, however, need to understand more about utilities and the UNIX kernel itself.
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Summary: Really helpful reference guide
Review: I used this book as a secondary guide for a class I am taking on UNIX. It has much information that I found useful.
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Summary: Vague... nothing more to say
Review: The book is indeed comprehensive in scope, but it leaves a lot to be desired with providing the level of detail that a beginner would need to succeed. I picked it up hoping that it would be a good all around reference so I could learn more about the various flavors of Unix. What I found was confusion. The index isn't even close to complete. The first 4 items I tried to lookup were missing from the index, and very difficult to find in the book. When I did locate them, I didn't find the details I needed. Just a vague description of what I needed to do... no examples... no details. Pretty tough to live with in the Unix world. You need detailed examples to make sure everything works properly. I didn't find that here. This book is getting returned.
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Summary: Hands down the Best UNIX reference
Review: This book breaks it down grunt style. Very easy to read and covers everything you can think off. Out of my small library of techincal manuals this was my best investment. You really get your money's worth with this one.
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Summary: Hands down the Best UNIX reference
Review: This book breaks it down grunt style. Very easy to read and covers everything you can think off. Out of my small library of techincal manuals this was my best investment. You really get your money's worth with this one.
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Summary: Complete Unix Book
Review: This is a great book because it covers multiple Unix platforms: Solaris, HP, Linux, etc. If you only looking for one book to learn Unix - this is the way to go.
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Summary: Not the best for non-experts
Review: Unix, The Complete Reference claims to be a good reference and it is, but only for the experts. If you're trying to learn Unix or know a little about it and want to learn more, don't buy this book. The examples provided are not very good and can be hard to follow. I was looking for a how-to reference, as the book cover claimed to be. I expected detailed examples and I found a few as I browsed through the book in the store. However, I discovered later that many of the references, specifically to programming, cron tabs and awk, were simply not specific enough. The examples were often broken across several pages requiring me to put three examples together to get one task done. In addition, not every section had an example.
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Summary: This book is great for such a wide base of users
Review: We have a small group of UNIX users with different backgrounds. Usually it's hard to answer everybody's questions. This book is arranged so that it covers a wide range, from simple beginner to experienced UNIX users. It's a thick book, but I guess it needs to be to address all of the variants in any depth. I especially like the book and web references for each chapter; if I can't find some answers in the text, at least I have some places to go to find them.
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