The Joy of Linux

Rating:
Summary: The culture, nothing but the culture?
Review: This is a bit different from most books about Linux, and other books about the open source movement. You won't learn much about using or administering Linux, but will get a feel for (parts of) the culture of Linux and get introduced to some of the communities in the open source movement.

It's fun to read, although the extended metaphor (think other book named "The Joy of ... A Gourmet Guide to ....") gets a bit tired after a couple of hundred pages.

It's not a balanced book: it concentrates on the common characture "Linux guru" and there are other types of people using Linux now, but does suceed in capturing the fun, excitment and "cool" of Linux.

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining... Useless... Not funny...
Review: This is not a book that will show you how to use Linux. Ergo, it is useless... Instead, it is a book about the culture that Linux created <PERIOD> I found that substance is lacking and that the information it offers is nothing that you can gather and experience by surfing the web.

Oh! The authors were just trying to be funny? Sorry, the book just wasn't... Instead, it just seems a bunch of crammed material with no continuity from chapter to chapter and no purpose. I am afraid that cartoons and highlighted quotes from the book do not help to make the book funnier...

I don't recommend reading this book if you are trying to use and learn Linux. Instead, read the Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible (If that's your distribution...) and you will learn relevant information for using Linux. To get in touch with what the "Linux culture" is about just surf the web. Really, I found that by visiting linux related webpages, after doing a search with yahoo or any other engine, and joining the Local User Group for Linux in your area is more than enough.

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining... Useless... Not funny...
Review: This is not a book that will show you how to use Linux. Ergo, it is useless... Instead, it is a book about the culture that Linux created I found that substance is lacking and that the information it offers is nothing that you can gather and experience by surfing the web.

Oh! The authors were just trying to be funny? Sorry, the book just wasn't... Instead, it just seems a bunch of crammed material with no continuity from chapter to chapter and no purpose. I am afraid that cartoons and highlighted quotes from the book do not help to make the book funnier...

I don't recommend reading this book if you are trying to use and learn Linux. Instead, read the Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible (If that's your distribution...) and you will learn relevant information for using Linux. To get in touch with what the "Linux culture" is about just surf the web. Really, I found that by visiting linux related webpages, after doing a search with yahoo or any other engine, and joining the Local User Group for Linux in your area is more than enough.