Sams' Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours

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Summary: don't waste your time here
Review: "Teach Yourself Linux in 24 hours" isn't the best Linux book on the market,but it's pretty darn good.I diligently completed each of the 24 lessons and feel it paid off well enough to justify the cost.However,the book is outdated.

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Summary: Good if your installation doesn't run into problems
Review: I used the cd to install Red Hat 5.0 and followed the step by step instructions in the book. I now have Linux up and running on a dual boot machine with no problems. The installation was straight forward, but I feel that had problems occured the book wouldn't have had enough detail to help me overcome them. An easy to read book that doesn't go into any real depth, but can get a new user up and running relatively quickly.

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Summary: good
Review: i want a such book as this one that can help me to learn linux quickly

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Summary: A good, one source guide for Red Hat Linux.
Review: The book tells you everything you need to use Linux. The installation section is good except on the partitioning section (and trying to get Linux to dual boot), but I finally figured it out after several "trial and error". The command line section is somewhat complicated, but I would blame Linux instead of the author. Unlike other books, this focus on helping the user use Linux productivly, such as doing common tasks that we can do without using Mac or Windows. This is a good source for intermediate PC users trying to learn Linux. This book does need some more polish, but it's the best one out there. It even includes Red Hat Linux 5 with the book.

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Summary: good
Review: This book is a vague look at Linux that answers almost no questions and is practically useless in its mission, which is to teach newbies Linux. The auther was in a hurry to publish it and as a result is vague and misleading, skims over important issues, and fluffs off everything else.

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Summary: A BAD BOOK. VAGUE. INCONSISTANT. WORTHLESS.
Review: This book is a vague look at Linux that answers almost no questions and is practically useless in its mission, which is to teach newbies Linux. The auther was in a hurry to publish it and as a result is vague and misleading, skims over important issues, and fluffs off everything else.

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Summary: Easy to install Hard to Understand
Review: This book is good for installing. Intalling is easy then it went to the point that I can't Understand. I also found out from another book that my modem don't work with linux.

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Summary: The book is ok and thats about it
Review: This book is ok and that's about it. It's one of those novel, get what you need fast type books like any of the dummies or idiot series books but it leaves quite a bit to be desired. The author uses commands that are not available with the version of linux on the CD. While yes the flavor of linux is easy to install. I think not telling people to turn off the plug and play portion of the bios to get certain devices on your machine to work and merely pawning this (like setting up your sound card)off to other companies almost insulting. So instead of giving you solid answers to the troublsum setup questions it avoids them completly. Mr. Ball has allot of improvmets he can make to this book. But overall its ok and thats about it.

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Summary: OK for unix neophytes, but the installation section is weak.
Review: This work is essentially a tutorial on using and administering RH 5. That's a lot of ground to cover, and the depth is lacking in some areas. The most glaring omissions are in the installation sections, which does a poor job describing solutions to common questions (eg, installing RH + Win95, FAT32 filesystems, optimimum partitioning strategies for common installation scenarios). That said, if your install goes cleanly this will lead you quickly through setting up, customizing, and using your system.
If you are already a competent unix user looking for a how-to on installing linux, keep looking.
On the other hand, the RH installation guide is available over the net (note the book includes 1 CD vs. 2 in the RH distribution).