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Summary: look for another book
Review: Don't buy this. Unless something seriously has changed, the CD distributed with this book is defective-- it will not install. Period. The technical support from Sam's from this has been "download the distribution from www.slackware.com", which is not a satisfactory answer. After begging a bit they *did* send me a new disk. A shame. This is a disservice to the Slackware Linux community.
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Summary: This Book Almost Defines 'Poor Quality'
Review: First I'd like to say this book has an unbelievable number of mistakes and inconsistencies throughout it, in fact, I believe this book was based on a previous version of slackware Linux and quickly (and poorly) renamed and rewritten for the current version.I am quite new to Linux, and was recommended slackware Linux, not for its ease of installation/use but for its security and the learning curve it creates while trying to learn the Linux system. I decided to purchase this book the same time I bought the slackware boxed set. Quite honestly, I've turned to the man pages and README files more than I've turned to this book, and when necessary to refer to the book, I've found it to be with error (eg. bad code) and rarely reliable. If you wish to properly learn Linux, this book is the wrong way about it. I would almost recommend ANY other Linux book.. or the man pages ;)
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Summary: Updated for Slackware 7.0
Review: I just wanted to say that the current edition of Slackware Unleashed is updated for Slackware 7.0 and also includes a Slackware 7.0 CD.
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Summary: Slackware 7.0 is old
Review: The new version of slack is 7.1.... The contrib cd sucks though, so dont download it....
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Summary: A terrible book
Review: This book was obviously thrown together to make a buck. It is disorganized and badly written, and contains gems like the entire listing from a 'make install'. No one edited this thing; I don't think anyone even proofread it. The publisher should be ashamed.
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