Selected Product: | Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users Paperback Author: Christopher Negus, Francois Caen Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 2007-11-28 ISBN-10: 0470082933 ISBN-13: 9780470082935 List Price: $24.99 Average Customer Rating: | | Official Ubuntu Book, The (3rd Edition) ISBN-10: 0137136684 ISBN-13: 9780137136681 List Price:$34.99 Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice) ISBN-10: 1590599233 ISBN-13: 9781590599235 List Price:$39.99 Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (Versions 8.10 and 8.04), A (2nd Edition) ISBN-10: 0137003889 ISBN-13: 9780137003884 List Price:$49.99 Hacking Ubuntu: Serious Hacks Mods and Customizations (ExtremeTech) ISBN-10: 047010872X ISBN-13: 9780470108727 List Price:$29.99 Ubuntu 7.10 Linux Unleashed, 3rd Edition ISBN-10: 0672329697 ISBN-13: 9780672329692 List Price:$49.99 |
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With that written: This book has a lot of useful Debian commands that can be run in a Terminal. However, if one does not have a some experience with Debian, Linux and the terminal. The commands in this book probably will not help very much.
The major problem I had with this book is that it discussed network configuration, but does not speak to me about how to connect static DSL connections.
Drivers and permissions in the various versions of Linux can be quite a pain, and information can be difficult to obtain from the web. After all, if I cannot get into my own files, the system has kept me out of my own computer very well.
A word on Linux installation: Most, if not all, Linux systems are installed in two stages. First the base is set up and then the rest of the system files are installed. If one tries to install Ubuntu and does not click the Install icon on the desktop to install after the first stage is complete, the operating system will not be installed on their hard drive, it simply will not boot after being shutdown. | Excelent reference | Customer Rating: | This book is part of a "collection" for the most important distros, and the authors did a great job in the selection of subjects and examples.
The only thing I don't like at all is the big cut-and-paste made in several chapters between the books of this "collection", I think starting from the "fedora sibling" one. For example, on page 240 of the "ubuntu sibling" you may see a ftp session showing how to get a Fedora 7 iso image; on page 157 they forgot to translate a "yum install...".
So mi only advice is to the people planning to buy all the collection: compare first before because a lot is verbatim repeated.
Considered alone, this book is very good for several reasons the other reviewers did write and I totally agree. |
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