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Learning Red Hat Linux
Format: Paperback
Author: Bill McCarty
ReleaseDate: 11 March, 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly
Rating:
for the uninitiated
The basics of unix style administration are explained about as plainly and simply as possible. If you are new linux or are thinking of building out a linux box then this is a decent place to start. One short coming of the book is the lengthy discussion of installation which admittedly used to be a harrowing experience 5 or so years ago (seemingly the main argument against the adoption of linux by microserfs), but in the hands of Red Hat has become nearly as painless a process as any windows install and therefore is not that necessary. The only other problem with this book is that the version of Red Hat is 8. 0 (3rd edition) i believe and only has some middle variant of the 2. 4 kernel (2. 4. 17 i think), this is not necessarily bad but the 2. 6 kernel is out and Red Hat has a new approach to the desktop with its Fedora build. Only buy this if you are completely new to linux and want to learn the basics.
Excellent how-to oriented, bare bolts book
It is *not* an in depth tour of Linux, rather,
it's a "how to get started" oriented book for those familiar
with Windows (or other OSes) but not necessarily with
Linux. Excellent O'Reilly how-to oriented book containing the bare
bolts on installing Red Hat 8 with lots of pointers to more
information on hardware compatibility, additional software
packages, etc.
Included freebie: The book bundles Red Hat 8 on two CDs,
so you'll have the media in hand to get started quickly.
Also has an appendix on boot loader issues (useful if, as
many of us will want to do, one needs to dual boot Linux
and some other OS).
BTW, be sure you purchase the latest, 3rd edition (just
out this month). Among other updates, it includes R. H. 8 CDs
and information instead of the previous edition's R. H. 7. 2
media and info.
Don't buy unless you want an expensive, basic install guide 
Horrid as a reference manual. This book is no different from RedHat installation manuals/information that can be read on the web for free. Buy 'Running Linux' instead. ISBN 156592469X. Regret that I ever bought this book. In addition it is old (RedHat 7. 2 and not 8. 0).
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