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Red Hat Linux 9 for Dummies
Format: Paperback
Author: Jon 'maddog' Hall
ReleaseDate: 12 May, 2003
Publisher: For Dummies
Rating:
Not very helpful
I'm sorry, but I have to say that this book was NOT a good read overall. You could spend less time looking up the information in the book, on the internet rather than spending time and money purchasing this book. I was hoping for more.
WARNING - BOOK SHIPS WITH DEFECTIVE CDs
I finally went to the Dummies website, and found that the CDs are MISLABELED - Disk one is actually disk 2, and disk 2 is actually disk 1. I spent alot of time trying to get the included disks to install on various computers, but none of them would boot off the included CD. To install, you therefore need to place the second CD in the drive first and boot off that DVD. It would be nice if Amazon would place that info near the top of the listing so customers would know when ordering.
Spend an extra $10 and buy a more detailed book 
Like others have said, the book is good for calming any jitters you have installing linux, but once linux is setup and you establish an internet connection, the book is no longer useful. The two reasons I bought this book, it is the cheapest way to buy linux from a store, so I didn't have to waste 3 days downloading, and I am a linux newbie.
My suggestion is simply spend a little more, you will get the same detailed instructions for installing, it will most likely come with redhat 9, and you will have something to refer to whenever you need help. I still feel it was a good buy, but there is just no reason I would ever again need to refer to it.
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