Setting Up A Linux Internet Server Visual Black Book: A Visual Guide to Using Linux as an Internet Server on a Global Network

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Setting Up a Linux Intranet Server Visual Black Book: A Complete Visual Guide to Building a LAN Using Linux as the OS

Format: Paperback
Author: Hidenori Tsuji
ReleaseDate: 17 December, 1999
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
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Network gurus are giants among men-NOT!!!
Does that mean we don't check our oil, inquire about road conditions, ask friends about traffic, etc. I think the map metaphor is appropriate here: We want to get to point B; a simple map shows us the way.? I think not, and this book does NOT tell us to follow blindly. What it does is show that Linux server setup is NOT rocket science, and will get simpler as the distros mature. These self-styled gurus are puzzle phreaks, not problem solvers.

Best picture book to get Linux/Samba running
I needed to get Linux running first, then I'd learn it later. I'm glad I didn't read the reviews before getting this book. This book works exactly as planned. Pictures step you through getting Samba to work, and I took an old 486 and made it work on our network. Now I've got a box on which I can learn Linux, and it's already useful on my network.

The worst book about Linux that I have read to date.

Sadly, this book is riddled with an apalling number of factual errors, near constant misleading comments, and nigh-unreadably strained English. I purchased this book knowing that there is a wealth of quality information available for free about Linux, but I was hoping that this would be a convenient reference documenting a variety of services authoritatively. The factual errors for the most part won't get the reader into trouble right away (though there are some worrying errors), but this added to the cookbook approach can provide either a dangerous feeling of adequacy or a voodoo approach to system administration - "I just did it this way because the book told me to".

I cannot encourage people to buy this book; it is very inconsistent in practices, it gives directions without rationale, and it gives no pointers to places where adequate documentation can be found.

I would give this book negative stars if I could, as I consider this book harmful to some and useful to none.