Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition
Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition by Richard Petersen
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 830
- ISBN:
- 007149247X
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Osborne
- Publication Date:
- Jan. 1, 2008
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 1653
Explaining each aspect of Linux, this work gives you details on the Linux kernel, Gnome and KDE, window managers, multimedia tools, Web, FTP, and Mail services, file systems, print servers, and backup procedures. It also includes coverage of security protocols, network automatic configuration, IPv6, Yum, Xen, and virtualization technology.
Reviews for Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition
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Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition
Rated out of 5 stars, August 12st, 2009
Superb book. Deals with the small and the large stuff and deals with it well. -
...Just A review...
Rated out of 5 stars, June 12th, 2008
After being away from linux for a year I thought i'd get back in to it, so I needed something to refresh my mind with so i bought this book purely because it is the most complete book on linux out there. I was not wrong!
This book covers everything and i mean everything: desktop, services, shells, kernal compilations, setting up of servers (http, ftp, dns and so on) it also does a nice job of covering a couple of troubleshooting situations.
All in all, this book is in-depth enough for you to grasp each subject very well. This book is NOT aimed at any particular distro release just Linux itself, this, i loved, considering most books on Linux normally cover the 3 main big distro's (ie: the Linux Bible series)
Wished I had paid £30 for this now because it is worth every pence.
830 pages of useful information on Linux.
I like the way the author goes in-depth on the networking side of things, this really helped me a lot.
Should you buy it if you new to Linux? YES
How about if your fairly good with Linux? YES
This is the only book you will need, those 'Linux Bible" books in my opinion are a waste of money, they only focus or the 3 big distros and aren't that very In-Depth at all.
Now all you need is the Command Pocket Guide (a book full of shell commands)