Reviews for RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) (Certification Press)

1. Not as good as the newer "Red Hat® Certified Technician & Engineer (RHCT and RHCE) Training Guide and Administrator's Reference"

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2010

   This book is ok but it doesnt go into details as much as its competitor Red Hat® Certified Technician & Engineer (RHCT and RHCE) Training Guide and Administrator's Reference. If you are going to get a RHCE-certifcation though I suggest you buy both books since they
   in some parts have a slightly different approach and I promise you, you need all the approaches you can get for the exam!
   I managed to get a RHCE by only reading this 2 books and solving the prepquestions at Redhats website. (however I been in to linux for 17 years)

2. Good structure for revision, but too many factual errors

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2010

   The structure of the book is very good for going over all the topics that you need to include, and includes some useful hints about the exam. However there were a few too many factual errors for it to be a useful guide by itself. For example, some config files are not as described in the book (any version of RHEL5), some defaults are not as described, and so on.
   
   I would recommend buying this book for the structure, in helping to revise for the exam, but not to learn the actual content. Read the RedHat documentation for that.

3. I would recommend this book

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, December 12th, 2009

   I would recommend this book. I used it for my RHCT exam and it really helped me pass. The labs are really useful. The author explains things very well and I would not have passed without it.

4. Disappointed

   Rated 2 out of 5 stars, November 12st, 2009

   I guess any structured tutorial is better than none, but I found this book somewhat amateurish and (hence) non-authoritative. Explanations of some material that I already know reduce the credibility of new material explanations.

5. Nice book, although should be reviewed by author

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2009

   Nice book with a lot of valuable informations, but some of them are out of date (like /etc/inittab schema)
   Linux is not the same like 2 years ago, it changes every month.