Reviews for UNIX (Visual QuickStart Guides)

1. Great for beginners

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2003

   This book is an excellent starting point for anyone using linux. I was a windows user up to recently, but now I've switched to linux and have found this book to be really helpful. It explains how to do the essential and basic things that can be baffling when you start.
   I bought this book because I wanted to know more about doing tasks in the command line (shell) rather than GUI based applications because that's where I believe the power of linux lies for a developer. It provided me an excellent quick reference of how to do simple tasks (with clear examples) and saved me having to trawl less than user friendly web sites and tutorials (that often complicate what you want to do).
   Althought this book is not a comprehensive guide, it covers enough to get you familar with linux so you can do the main things required by any user.
   I think I will have this book for a long time as a reference and I am very happy with the book overall.

2. A good book to get you going.

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 2000

   I was new to Unix a year ago and was looking for a book that showed me how to do the basics easily and quickly. This book does exactly that - it is task based and I still dip into it today when I need reminding. If you want to be a Unix geek then this is NOT the book for you. It IS what it says it is - a visual quickstart guide. Well recommended and at this price very good value.

3. Awful

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 1999

   How can such a person write such rubbish. I was so disapointed at what the book had to offer. Just have a quick look at the online help and you can learn more in a second than you can in an hour with the book, I myself will never buy a quick start book again and I recomend you look at a different type of book.

4. Outstanding book..!!

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 1999

   I am new to unix and I thought it was an excellent source of information without getting too complicated. I started with linux and soon will be doing FreeBSD. THis book worked great to help me with my linux.

5. Extremely easy to read and understand.

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 1999

   If you are just starting out in the Unix environment, this is a great book. From the get-go, the books leads you to a basic understanding of Unix without overloading you with complex terms and structures.