Linux Books

You can set up a Samba-Server without this book, -- in fact without any book at all -- but I had to do some fine tuning and I found this book extremly useful. The reference is complete, and meets the newest edition of Samba. It is really a great book and I can recommend it.

This book is a great book for setting up samba!

This is a very well written book for a novice. It explains from very basic materials to a fairely advanced material. What I like about this book is that it covers linux development environments ( debugging micros, linux utility tools...) that many linux programming books neglect, but something we should know. Writing style is also very clear. Overall, very good book for a novice and intermideate programmer.

I have had this book for a number of years now.
For anyone managing a large Unix installation of SCO Unix servers
this is a great book. Well written, by technical people, for
technical people.

It is unfortunately not relevant to anyone who DOES NOT have
SCO Unix 3.2.v4.2 ( You could use it as a general guide on
Unix performance tuning and lose the specifics of the kernel
parameters I suppose ).

I have a large ( 50 SCO Unix servers ) site and this book has been invaluable.

I just wish they would do a book on Unixware 7.11 or Open Unix 8
to this depth.

I think this book is the only one to cover such a broad variety of free security tools. It focuses in particular on the pros and cons of using them in a business setting, including details such as the availability of support, functionality, and ease of use.

There are some very useful grids or feature matrices when a specific product category offers multiple solutions. These are very useful as they allow you to tell at a glance which products have what features. From there you can quickly rule out the products which do not meet your needs.

Grab one at a book store and flip through it, the writing is easy to digest and "friendly" without sounding too clinical.

This distribution of Linux is excellent. It has great networking ability, and it is easy to add and remove users from the system. It has a good installer that lets you choose what you want, and is easy to set up x in. If you have linux experience, this distribution or the SuSE distribution are for you. if you are a newbie, you might want to go with redhat or caldera.

I am from a company where we use Imake regularly for our sofware builds. Yet, very few people knew about this topic and those who knew were too busy to share it. I found this book extremely useful in understanding the details of Imake. I created my own macros and rules using it and successfully deployed them. Great book!

As a complete beginner the thought of learning a new programming language was daunting. I looked at a lot of other books and none of them seemed to cater to the 'complete novice'. Then I happened to pick up this book. What I found was a clear and concise introduction to the language. The lessons are short and to the pint and the scripts give a good practical way of learning. Since reading this I have been able to begin writing my own scripts and intergrating them into php.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to learn SQL. An excellent introduction to the basics and fundamentals of the language.

I've worked with Midrange systems for over 25 years and I can tell you this is not a good book, it's a great book. If you're an iSeries or AS/400 administrator, you need this book. If you're a programmer on the iSeries, you need this book. If you're studying to prepare for IBM Certification as an AS/400 System Administrator, you need this book.

The Starter Kit covers everything you're likely to need including messaging, CL, Backup and Recovery strategy, general system administration, security, work management, database concepts and much more.

The code samples alone are worth many times the price of the book and the authors not only understand the system, they explain it with a sense of humor. This book is a bargain.

Jeff Gunter

Hey folks... I've been an RHCE since 2000, training RHCEs since 2003, and "doing Linux" since 1996.

What I like:
The three big things that I like about Linux Toolbox are:
1) It concisely shows you how to use the Linux command line to solve many of the most common personal and administrative tasks.
2) It uses the proven "learn by doing" method to show the reader how to just "get stuff done" from the Linux command line.
3) What really sets this book apart from other "next level" type books is its well thought layout and how they organized the content in a quickly accessible way. Negus & Caen split the content out by Shell stuff, Working w/Files, Text Manipulation, Multimedia, Administration, Backups, Networking, etc.. . Well thought out and quickly useful as an on-hand reference.

So who should buy this book?
I see it being a "best fit" for two groups of people:
1) Technical users and admins who want to become more competent on the command line and be able to do ten times more work thought automation (scripting).
2) Windows power users who want to become more savvy on the Linux side (Linux power user wannabes). Especially those who need to get Linux CLI/shell proficient quickly (such as Windows sys-admins who have had Linux forced on them)

Old Timers Too:
The cool thing is that even if you've been using Linux for years (as I have), there are still useful "Oooo.. cool!" moments peppered throughout the book. Do you know how to properly (and quickly) get the most out of classic power tools like find, sed, awk, case, and tr? Are you armed with experience in all the newer über tools such as screen, dmidecode, growisofs? Do you know how to do software RAID from the command line (mdadm) or know how to build & control LVM via its command line tools? If you answered "no" to any of these.. you should check check out Linux Toolbox.

Negus and Caen have a winner here. Good job guys.

Tweeks