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Pros
The author usually gives a few hints on the things that those who have not yet mastered the concept typically struggle with. This is much better than a cookbook style approach.
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Quality
Provided me with a solid level of technical detail
Amazing booki have only begun using linux about 4 weeks ago reasons of virtualization and hardware control and this is my first... Read More
The book is not nor does it claim to be an operating systems textbook like the little daemons bsd operating systems textbook
Best concept i extracted from this book is its section on devices
Competitiveness
For other areas i learned a great deal and realized some things i could be doing better
This is in contrast to operating systems such as microsoft windows and to a lesser extent os x which while unix based hides mos... Read More
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- This product had a total of 503 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 30 2024.
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Shipment came in a nicely boxedup package
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Im surprised considering its a paperback book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you are new to linux or a user of linux who understands how to get around but not the 34gory34 details under the hood you might purchase this book thinking that this will move you to having the knowledge to do all of the things you currently cant or are afraid to touch
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But that is simply because that level of knowledge would require at least 10 books this size if not more and you likely dont have the time for that
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For many of those concepts it will explain background information show a simple common use of relevant tools and usually provide information on where to get more information if you need to dig into a particular concept
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The author usually gives a few hints on the things that those who have not yet mastered the concept typically struggle with
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would strongly recommend reading it cover to cover initially and then keep it around as a 34refresherreference34 when you need to get into a particular concept before jumping into the man info pages and other books for the specific topic
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Best concept i extracted from this book is its section on devices
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