Running Linux, Fourth Edition

Description: After reading all the glorious reviews I could only believe this was the book I needed, being a relative newbie. Although I have found much usefullness in the book, I am disappointed nevertheless and will be looking for another. My main complaints with this book are: 1) The back cover states that, "_Running Linux_ explains everything you need to understand, install, and start using the Linux operating system." Then the author states several times in the book that if you are new to unix/linux you may want to buy a book on the subject! 2) This Third Edition, published in 1999, reads like an older edition at times. For example, I doubt that Chapters 2 and 3 regarding installation are useful to anyone installing a modern ditro, except maybe Debian. In fact these chapters would probably only be confusing - with their descriptions of installing from floppy, etc. 3) The book also goes to great length to point out Linux's superiority over all things Microsoft, and it's not always accurate in t .. ISBN: 0596002726 Release Date: 15 December, 2002 List Price: $31.47 Author: Matt Welsh, Lar Kaufman, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Terry Dawson Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Last Updated: 06/26/2003

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