Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible [With 2 CD-ROMs]

by Jaldhar Vyas and David B. Harris

Book Overview

Comprehensive, beginning-to-advanced coverage of Debian GNU/Linux, which boasts an estimated installed base of 1.75 million servers and a year-to-year growth rate of 25 percent Debian GNU/Linux is free, supported by HP, and is often cited as the most stable and reliable Linux distribution-which makes it a great alternative for users put off by Red Hat's pricey Enterprise Linux and unsupported Fedora Written by an active and widely recognized member...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764576445
• ISBN13: 9780764576447
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Book!

I needed this book mostly for reference with the new Debian Operating System I installed. It's written for 3.1 and I installed 5.0 but it still is very valid. I would recommend this to users new to Debian. Helps a lot.

Informative

This is a good book to have when u want to learn about Debian linux.

Good "bible" for beginners and those who wish to solve most common problems easily

This book is definitly not intended for professionals, and definition of "bible" is questionable when book deals with big things such as Debian. Of course this book can't solve every possible problem or show you everything. In order to achieve that, it should have few thousands pages :) However, it will serve you well if you wish a complete guidance in installing debian on common pc platforms and configuring it. It will give you good practical understanding of all linux and debian specific things needed for fast start and will cover most of things you might want to do. Some things You can no expect from this book: this book won't teach you for instance how to build stealth internet server and cover detailed configuration of every aspect of it, it won't teach you how to become supreme administrator etc. But it will give you ability to set up system(desktop, internet server, intranet server), set up desktop, set up samba and connect your server with windows machines, set up dhcp the way most of people need, set up mail system and tell you most things you need to know about it, set up apache and lot more... If you prefer theory, it can also be found in the book. To summarize, it will cover almost every aspect of system that normal beginner/intermediate user will need to set up whether you need to set up desktop system or server. And most of all, it will give you a solid base for solving any additional problem by consulting other resources such as internet, newsgroups etc. It is written in plain, understandable English so anyone could read it and start using this fabulous os.

A Good Book!

A Very good book for Debian GNU/Linux starters. This book can serve a guide for who want to jump into Debian world. A special Deban specific things are mentioned in each chapters. 'Developer' part of Book and Chapter 4: Package Management is great to read. The only downside is that book should have Sarge DVD instead of Minimal Sarge and Knoppix CD.

Great place to start

A new user of Linux, especially Debian (which doesn't necessarily cater to the needs of new users), might easily feel swamped by the enormous amount of information one is faced with. I was skeptical about the book, having had bad experiences with other titles that promised to be "bibles," but I was pleasantly surprised. The chapters are logically arranged, and the writing is very clear. The reader has to do his/her part, of course, and go beyond the examples provided and start doing things alone. The book does a great job of giving the reader "the idea" about how things should be done. Quite a large number of topics are covered in the 600+ pages, but I've seen tomes well over 1000 pages that could have been reduced to less than half as much, and would have benefitted in clarity as a result. For an overview of how and why Debian is different from other distributions, The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques by Martin Krafft explains it all. For those wanting to learn more about development (programming) after reading Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible, then I would also recommend Linux Programming by Example (by Arnold Robbins).