Using Linux

by Bill Ball and William H. Ball

More and more people are beginning to choose Linux for its performance, endurance, and stability. This complete reference shows the reader how to install, manage, and use Linux systems productively.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789716232
• ISBN13: 9780789716231
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This is still the BEST Linux book on my bookshelf!

I have been using Linux since the mid 80's. I even give lectures at College about Linux. I have a large amount of books on Linux; but this is by far the best of these. Whenever I need to do something difficult with Linux, this is the first (and usually the only) book in which I look for the solution. It is not perfect; but it is the best you'll get.

Excellent all-in-one guide for new users of Linux

This book covers everything that a new Linux user needs to get a system up and running, and how to use Linux effectively and productively.

Excellent book for beginners.

This is a great book for beginners of Linux OS (Red Hat Version). The format is a simplified step by step howto on the basics of "using" the OS & system utilities. This book can shave months off the Linux learning curve. It does not have all the detailed answers, but can point you in the right direction of where to start looking in the "free" HOWTOS off the internet & cdroms (i.e. you can't find an answer if you don't know the question). Problems with other books are "too much or too little" info to get started. This book aims to give just the right amount of information. I believe there is NO one perfect book on Linux OR Unix period. The only problem I have with this book is that I wish it were published when I first started "Using Linux".

Must have for beginning/intermediate users

If you are a new/intermediate user of Red Hat Linux this is a must have book. My favorite thing about this book is that it covers in simple step-by-step fashion many of the things you want to do with Linux. I keep this book with in arms reach of my systems as it servers as a great reference as well as a tutorial. It is not a "complete" reference, but then again a "complete" Linux reference could not have the detail this book has. The book is very focused on Red Hat Linux, and if that is not the distribution you are using, you might find that aspect would turn you off to this book.

Outstanding!

This book is the absoloute must-have book for all Linux users, from Newbies to Gurus. Not just another Linux distribution CD-ROM with a book stuck on for good measure, this book explains, in the clearest possible language, almost every possible command, program, and the internal workings of the Linux O.S.. Written specifically for the RedHat 5.0 distribution, it is nevertheless a most usefull book for any Linux system, or for that matter most other Unix systems as well. As the owner of better than twenty books on Linux and other Unix systems, this is the one that stays on my desktop within quick reach.