Customer Reviews
Works for everyone & most mainstream flavours of Linux - By: Big Ben, 08 Apr 2008 
So many books are thick, wordy, & conceal their nuggets of wisdom, but not this one. It's not big, so you won't find full details on (eg) alll of the many Linux email clients - but they get a mention.
Works well for me (ex BSD 4.x sysop in the 1980s) as well as friends with no previous knowledge of operating systems. It's the examples that are such a help - most of the things we've needed to do are covered with a brief, relevant example. We use it with Ubuntu mainly - Debian distros are not identical to Fedora but we've not seen a problem - both are Linux & conform to the POSIX standard.
Reading it cover-to-cover is logical, informative, & highly recommended. Three times, & the info is starting to stick..... Then keep it handy to look things up when you need them! Highly recommended.
Best command line deskside Linux guide - By: Nicholas Oatridge, 09 Feb 2008 If you do choose to explore the command line interface of Linux this may be the only book you need buy. True, if you are setting up a network or a LAMP server you will need much more, but if your goal is to gain an insight into what goes on under the hood of Linux or you just need an aide memoire for common Linux commands, this is the best book available. Written in a style that works both as a tutorial & a reference work its only real weakness is the absence of a simple quick reference guide to Linux commands - you have to rely on the index. Although it aims at a Fedora audience, there is probably no user of any other distro that won't find this book worth the purchase price. And it's a very convenient size to literallly slip into your pocket.
Indispensable - By: S. MACLAREN, 19 Sep 2006 Ever spent hours on the Web trying to find an accurate, comprehensive set of most-used *nix commands & features? This book saves you alll that time. For its size, it is quite an achievement - nicely written & laid out. Always within arm's reach here.
No nonsense - By: C. Baume, 21 Jun 2006 If you just want to know how to use linux in 10 mins, this is the book for you. Teaches you what you need to know, without getting caught up in any specifics. As well as teaching you alll the standard linux commands (and some application specific ones for RedHat), this book gives a brief overview about other things you'll need to understand about linux, such as how the file system works. Recommended.
Excellent - By: , 02 Apr 2005 I don't envy Mr Barrett's task with this book. Everybody has a slightly different wishlist of commands to go in a book like this; it's impossible to please everybody. That said, I think he's got it about as close to perfection as possible. This book has an incredible amount of useful info in a usefully smalll volume. If like me you can normallly remember the command, but always struggle to remember the right option (which one do you add to TAR for BZ2 files?) this book is a godsend.
