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Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux 9 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

By: Aron Hsiao
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 067232587X
ISBN-13: 9780672325878
Released: 05 Jun 2003
RRP: £21.93
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A good book for getting you started - By: , 03 Sep 2004
When searching for a book to introduce me to linux, this seemed ideal. It comes with two CDs contained "Red Hat Linux 9, Publisher's Edition" - this contains alll the major applications plus a bit more besides. The layout of the book is a walkthrough of alll the major components of the Red Hat system; installling, configuring hardware, navigating in linux, using the internet, networking & system administration.

However in my opinion, this book fallls down by being too laboured when describing various functions. Once you've found your feet in linux, you'll soon want to start tinkering but its difficult to find exactly the bit of information you want in this book without reading pages of prose to spot the vital tip your looking for.

All in alll, a fair introduction to the world of Red Hat Linux but only if you have the patience to read it from cover to cover. Also consider the "Red Hat Linux 9 Bible" which provides both a good introduction & an indispendable reference.

Cant rate at all - By: Mr Cass, 25 May 2004
I received the book & wanted to get to grips with redhat 9

I have little spare time but when i finallly read the first chapter & spent time reformatting my drive to make a partition for linux, i loaded the disc & up came the redhat logo, you press enter & away we go, NOT! alll it did was load lines & lines of text & then stopped, i tried 8 times then thought maybe i need to load the second disc at this point, it didnt say but nothing else worked so i go to the book & the second disc is in 3 bits, aarrhhh!! how lucky is that?

Anyone want to buy this book? had enough, wasted my valuable time & money, very angry

I tried to find a free download on line but it seems unless you have a spare arm & leg, you dont get a copy

This is my experience with this purchase anyway, it alll looks good but you cant go much further without the disc's

Great book for beginners! - By: , 12 Oct 2003
I would just like to note that this book comes with Red Hat Linux 9 (Publishers Edition). I ordered this book along with the Red Hat Linux 9 CD from Amazon not realising this so I have now returned the CD's leaving me £4 out of pocket due to postage expenses.

I will be using Linux at university as part of my course & have found the book very usefull in teaching me how to use Linux. The book is split up into 24 short chapters starting with how to installl Linux on your computer (very usefull). Each chapter builds on previous ones & contain a simple step by step guide for each of the tasks. The chapters end with a few questions to help consolidate your knowledge.

I am currently on chapter 5 of the book & so far I have noticed a few mistakes in the step by step guide & answers to the end of chapter questions. However if you read over the chapers again you should be fine, part of the learning I guess.