Linux All-in-One For Dummies at Dominant Systems Book Store

A complete guide and reference to five major Linux distributions

Linux continues to grow in popularity worldwide as a low-cost, reliable operating system for enterprise use. Nine minibooks in this guide cover everything administrators need to know about the five leading versions: Ubuntu, Fedora Core, OpenSUSE, Mint, and Mandriva. The companion DVD includes full Ubuntu installations and ISO images for the other four, saving hours of downloading time.

The open source Linux operating system is gaining market share around the world for both desktop and server use; this soup-to-nuts guide covers installation and everything else administrators need to know about Ubuntu, Fedora Core, OpenSUSE, Mint, and Mandriva
Nine self-contained minibooks cover Linux basics, desktops, networking, Internet, administration, security, Linux servers, programming, and scripting
Updated to cover the newest versions of the five top distributions, with complete installation instructions and a DVD including the full Ubuntu installations and ISO images for the others

Linux users and administrators will be able to install and sample five popular Linux flavors with the information in Linux All-in-One For Dummies.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Customer Reviews & Comments
Naba Barkakati has written a grand total of 3 Amazon CUSTOMER reviews, all three being for books by... Naba Barkakati! Amazingly, he feels that all three books are worthy of the full 5 stars and each review is enthusiastically entitled "Great reference: Best buy!". As someone who relies on customer reviews and the accompanying star ratings to help me sort the wheat from the chaf when deciding what books to buy, I resent any author who attempts to cheat the system like this - it lacks style and is, plain and simple, Fraud, especially in the case of books that have made so little impact and garnered so few reviews (other than the author's). One of Barkakati's three books received a single customer rating of 2 out of 5 star. The addition of Barkakati's generous 5 out of 5 brought the overall total up to 3 and a half. I would also advise readers to cast a somewhat wary eye upon the two (allegedly) non-Bakakati reviews of his other two books; these 5 out of 5 raves may be genuine but it seems more than a little odd that such stunning masterpieces have each attracted only a single non-Bakakati review. If you take the time to look at other Linux books, you'll notice that the most highly-rated attract many reviews - a 5 star rating based on just one or two reviews is an anomaly. Customer reviews are meant to be written by CUSTOMERS i.e. independent evaluators with no personal, professional or financial interest. Even if Bakakati were a great writer, this sort of shilling undermines his credibility sufficiently for me to avoid his books like the plague - I would rather invest my money in time in books that a decent number of independent customers have adjudged as being worthwhile. PS I don't know Bakakati and have no personal or financial interest in this area, I'm just a reader annoyed at this sort of spammy abuse of a system that I find useful.

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