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The Linux Cookbook, Second Edition
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by Michael Stutz
Sales Rank: 139575
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List Price: $39.95
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Paperback: 829 pages
Publisher: No Starch Press; 2nd edition August 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593270313
ISBN-13: 978-1593270315
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
Product Review
"Definitely to be kept close at hand if you're not a Linux wizard" -- Network World, November 29, 2004 http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/112904gearhead.html
"Unless you're expert at everything, you'll find helpful material. There are pointers to esoteric utilities you've probably never heard of." -- PCUnix.com, October 2004
"Well worth getting." -- ;login: December 2004
A fact-filled book that's well composed and easy to reference You should have a copy close at hand. -- Lockergnome, July 4, 2005
Michael Stutz's acclaimed Linux Cookbook now appears in its updated second edition, packing in tips and techniques for everyday applications. -- Midwest Book Review, December, 2004
Stutz' Linux Cookbook doubled in size from 402 to over 800 pages. -- ;login:, December 2004
This book contains an amazing amount of hard to find information on specific Linux commands. -- Security Forums Dot Com, October 31, 2004
Product Description
The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition is your guide to getting the most out of Linux. Organized by general task (such as working with text, managing files, and manipulating graphics), each section contains a series of step-by-step recipes that help you to get your work done quickly and efficiently, most often from the command line. Nearly 50 percent larger than the first edition, this new edition includes hundreds of new recipes as well as new sections on package management; file conversion; multimedia; working with sound files (including OGG and MP3); Vi text editing; advanced text manipulation; and more. Perfect as an introduction to Linux, or as a desktop reference for the seasoned user. Covers the major Linux distributions. "the next best thing to having your own personal guru." -- UnixReview.com (praise for the first edition)
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use (Paperback)
Linux may be cool, but the documentation is horrible. There are tons of inconsistent HOWTO files, out of date FAQs, and a bunch of programmers that don't really see the problem. Whenever you want to do anything with Linux, you usually have to read every piece of documentation out there, and basically reverse-engineer a solution. Most commercial Linux books for beginners (or at least for people who don't dig through C++ on a daily basis) are not well laid out. I should know - I wrote several chapters in one a few years back. They are usually organized by major system - a chapter on installation, one for video, one for sound, one for networking, and so on. But what if you want to write a book? Or record an album? Unless you can dig around on the web to find someone else doing the same thing, you are out of luck. I'm glad that a book like this is out there. First, it is much more theoretical and philisophical than most approaches. That means it doesn't matter if you have RedHat 7.0 or 7.1 or whatever. It's just like if you are using a cookbook to make food - it doesn't matter if you use fresh-squeezed orange juice or Minute Maid orange juice, other than the difference in taste and texture - the basic lessons still apply. I haven't seen other No Starch books, so I don't know if the look and feel is specific or part of the series, but it works. It's not a glossy, corporate taste - it's easy to flip through and fun to use. After reading a few pages to solve a problem, you're suddenly reading for hours and realizing that there are a lot of other things you could be doing with Linux - and that's the point. People don't need to be programmers to use a computer, and people can use their computer for more than email, web browsing and minesweeper. It's like you wanted a recipe to make some hamburgers, and you find a dozen new dishes you'll want to try for the next few weeks. Great approach overall, and it's also very cool that you can download the entire thing for free at dsl.org, if you want to check it out first, or just have a copy on your local hard drive. I wish more books did this. Overall, very excellent! Now I just need some more time to try out all of the things I've seen in here...
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The Linux Cookbook, Second Edition
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