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| carlitos 2002-12-05, 7:19 pm |
| my local book store has the linux bible 8
it comes with 3 CDs that include red hat 8 and some extra software
the cover price is $50
but it has 20% off
anyone here ever used the linux bibles?
i am intersted because i am new to linux and it seems that the book covers alot info ( over 1000 pages)
or if you can recomend a different book that comes wiht CDs with the OS i will appreciate your help
thanks guys | |
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| Boulware5 2002-12-05, 11:02 pm |
| I have looked through thos Red Hat bibles book and it didn't seem like the greatest book for the newbie. It goes into configuring FTP, Apache, etc - which is great for the intermediate, but the complete newb....maybe not. Plus it's a really big book, which could be intimidating.
The book I am using as one of the many resources for myself is this:
http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/prod_images/361/30816361.jpg
Buy.com is selling it for $13; can't beat that. It goes for $20 at the store. Don't buy the bible book because it has the RH 8.0 CDs - you can easily download those for free.
Let me also add....Don't go to bookpool.com without first checking out the lowest price at a place like http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/ Why pay more than you have to.
And if you don't want to spend any money, there are TONS of Linux sites we can overwhelm you with that teach you the basics. | |
| carlitos 2002-12-05, 11:15 pm |
| thanks for the input guys | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2002-12-06, 6:34 am |
| I found the Bible books to be pretty good, and pretty complete. A bit detailed for the absolute newbie, but a good value for the money and should have everything that you need to get up to speed on Linux. | |
| carlitos 2002-12-10, 3:05 pm |
| i got both the bible and the one recomended by boulware5
i will be back with more Qs as i proceed\
thannks guys | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2002-12-10, 3:11 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by carlitos
i got both the bible and the one recomended by boulware5
i will be back with more Qs as i proceed\
thannks guys
You should be set then! Happy hacking! | |
| Freed177 2002-12-22, 9:19 pm |
| I found the linux+ Bible very imcomplete. For a newbe, It takes for granted that you know the commands. The labs are poor.Just was not what I expected for a book writen for a newbe...Looking for a book with step by step labs that are geared to a very newbe to command line enviroment. | |
| Boulware5 2002-12-22, 9:32 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Freed177
I found the linux+ Bible very imcomplete. For a newbe, It takes for granted that you know the commands. The labs are poor.Just was not what I expected for a book writen for a newbe...Looking for a book with step by step labs that are geared to a very newbe to command line enviroment.
You can probably find some better information on the web for the complete newbie than you can in a Linux+ book...
http://www.linuxnewbieguide.com/ is one of the better for the total newbie. | |
| Freed177 2002-12-23, 3:26 pm |
| Thank you, The site is useful for a newbie like me to linux. Does anyone know a good book with good step by step labs In it. I hate to say it on this form but any like the ones in the microsoft press books.good walk throughs on setting up networks. not takeing for granted you know already. |
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