Linux : The Complete Reference
by
Richard Petersen
Bk&Cd Rom Edition
Paperback, 840 pages
Published by Osborne McGraw-Hill
Publication date: June 1, 1996
Dimensions (in inches): 9.03 x 7.30 x 1.30
Synopsis From Amazon.com:
Covering everything from installation and other basics to advanced features such as troubleshooting and programming, this book takes readers of every skill level of this popular operating system. With an emphasis on communications and connectivity, it tea
ches users how to take advantage of Linux's tremendous networking potential.
Customer Comments
steve@win95hq.com, 06/14/97, rating=1:
Linux: The Incomplete Reference
I purchased this book based on the limited knowledge that I had of the Linux operating system, and hoping for a title that would be a good desktop reference on the subject. I was very dissapointed upon receipt of the book to find out that it is basically
a reference book that assumes the buyer wishes to shell out more money to purchase the Caldera Desktop to use as a Linux system.
While I will not comment on Caldera Desktop (due to my limited knowledge of Linux and the fact that all I saw of the Caldera Desktop was the "lite" version that was included with the book), I would urge other purchasers to save their money and p
urchase a book that lives up to its promise more than this one.
This is not the complete reference to Linux as the title may suggest, this is the incomplete reference to Caldera Desktop Lite; (which is incomplete itself as it ships with this title, owing to the fact that it is the "lite" version.) The actual
installation of the Caldera Desktop as it ships with the CD is not as straightforward as it should be, and it ships with an older version of the Redhat kernel.
To give credit where credit is due, I do believe the book itself to be relatively well written and if a user has decided that the Caldera Desktop is the interface that they wish to use on their Linux box then this may be a book that you wish to make a par
t of your collection, if you are undecided, I would suggest moving along to find another title.
Steve Nelson
Don Durham don@ramat-negev.org.il, 05/17/97, rating=1:
Caveat emptor!
This book doesn't live up to it's promise.
It comes with a CD of Caldera Lite supposedly
to give the buyer an immediate hands on start
to Linux. Be warned! The installation routine
as it comes on this CD will NOT install Linux
on your computer without knowledgable intervention. The setup points to the WRONG directory for the install files, and if you are foolish enough to try to use it on a computer with Windows 95 it WILL do a number on the Master Boot Record. Caldera does NOT
support this version, claiming that it is outdated. They claim to be trying to influence publishers to cease and desist from continued distribution of this version of Caldera Lite. Check with Caldera on
www.caldera.com before buying any of their products.
- Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Linux Operating System
2. Installing Linux
3. Getting Started with Linux
4. The Caldera Desktop
5. Shell Operations
6. The Linux File Structure
7. File Management Operations
8. Electronic Mail
9. Usenet and Newsreaders
10. Internet Tools
11. The World Wide Web
12. Internet Servers
13. Remote Access
14. Filters
15. The Bourne Again Shell (BASH)
16. The TCSH Shell
17. The Vi Editor
18. The Emacs Editor
19. Device Configuration
20. Network Administration
App. A: Hardware Boot Parameters
App. B: Configuring the X-Windows System
App. C: Software Packages Included on the Caldera CD-ROM
App. D: Creating Nonstandard Install Diskettes
Index
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