Not a kid's review | Complete Idiot's Guide to UNIX (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

It is the ways to learn UNIX | Complete Idiot's Guide to UNIX (The Complete Idiot's Guide) | Bill Wagner

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	• Complete Idiot's Guide to UNIX (The Complete Idiot's Guide) Bill Wagner Alpha, 1998 - 412 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful Intro to UNIX

From this book's inner jacket (A Quick Reference guide and a Command Reference guide) to the reference information provided at its end, this book provides an excellent introduction to the world of UNIX. Even "seasoned" UNIX users can pick up a few facts from here, like the "history" of UNIX, the numerous UNIX operating system "flavors," and even troubleshooting common system problems.

But there's much more here. There are chapters devoted to topics like the different UNIX "shells" (and their descriptions), file manipulation (along with opening, editing, saving, and printing files), working with the X Windows system, UNIX text editors like vi and emacs, and even how UNIX and the 'Net are intertwined with each other.

One more thing I liked about this book (besides the wonderful diagrams and screen captures) was the attention paid to describing various UNIX commands and their options. That really helps to "de-mystify" this operating system.

Even though I'm more of an "intermediate" UNIX user, I've searched for a long time for a good introductory UNIX book. I'd say this one definitely fits the bill.

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Not a kid's review

This is a great review for any beginner who really knows nothing about UNIX. It's not boring and "text-bookish", but it's also not stupid and sappy, which is something that sometimes with books for beginners. Highly reccomended!

It is the ways to learn UNIX

Everybody likes easy to read books and I also assume that learning UNIX is not necessarily has to be a struggle. This book stood up to my expectations almost perfectly: it is very well written and clearly expressed work. It does not overwhelm with technical details and does not press too much. It is VERY descriptive and takes you snoothly from subject to subject. I also followed an advise in someone's review and purchased "UNIX Essentials" DVD that is complete unix course recorded. These two nicely complement one another. You watch it and you read it. If you didn't catch it from the first try you watch it again and read it again. In two months I found myself confident to that extend that gave advises to our system administrator and he accepted them because there were subjects that he wasn't completely sure. What I can say, in three month I passed my first interview and got a job! Sure it is a way to start and there are much more advanced reading, however these two provide you with the background !
I can't overstate how much I have learned from them. Don't be naive, though. You will have to learn and memorize many things. The fact of owning neither book nor DVD will not make you knowledgeable, but if you will work it trough, trust me, you will surprise many people around!

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The best first Unix book

I have formidable experience with different books on UNIX and related subjects and this one would be in the list of my favorites. It is very well written, very articulate; it goes into many subjects with great attention to details and so on. For a first time UNIX user, it may be used with Linux and UNIX for a beginner training suite, 4DVDs + 2CDs includes 4 Unix Academy Certifications ed.2008.
Highly recommended.

excellent treatment. The book is a resourceguide

This book is amazing. not only is it a good reference book for beginners to experts, it contains valuable references to sources outside of the book. McMullen makes no attempt at completing a thorough "UNIX bible." Rather he usese this book to illustrate the basics and use references and tools to find more information in addition to this book. I think that that aspect is what makes this book indispensible. The "UNIX for Dummies" is not as good as this one

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You know that UNIX is the standard operating system of the Internet, and you want--no, you need-- to get on board. You're no moron. It's something you can figure out. You would like a little lift, though. The Complete Idiot's Guide to UNIX is what you need to get up to speed quickly, and in good humor. This book gives you the straightforward scoop with the most real-world impact.

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