Customer Review: I purchased this book thinking it would help me learn Linux Shell Programming. It did not. First, the material is too high level. Second, some of us are still constrained to the original Bourne shell. The book does not cover the Bourne shell. For example, why does the following script not work:more info
Customer Review: These are the comments needed to understand Linux code, very helpful and thorough. The authors are knowledgeable, and explain the material well.
Customer Review: im not in the habit of writing reviews but i got my rhce certification
and a lot of my study time was with this book i did took the red hat course with it so my recomendation is if u want the rhce cert take the course & read the book this book is a great study tool to acompany u thurgth... more info
Customer Review: The book covers in detail changes in the 2.6 kernel for driver developers including the various class es out there. It is an easy read and gives some good examples.
Customer Review: I confirm all that has been said. It is the first source I have found that explains building the linux kernel in a way that makes it easy to understand. While you might be able to find this information on the net, this makes it easy to get an overall view of what is going on. It is easy to... more info
Customer Review: This book consists of one large section that is mostly distilled man pages, along with more specialized chapters later on. Emacs, vi, bash, sed and gawk are all covered in detail. This book is my main reference for bash, vi, sed and gawk, as I am an Emacs and Z Shell user. Despite the material in... more info
Customer Review: I was looking for a reference book that I could read without having to spend hours at the computer surfing the Web. Linux has progressed to the point where minimal command line interaction is necessary and installation has now become an easy task. I've been a PC user since the late 70's and have... more info