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| Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Power Users | 
| Authors: Christopher Negus, Francois Caen
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 65996
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 307
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0470082917
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.432
EAN: 9780470082911
ASIN: 0470082917
Publication Date: November 28, 2007
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Product Description
In this handy, compact guide, you?ll explore a ton of powerful Fedora Linux commands while you learn to use Fedora Linux as the experts do: from the command line. Try out more than 1,000 commands to find and get software, monitor system health and security, and access network resources. Then, apply the skills you learn from this book to use and administer desktops and servers running Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or any other Linux distribution.
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A detailed desk resource December 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although the copyright inside my cover reads 2008, the examples inside are about two years old from Fedora 6 and 7. For example, much of chapter 2 is outdated. However, that doesn't detract from the rest of the info inside, which is a goldmine. Get this book!
Very helpful so far July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i am somewhat new to linux and i am finding this book useful. It is well organized and has most of the commands I am looking for in RHEL 5. Any other books for starters folks would recommend?
Refreshing and Updated for Power Users February 11, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is practically "perfect" (sorry if sounds exaggerated) for the following reasons:
1 In less than 260 pages (340 considering appendixes) quickly covers a wide and useful selection of topics
2 The text is updated to the latest improvements in EVERY subject
3 Very easy to read and follow with or without a computer at hand
4 Command line oriented
Let me explain:
1 From the Table of Contents you may see the book covers practically everything most users will need when using a Linux as Server or Desktop; that selection of subjects was really well calculated and provides with a mix that is rarelly found. Also, the "depth" for the provided information was carefully calibrated in order to show the most useful situations (by the way avoiding being boring with nerdy configurations)
The authors provide with a minimal and informal introducion to every subject, and next use a good selection of samples for illustration.
2 Surprisingly, all chapters were written taking into account a lot of "modern" improvements in distro/commands/kernel. Every old-Linux user may appreciate here the giant advances made by Linux to the point that practically every subject is now simple to manage (or at least not esoteric.)
3 As I have several years using Linux, most of the material presented was familiar (with a lot of "modern" surprises), but the organization and style did let me follow all the text without needing to test the examples or configurations in order to understand anything. At least for me, it is a big bonus.
4 99% of the recipes and examples apply to the command line (with some mentions to the graphical front-ends). This may be sad for new users, but very important for administrators or users that look for "maximum flexibility", or "task automation" or work in "server environments" where the GUI is not allowed or discouraged.
Go from user to power user in 300 easy pages February 2, 2008
This book is a fantastic way to take your tinkering to the realm of true Linux mastery. Christopher Negus has written some of the best comprehensive Linux guides on the market, but here he has slimmed down the advice into tried and true command line tips that -- once you've learned a few of them -- will have your boss singing your praises, and friends calling you for advice. [...]
Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this slim, portable, and power-packed book. You won't regret it!
Perfect Book for Power Users Wanting to Extend Their Skills December 30, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Hey folks... I've been an RHCE since 2000, training RHCEs since 2003, and "doing Linux" since 1996.
What I like:
The three big things that I like about Linux Toolbox are:
1) It concisely shows you how to use the Linux command line to solve many of the most common personal and administrative tasks.
2) It uses the proven "learn by doing" method to show the reader how to just "get stuff done" from the Linux command line.
3) What really sets this book apart from other "next level" type books is its well thought layout and how they organized the content in a quickly accessible way. Negus & Caen split the content out by Shell stuff, Working w/Files, Text Manipulation, Multimedia, Administration, Backups, Networking, etc.. . Well thought out and quickly useful as an on-hand reference.
So who should buy this book?
I see it being a "best fit" for two groups of people:
1) Technical users and admins who want to become more competent on the command line and be able to do ten times more work thought automation (scripting).
2) Windows power users who want to become more savvy on the Linux side (Linux power user wannabes). Especially those who need to get Linux CLI/shell proficient quickly (such as Windows sys-admins who have had Linux forced on them)
Old Timers Too:
The cool thing is that even if you've been using Linux for years (as I have), there are still useful "Oooo.. cool!" moments peppered throughout the book. Do you know how to properly (and quickly) get the most out of classic power tools like find, sed, awk, case, and tr? Are you armed with experience in all the newer ueber tools such as screen, dmidecode, growisofs? Do you know how to do software RAID from the command line (mdadm) or know how to build & control LVM via its command line tools? If you answered "no" to any of these.. you should check check out Linux Toolbox.
Negus and Caen have a winner here. Good job guys.
Tweeks
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