| UNIX for Dummies | 
| Authors: John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
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Pages: 408
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764541471
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.3682
EAN: 9780764541476
ASIN: 0764541471
Publication Date: January 30, 2004
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Product Description
- UNIX For Dummies has been the standard for beginning UNIX references for nearly ten years, and this latest edition continues that tradition of success
- This unparalled resource is updated to cover the latest applications of UNIX technology, including Linux and Mac desktops as well as how UNIX works with Microsoft server software
- Thorough coverage of how to handle UNIX installation, file management, software, utilities, networks, Internet access, and other basic tasks
- Aimed at the first-time UNIX desktop user growing accustomed to the ins and outs of the OS, as well as the beginning administrator who needs to get a handle on UNIX networking basics
- Written by John Levine and Margaret Levine Young, longtime UNIX experts and highly experienced For Dummies authors
Amazon.com Review
The title of this book invites comment. "Some things weren't meant for dummies and Unix is one of them," you might say. Wrong! Levine and Young take advantage of the Dummies format's strength with command-line operating systems. They flatten the learning curve and have even the greenest beginner doing useful work with Unix in mere hours. Once you get past a couple of pointless chapters about offering pizza to Unix experts in exchange for help, you'll find conceptual explanations of files, directories, permissions, and redirection. Command explanations take a hybrid form; they mix "type this verbatim" statements with tables showing switches and parameters. Much of Unix for Dummies is task-oriented. You'll find a whole chapter on printing, for example, that covers the commands you'll need to know to format and print a document on the right printer. Other chapters cover file searches, software installation, and X Windows navigation. The book also provides cursory coverage of four text editors--ED, vi, Emacs, and pico--but you learn little more than how to enter and save text in each. Levine and Young include an eminently useful "DOS-to-Unix Rosetta Stone" that immediately tells you, for example, that the approximate Unix equivalent of DOS's copy is cp. DOS experts who are new transplants to a Unix environment will appreciate this translation guide. The authors wrap up with a wealth of basic troubleshooting information and a command reference. This book, along with its companion, More Unix for Dummies, is the perfect choice for those who have no knowledge of Unix and need to learn it quickly.
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 Great choice for UNIX begginers October 16, 2008
This was my first UNIX book, back in 1998., and it was a great introduction. I always get sentimental when I see on the shelf! Ten years later, I can't imagine my life without Unix (in its various varieties) -- and I'm sure that this book deserves part of credit for that.
As I said, this is a great introduction -- but after reading it, you should immediately move to another, more advanced book.
 UNIX for Dummies September 20, 2008
UNIX for Dummies is a really good book for anyone who is learning about UNIX and how to do the commands and scripts. I used this book in college to help me get through UNIX.
Mary Carpenter
A reply to some really ODD reviews. May 21, 2008
First, this is a beginner's book. It does the job, no question. If you already know the basics of UNIX, skip it ... you won't learn that much. Buy O'Reilly or Power Tools or whatever you think will help you the most for the *specific* way you want to use UNIX.
For those of you who want to set up a BSD network, or Linux cluster...[sigh]...please buy a book on UNIX networks and/or Linux clusters. You will by no means master MPI or system's level programming in C with this book. What you will learn is a bit more than the very basics. What a directory structure is, how to create, delete, re-permission files, configure some of your user preferences, etc. You will be introduced to the UNIX paradigms that we all live with, and might or might not learn how to tweak the specific thing you're interested in (like "nice"-ness of processes, and the perfect ".alias.all" file, though you'll glimpse their existence). So .... use this to learn about UNIX, not how to use UNIX to automate your life. If you need to write a 200 line shell script, you should already know all this and more. If you want to organize and move some files around, and generally not be an ignoramus in UNIX, then this is as good a place to start as any. It will not, however, make you worthy of a black T-shirt and the title of SYS. ADMIN.
(My UNIX background is extensive, starting around '91, so while I am by no means a UNIX guru, I use it effectively without letting it become a hobby. For things I don't know or can't remember, I "man page", just like everyone else. I taught intro classes at the University level, and I *ONLY WISH* my students had come to me already knowing 25% of what's in this book! It is reasonable to learn only what is in this book, and stop forever unless your job/curriculum demands more. Many users never attain this level, yet function just fine in their "mostly-MSWindows" environments, using UNIX only occasionally.) If you need to pick up UNIX from scratch, don't fear this book. There's *plenty* to learn here. If you're already an NT/XP ADMIN, you aren't really a Dummy, now are you?
The Sam's 24-Hour book is quite good, costs nearly double, and I *GUARANTEE* it covers material you could care less about. PERL programming, for instance, would be a waste in my case. That is not UNIX, much like PHP is not "Internet For Dummies" material. Yes, it can be very useful, but it's a "related topic", at best. Since I have no skin in the game, pick whichever you like (or go with the cheaper option, would be my recomendation), and absorb as much as you can. Then go to work on your system. Nothing trumps usage to find out where and how you'll need to grow your skills.
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Great Book! April 17, 2007
This book is very good for the beginner. But no Unix book can teach everything. That's why I found it better to also buy the Unix Essentials DVD. It's way better when you have both. And it only costs $5,325.99. You need these DVDs. You really do! Hee hee! Just kidding. But I really am sick of all those fake reviews that advertise these over-priced DVDs!
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