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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.4469
EAN: 9781886411357
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 1886411352
Label: No Starch Press
Manufacturer: No Starch Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 290
Publication Date: June 15, 2000
Publisher: No Starch Press
Sales Rank: 816888
Studio: No Starch Press
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Rating:  - A great practical book...
The Linux Problem Solver is that and more. As a new Linux user, I am developing an appreciation of this book in a hurry! The organization of this book is straightforward and logical, each chapter covering an essential topic of making Linux work and how to return it to working order when it stops working right, or getting it to work right after you've made an incorrect change. The author spends a chapter discussing things such as client networking, file systems, networking with Windows and Apples, ... Read More
Rating: - Nice piece of work, but needed a little more
I initially felt the title was a little misleading. However, it might be more an interpretation issue of what a "problem solver" is. I initially interpreted that as "trouble shooter". This books does not cover that aspect of administering a Linux system. Still, the format of "what to do when this occurs" is extremely useful, especially for Linux newbies. If you want the nuts and bolts of administering a Linux system, look elsewhere. However, this has a lot of places where I said, "Hey, what didn't I ... Read More
Rating: - Job Handbook
It's no coincidence I use this book as the authoritative reference when I'm at work: I'm lucky enough to claim the author as our local unix god.
Anytime something on our network of several hundred linux boxes causes me to scratch my head, I ask Mr. Ward what to do and he replies "It's in the book." Invariably, it is, and he's already covered the specific problems I'm encountering.
The Linux Problem Solver is blunt about which programs are horrible and should be avoided, and which ... Read More
Rating: - Best Book Ever -- therefore Best Linux Book Ever
If you were going to be stranded on a deserted island for the remainder of your pathetic existence and you were allowed only 5 books to keep -- what books would you want? For me there would be Dante's Comedy, the Bible, the Complete Works of Shakespeare, In Search of Lost Time, and.......The Linux Problem Solver by Brian Ward. I know what your thinking -- How am I going to run Linux on this island I'm staying on? Well, the great thing about Linux is that it's "Platform Indepedent." Yes many Linux machines ... Read More
Rating:  - Publishers should stop ruining computer books.
Brian Ward writes a good book on Linux Problems. He writes about all the things which took time and trouble out of his own life to figure out. Since he's a good writer, and he doesn't have a burning desire to show us 2 screen shots per page, he manages to do all this in only 240 pages.
His editor and publisher don't feel they could charge 40 bucks for the book without another 40 pages of index, extended table of contents, and a cdrom. The margins get wider, and the information content goes way down...
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