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A review by kawai
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook by Ben Whaley, Evi Nemeth, Trent R. Hein, Garth Snyder
5.0
It's a comprehensive guide to the operating system(s), written in an approachable and concise style. The explanations and examples are typically illustrative without being too complex, making the material useful for both the beginner and the expert.
If the book has one downfall, it's that the organization of the chapters is convoluted in places (mirroring the Linux filesystem itself, haha)--for example, early chapters on booting and system considerations therein recommend that the reader move FORWARD in the book to read several other chapters before coming back to read the chapter on bootloaders. It makes for an out-of-order read, and might have been better served with an alternative chapter organization.
Overall, highly recommended--it's a book the O'Reilly group is jealous to not have snapped up.
If the book has one downfall, it's that the organization of the chapters is convoluted in places (mirroring the Linux filesystem itself, haha)--for example, early chapters on booting and system considerations therein recommend that the reader move FORWARD in the book to read several other chapters before coming back to read the chapter on bootloaders. It makes for an out-of-order read, and might have been better served with an alternative chapter organization.
Overall, highly recommended--it's a book the O'Reilly group is jealous to not have snapped up.