Setting up Linux

Linux in A NUTSHELL 6TH edition, written by Ellen Siever: Stephen Figgins, Robert Love & Arnold Robbins. (Published by O'REILLY BOOKS)

Setting up Linux can be a piece of cake with the right guide. If you wish to understand Linux it can be a very deep subject as there are 1000s of commands which make it seem a little too daunting for newcomers to Linux, as a result of that they feel discouraged to try it.

Fortunately there is a great book at hand which teaches you 1000s of ways how to manipulate Linux with different command codes, this makes it work to your advantage, this book Linux in a Nutshell goes way beyond just setting up Linux, what's more, it has to be one the worlds most preferred reference guides for Linux used by professionals and amateurs alike.

It illustrates numerous ways how you can do the same thing and is an essential guide and a great assistance to those Setting Up Linux. By having this book throughout your installation of Linux you will find if you take the time to browse through the pages of this guide, there is a wealth of information which you can use to your credit.

I can recall the first version of Linux which was published by Slackware, it was so complicated to install it took me and a few other gurus a week before the whole thing was set up correctly. Fortunately in 2010 things have changed for the best and when your Setting Up Linux on any computer, even the most difficult Linux Distro is nothing less than a piece of cake to install in comparison to the nightmare me and my programming team had to take on back in the 90's.

Linux in a nutshell is not the type of book you read from front to back but you use it the way you would a dictionary and as an it consultant I have no idea what we would do without it it would be worth mentioning the classic book Knoppix Hacks reviewed here at mcglashan.eu

Setting Up Linux with the Linux in a Nutshell 6th edition is one of the best things you could do, this book is cheap to buy and no I T guru could possibly contain all the information in his or her head which is written in this cheap but invaluable guide.

After 5 years of working with IBM with hardware and software and repairing well over 2000 computers of all makes I would recommend this book to anybody in world who is serious about learning anything about Linux as it's unquestionably one of the best reference guides in the world dedicated to any Linux user no matter what disto you use, be it Linux, novel, Suse, Knoppix think of any version of Linux you have and this book can help you in Setting Up Linux.