By Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang
Fifth Edition October 2001
Pages: 174 (More details)
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If you're new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. This fifth edition is the most effective introduction to Unix in print, covering Internet usage for email, file transfers, and web browsing. It's an ideal primer for Mac and PC users who need to know a little about Unix on the systems they visit.
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- In response to the popularity of Linux, the book now focuses on the popular bash shell preferred by most Linux users.
- Since the release of the fourth edition, the Internet and its many functions has become part of most computer user's lives. A new chapter explains how to use ftp, pine for mail, and offers useful knowledge on how to surf the web.
- Today everyone is concerned about security. With this in mind, the author has included tips throughout the text on security basics, especially in the Internet and networking sections.
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Book details
Title:
Learning the Unix Operating System
Subtitle: A Concise Guide for the New User
Fifth Edition: October 2001
ISBN: 0-596-00261-0
Pages: 174
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 5 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
Confusing, poorly written, waste of time.
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2004-11-19 19:33:34
Anonymous Reader
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If they had used some of the space taken up for phrases like 'we don't have room in this little book to explain' they would have had space to do a better job of explaining many of the terms. And EIGHT pages on the Pine Mail system plus four on the Usenet news!
Overall, some good information wrapped up in an confusing and frustrating to read book.
Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition Review
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2004-11-08 19:29:52
Ronald Ryan Ignacio
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This is a good first book for UNIX beginners. It is not too comprehensive, you will be able to start with using UNIX quickly and easily. The use of examples, screenshots and illustrations together with a step by step list of commands to do throughout the book prove to be a very valuable feature for the UNIX beginners so they could better understand what should happen and appear when they click or type something. It also covers problems and errors a user might encounter and gives some useful information why they got that error and how to deal with them. Buy this book if you really are new to UNIX!
Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition Review
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2003-06-28 22:01:41
Patel
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2003 is the year of the owl! I picked up this book and am loving it so far. Unequivically the best book I have put my eyes and hands on. I have been using windows since 1996 and wanted to embark on the Unix journey but coulda never get any traction. This book has inspired me to install Red hat Linux over my Windows XP and I'm never goingback thanks to this book. It's the year of the Owl in Houston! Woot Woot!
Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition Review
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2002-05-01 10:49:56
John D. Alexander
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This was and still is the best Unix introduction you can buy.
Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition Review
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2001-12-06 06:18:31
dave misell
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My student has stopped asking me simple questions since I bought it for him, also my manager and a co-worker decided to get a copy so thats 1 happy non reader and 3 happy readers!
Media reviews
"There is an enormous lexicon of commands that has, like Topsy, just grown; I think it is reasonable to say that no one user knows the whole lot, and some are rarely--if ever--used. 'Learning the Unix Operating System' is a slim book that covers the common commands that are necessary to normal use...Its' small footprint makes it an ideal desk reference for the learning period."
--Major Keary, AUSON & AUSOM News, June 2002
"A slim book that covers the command commands that are necessary for normal use...This is a book for Unix novices. No prior experience is necessary and it is written in plain English with full explanations of any Unix-specific terminology. It is not a full-blown reference and does not pretend to do more than provide the new Unix user with the essentials. Its small footprint makes it an ideal desk reference for the learning period."
--Major Keary, Book News, 2002 No 6
"A useful reference for those interested in the Unix operating system...good examples of command commands and an excellent 'Quick Reference' section."
--Joe Huber, The Book Report, March/April 2002
