

Paperback: 648 pages
Publisher: Sybex; 2 edition (January 14, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118531744
ISBN-13: 978-1118531747
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
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The thing to do today with Linux+ books apparently is to develop ones that aren't complete. Robb Tracy's book and this book are both missing a good deal of information for the cert. Robb Tracy's book however is missing a LOT MORE; also a good amount of information in Tracy's book is just plain wrong (capabilities of a command, options, etc..). Since I read both of the popular cert guides, I'll give my opinion on them both.If you're shopping for a book and you're completely new to Linux I would start with Tracy's book (yes even though it has a few things wrong). Tracy's book seems catered to the beginner. Just be sure to do a man page of every command he gives which you should do with any book because you cannot rely on what they tell you for options to do know for a command; in Tracy's case though you're doing it because it might be one of the ones he got wrong.If you're not new to linux and have at least some experience, I would just buy this book and ignore Tracy's book. I really want to say ignore Tracy's book altogether but Roderick's book is so dry, dull, and man page like that if you lack at least some introductory knowledge this book might kill you. I didn't subtract any stars for that because, personally, I like that. I always see complaints about cert guides not being great for beginners because it didn't explain things for well or something of the sort. Well waaaa. A cert guide is not a Dummies guide, they're a guide to a certification.The tests that come with this book are a joke. They don't do anything for you except reinforce that you memorized what he said, not that you understand it enough it to take a real test; which again, is only an issue if you're new.
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