Running Linux, 3rd Edition Review

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Book:		Running Linux
Subject:		Running Linux, 3rd Edition Review
Date:		2000-12-22 19:35:59
From:		Ken Januski

Rating: I have at least 50 O'Reilly books purchased over the last 7 years. Some of the earliest were my first introduction to Unix and are quite well-worn, e.g. Unix in a Nutshell, sed & awk, Learning the Korn Shell. Their worn quality is as endearing as old comfortable jeans. Since then a few other books, e.g. Programming Perl, have proven just as useful and are now just as well worn and just as appreciated. I had sort of gotten where I expected all O'Reilly books to be like this, and to become sort of instant, well-worn classics. But over the last few years I've gotten some disappointments, books that just didn't have that combination of information, clarity, depth that I'd come to expect (however unrealistically). Well, finally to get to the point, Running Linux is a book in the classic O'Reilly tradition: informative, clear, occasionally humorous, and perhaps most importantly deep in its coverage of topics. I think I've had it less than 6 months but it looks and feels like I've had it years. That's how much I've read and reread it. Anyone who runs Linux should be thankful for this book. Keep up this kind of good work!