Product Description
Complete with extensive end-of-chapter review questions, hands-on projects and exercises, “Linux+ 2005 In Depth” serves as a practical guide that maps completely to CompTIA’s 2005 Linux+ certification objectives and is designed to prepare you to successfully pass the exam. The topics introduced in this book – and covered in the certification exam -are geared toward systems administration; however, they are also ideal if you plan to use or develop programs for Linu… More >>
#1 by J. Knobloch on January 29, 2010 - 9:11 pm
This book is informative. I could not buy the book because it has an entire chapter on “Xwindows.” There is no such thing as Xwindows. “X Window” is a graphical display system for Unix. One of the main points of certification is learning the correct name for things common in the industry. After seeing such a simple error blasted all over every page of that chapter I was forced to put the book down.
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by John Matlock on January 30, 2010 - 12:10 am
With some 18 million users, mostly handling server functions, Linux has become one of the major operating systems used in the world. Originally it found its biggest use in web servers, mail servers and the like. In recent years it has grown into supercomputer clusters, increased scientific/engineering use, and lately increased use as office workstations.
In the installation sections, Fedora is used as the example of a distribution to install. It does not cover applications, it spends minimal time on the GUIs, it is heavy on the administrative aspects, including setup, networking, and security. The book is designed around the CompTIA 2005 Linux+ certification exam.
This is an excellent book for what it covers, as the title says, it covers the operating system in depth. It will not be the only book you will need. For instance the vi text editor only gets ten pages. Other packages such as make or ANT are not covered at all. The application packages for graphics, for word processing, for serving web pages, for mail, all have their own books. This one is an excellent start on your library.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Jose Raul Barreras on January 30, 2010 - 12:46 am
In this book you can found a good start to the Linux+ Cert.
It dont have electronic material. It is a con.
Another good book and a great complement is Roderick Smith’s Linux+ Study Guide from Sybex…
Best wishes in your cert!!
JRB
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Michael A. Foster on January 30, 2010 - 1:21 am
The book was not bad. Readable, made clear concepts that might not be intuitive, and concise when it counted. Most importantly, it sticks pretty close to the agenda for the Linux+ Comptia test.
I haven’t taken the test yet so, we’ll see. This is one of about 4 or 5 books I’ve used to study for Linux certifications.
I wasn’t certain which Linux cert. I wanted to take. Actually my preference is the Redhat RHCE but, that’s expensive and tough compared to Linux+ from what I’ve learned. My plan is to get the Linux+ and then the RHCE.
I would suggest you also look at Michael Jang’s RHCE study guide. Even though it’s targeted at the RHCE, between the two books you get a very good feeling for Linux at a fairly indepth level. A year or so of actual hands on experience as a Linux Admin or related experience is reasonable as well before you bother with the test.
The obvious error in the Linux+ 2005 In Depth book is chapter 15 practice review questions are the same as the chapter 14 and not relevent to chapter 15. An obvious problem since – a big benefit is going thru these exercises and this is a semi-advanced chapter. In my copy anyway…
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by M. Nakaoka on January 30, 2010 - 4:04 am
I found this book had alot of useful material and little filler. The book provides useful commands and common examples for using those commands without filling it with a bunch of man pages like some books. It also gives some key tips that will be helpful to any system administrator. I thought there should have been more information on system services like apache or mailsend, but maybe those won’t be really covered much on the exam.
The questions at the end of the chapter, as mentioned by other users, aren’t very useful, so you’ll likely need to test yourself with other resources.
Don’t be fooled by some reviewers who try to dispute the book with petty inconsistencies. They often are more interested in sounding like they have been diehard linux users all their life than actually giving any reliable feedback.
Pros: good coverage of cli commands, concise information without filler, useful tips that help you become a system administrator.
Cons: bad end of chapter questions, somewhat disorganized in the way the content is presented.
Rating: 4 / 5