Learning the Unix Operating System, Fifth Edition
A Concise Guide for the New User
By Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang
October 2001
Pages: 174
ISBN 10: 0-596-00261-0 |
ISBN 13: 9780596002619
(4) (Average of 6 Customer Reviews)
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.
Full Description
- 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.
Register your book | Submit Errata | Coauthor's Article
Browse within this book
| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon
Book details
Fifth Edition: October 2001
ISBN: 0-596-00261-0
Pages: 174
Average Customer Reviews: (4) (Based on 6 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
Great for the beginner, January 09 2008
This is a great place to start for the true Unix newbie. I'm a sys admin on Windows and now am having to learn Unix which has been made easier thanks to this book. It's good because it gives you things to do to build up confidence in your usage of the command, better than just reading alone in my opinion. Let me stress this is for true beginners only who have little to no Unix\Linux experience.
Confusing, poorly written, waste of time., November 19 2004
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, November 08 2004
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, June 28 2003
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, May 01 2002
This was and still is the best Unix introduction you can buy.
Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition Review, December 06 2001
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
"A one-week course in anything would cost me $1500 or more. Give me an O'Reilly 'Learn XXX' book and a little spare time, and I'll get considerably better value sitting right here doing my own hands-on learning"
--Sandra Henry-Stocker, LinuxWorld, Feb 11, 2002
