2002.04_Books-Reliable Linux and an Linux Introduction.pdf

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LINUX: AN INTRODUCTION
the style that Dorling Kindersley is well
known for – beautifully illustrated and very
user friendly. The book starts with a brief
history and introduction to the various
distributions. The examples in the book are
all based on Red Hat, but most of the
information is generic and can be easily
adapted for any of the other distributions.
There is a very clear table of hardware
requirements needed to run Linux and a
nice summary of its pros and cons,
although the hardened Linux user may feel
that the cons are not qualified enough. For
Having introduced the user to Linux the
book then shows how to log on and off. It
doesn’t attempt to explain how to install
Linux, that would be beyond the scope of
such a small handbook, and admits that the
novice user may need someone else there
to install the operating system. The rest of
the book is then devoted to programs and
applications; it covers how to mount and
unmount devices and how to access the
Internet. It concentrates on GNOME and
only briefly mentions KDE as an alternative.
The final chapter is devoted to locating
and installing software. Given that the book
was aimed at novices, we felt that it should
have had advised users to stick to tried and
tested programs and avoid anything that
still needs work done on it. Aside from
these considerations, the book is a very
good introduction to the subject, and
excellent value at under a fiver.
example the lack of software
availability, such as Microsoft Office,
does not mention that there are
good alternatives to proprietary
software. Any technical terms are
clearly defined and references are
made to those definitions wherever
the term is used.
Author Brian Cooper
Publisher Dorling Kindersley
Price
£4.99
ISBN
0-7513-3582-7
RELIABLE LINUX
I n contrast to the previous book this one
similar, running a server under Linux. The
book assumes that however reliable a
system is it will eventually go down and
the book aims to minimise the chances of
that happening and to minimise the
damage caused when it does happen.
The book opens with a guide to
assessing the risk of your server failing
and goes on to give details on choosing
the hardware, how to assess its reliability
and how to run it optimally. It also gives
examples of how to tweak the software
when necessary. The following chapters
then discuss the software, which version
of the kernel to use, how to choose a
distribution, installation and how to
configure the program to be as reliable
as possible, giving examples and
possible scenarios.
Other chapters cover storage and
backups and how to monitor the Linux
server in use to catch potential problems. It
also covers how to recover data, should
the worst happen. This is a very good
guide for anyone who uses a Linux server
in business. We all talk about how reliable
Linux is, but eventually the best system in
the world will suffer from some problems
and advance planning could prevent these
from becoming serious. This is a guide for
doing just that and could help solve many
potential problems.
Author Iain Campbell
Publisher Wiley Computer Publishing
Price
£33.50
ISBN
0-471-07040-8
Issue 19 • 2002
LINUX MAGAZINE
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T his is a handy little guide published in
is aimed at experienced users. The target
audience is systems administrators, or
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