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        <title><![CDATA[Take note of this guy - apotheon.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-344027-3448600]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[He knows what he's talking about.Around 10 years ago, I started &quot;playing&quot; with Linux - Red Hat at the time and found it usable, but there were many problems. You really had to be a true geek to get anything out of the very ordinary to work and frankly, it was beyond my capabilities at that time.Fast forward to around 3 years ago and I took another look.Encouraged by Chad (apotheon) and Jaqui who offered really useful advice through these pages, I revisited Linux, which had been transformed in that time to something that was very usable and for me, was an acceptable replacement for Windows.Move on another 3 years to now, and the system has been transformed yet again and offers instant usability for almost anyone, except perhaps hard core gamers.So what's this got to do with the book?Well, in that time, I've obviously spent time learning how the basics of Linux work, just like I learned Windows when I first used a computer. But as with all computer related knowledge, there is still mountains of stuff I don't know, and it looks as though this book is going to fill many of those gaps.Let me put it this way. recently, I've been moving everyone I can onto the Linux platform. This includes commercial operations as well as private. I don't do that lightly, but so far, everyone has been both surprised and delighted.My motto in life has been &quot;listen and learn&quot;. It's done well for me and it'll do just as well for you. Don't be frightened of it, or put yourself down. In just a little time, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.Good luck.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 06:49:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You were right.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've just read the first 32 pages and that's just the preface!!It  is an awesome volume.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 06:13:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, I do.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&gt;  So you really think that this book would be good for a veritable Linux newbie like me? I think this is one of the best books you could possibly get to get your hands into Unix and Linux-based system administration.  It won't teach you much about any particular distribution, about how to get around in GNOME, or about installing any particular distribution on your hard drive, but it is an  excellent (and that's putting it mildly) introduction to the power of Unix and Linux-based systems at the command line interface.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:08:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Linux N00bs?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chad, I enjoy reading your articles/blogs; I find most of them to be thoughtful and interesting.  I was excited to read this one when I saw the link &quot;The best Linux book available&quot;.  I am essentially a Linux virgin; I've gotten my hands dirty with SSH to reboot an errant ESX server and make some simple configuration changes on ESX servers and a few &quot;Appliances&quot; at my work, but that's really about the extent of my knowledge of the *nix systems.  So you really think that this book would be good for a veritable Linux newbie like me?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AstroCreep]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 10:33:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[maybe not]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unless you want the MacOS X material, there may not be enough new material to make it worth buying a whole new book.  I'd suggest looking at a copy in the store to judge for yourself, though.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:54:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where's the fun in that?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually, I'd be afraid it would get mistaken for some other Practical Guide.  The same author has written a couple other books whose titles start with &quot;A Practical Guide&quot; as well, including stuff like  A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux  and  A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux .  He's also got one for MacOS X, and something called  A Practical Guide to the UNIX System , plus the slightly differently titled  UNIX System V: A Practical Guide.  Sobell has probably written other Practical Guides that don't come immediately to mind, too -- and that's all just one author.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:53:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[War and Peace]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I actually like  War and Peace  as a euphemistic name for the book.  I think  King James  should probably be reserved for the venerable  Unix Systems Administration Handbook, though it's also amusing to call that one USAH (pronounced a bit like &quot;user&quot; with a Massachusetts accent).I've read that Nooks can be turned into more generalized Android devices, though I haven't seen such a rooted Nook personally.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:48:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For conversational purposes,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[why not just 'Practical Guide'?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 08:54:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Book too thick?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Get a Kindle if you think this book is too thick. Amazon offers a Kindle edition which will make it easier to handle and search through.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob-El]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 07:19:24 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[good enough]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PrinCES works for me... war and peace or even &quot;the king james&quot; fit as well.I will look into a nook. I recall reading that you can root it or the like and make a basic tablet out of it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 06:36:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And if you have the first edition?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I wholeheartedly agree with your review - I've used the 1st edition for years. Bottom line: is there enough new material in the new edition to justify buying the new volume?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sidhymes@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 05:32:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pr'inCES sounds terrific.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I must have run across the title and the author's name before, but I've not read any such comprehensive review, nor bought/borrowed a copy. The FreeBSD Handbook is rather well done, as you note. Possibly the best OS reference I've ever found. Fairly comprehensive, accessible, and freely available. Can't beat that with a stick.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 13:01:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Indeed!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&gt;  War and Peace for Linux!. . . but more fun!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 09:24:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ebook reader selection]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You might want to consider a Barnes &amp; Noble Nook.  The Kindle tends to be fairly infested with DRM, including incidents of people getting books retroactively deleted from their Kindles at the behest of publishers who've changed their minds about the ebook market.  The biggest ebook reader name that isn't associated with an online bookstore is probably Sony, and we should all know by now that Sony can't be trusted to refrain from pushing people in front of buses when it goes for a walk in the city, so stay away from  those  devices.For my purposes, the technology for ebook readers is not quite there yet.  I don't want to spend $150+ on a device that does nothing but store books for me to read when it does such a poor job of handling some of the books I'd want to carry around with me in the device (anything involving charts, tables, and lots of images -- i.e., RPG rulebooks -- tends to be problematic on ebook readers such as the Kindle, Nook, et cetera).  Your mileage may vary, of course.  From what I know, these devices should work fine with  A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming  (We need a pronounceable abbreviation.  Is APraGLinCESP still too long?), though I haven't tried it out so I don't really know for sure.edit: Wait, I've got it!A  Pr actical Guide to L in ux  C ommands,  E ditors, and  Shell Programming becomes Pr'inCES, pronounced &quot;princess&quot;.  What do you think?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 09:18:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[tell the publisher...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...that you, Chad, have sold their book to me. BTW this is one of the most (if not THE most) comprehensive book reviews I've ever read.I would consider buying a kindle or what have you, in order to have this material in such a researchable and more portable format. You might have sold me an ebook reader as well.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:45:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Glowing review.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After that review, I could do nothing more but order one!Hopefully, it will arrive later this week.The problem's going to be, finding time to read it.War and Peace for Linux!Edited for grammatical error.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lastchip]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:41:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sorry.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't own a Kindle.  I can't help you there.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:56:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kindle edition usefulness?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Obviously the Kindle version is &quot;lighter&quot;? Do you have any insight on how usable it is? Thanks.Bob]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:47:35 -0700</pubDate>
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