Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000 Commands for Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Power Users

In this handy, compact guide, you?ll explore a ton of powerful Fedora Linux commands while you learn to use Fedora Linux as the experts do: from the command line. Try out more than 1,000 commands to find and get software, monitor system health and security, and access network resources. Then, apply the skills you learn from this book to use and administer desktops and servers running Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or any other Linux distribution.

User review
Great Guide
I just got this book and I started using its advices in Linux. I recently had contact with centOS servers and Fedora and this book has guided me through the way of correct administration via command line.

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DO NOT BUY the KINDLE version of this book
This could probably be an excellent Kindle book if the many tables were displayed like the rest of the book, in a font that is large enough to read and searchable. Unfortunately, the critical tables are in a form that is too small to read, even with perfect eyesight. Additionally, any text within those tables is not found by the Kindle search engine. The tables are probably graphics, not text.

Until this book is properly rendered for the Kindle, it should be removed from Kindle availability. Amazon customer service told me to contact Wiley. I contacted Wiley (the publisher), technical support, to bring the unreadability issue to their attention. The rep told me that he believes Wiley books are rendered by Amazon for the Kindle. He agreed that if all the content cannot be read, and if all the content cannot be searched, any book of this type should not be issued for the Kindle.

I'm now waiting for my hard copy to be delivered. Amazon, please act to re-render the book for the Kindle so all of it is readable and searchable. I will buy that version.

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A detailed desk resource
Although the copyright inside my cover reads 2008, the examples inside are about two years old from Fedora 6 and 7. For example, much of chapter 2 is outdated. However, that doesn't detract from the rest of the info inside, which is a goldmine. Get this book!

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Very helpful so far
i am somewhat new to linux and i am finding this book useful. It is well organized and has most of the commands I am looking for in RHEL 5. Any other books for starters folks would recommend?

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Refreshing and Updated for Power Users
This book is practically `perfect` (sorry if sounds exaggerated) for the following reasons:

1 In less than 260 pages (340 considering appendixes) quickly covers a wide and useful selection of topics
2 The text is updated to the latest improvements in EVERY subject
3 Very easy to read and follow with or without a computer at hand
4 Command line oriented

Let me explain:

1 From the Table of Contents you may see the book covers practically everything most users will need when using a Linux as Server or Desktop; that selection of subjects was really well calculated and provides with a mix that is rarelly found. Also, the `depth` for the provided information was carefully calibrated in order to show the most useful situations (by the way avoiding being boring with nerdy configurations)

The authors provide with a minimal and informal introducion to every subject, and next use a good selection of samples for illustration.

2 Surprisingly, all chapters were written taking into account a lot of `modern` improvements in distro/commands/kernel. Every old-Linux user may appreciate here the giant advances made by Linux to the point that practically every subject is now simple to manage (or at least not esoteric.)

3 As I have several years using Linux, most of the material presented was familiar (with a lot of `modern` surprises), but the organization and style did let me follow all the text without needing to test the examples or configurations in order to understand anything. At least for me, it is a big bonus.

4 99% of the recipes and examples apply to the command line (with some mentions to the graphical front-ends). This may be sad for new users, but very important for administrators or users that look for `maximum flexibility`, or `task automation` or work in `server environments` where the GUI is not allowed or discouraged.