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VNU Net: Book Review: Linux in a Nutshell – Second Edition

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 16, 1999

“A quick reference book at an affordable price, that is both
well laid out and sufficiently detailed.”

This book won’t teach you Linux – it is a quick reference,
after all – but it will prove useful to both the beginner and the
advanced user.

“The second chapter, which runs to about 160 pages and equals
about a third of the book, contains a detailed table that lists all
the Linux user commands – the ones that aren’t part of specific
shells, programming languages, applications, or the set of
administrator commands – and their switches, with descriptions
listed alphabetically.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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