Has anyone read the Linux Cookbook Tips and Techniques For Everyday Use...

[deathadder]

Is it worth it?
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411484/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2_cp/026-2690515-1390066)

Also I was thinking about getting Debian GNU/Linux 3.x Bible (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764576445/ref%3Dbr%5Flf%5Fb%5F0/026-2690515-1390066) , has anyone read anything by David B. Harris before? If so what did you think? The books not actually out yet so I thought I'd ask to see if anyone had any idea what the author was like :) Do you think it would be worth it?

Normally I would just get them, but if I'm going to spend money at the moment, I want to know its worth it :)

[hard candy]

Any way of looking at the Debian Bible book first? Hopefully it will not be 5 chapters on the inner workings of apt-get, and 10 chapters on general linux stuff.
It sounds as if both books pretty much cover the same area. I do not know if I would get both if money is tight. The review said the Cookbook really had the same material as help files and man pages but the value was in the layout, being able to find something easily.

[blackbelt_jones]

The Linux cookbook, by the by, is still available free as a .deb package in the Woody distribution.

If you want a nice variety of Linux docs for not much money, you may want to try Safari Books Online (http://safari.oreilly.com/) which gives you access to as many of 10 complete books a month for 15 dollars-- that's the cheap plan.

The books are in HTML format, which has its disadvantages, but one of the advantages is that by converting the books into text, I can play them back via text to speech programs like Festival or ReadPlease. (Read Please is one of the dwindling list of reasons why I still boot into Windows from time to time. The voices (you get a choice of four) are definitely easier to take than Festival)

[deathadder]

Originally posted by hard candy
Any way of looking at the Debian Bible book first? Hopefully it will not be 5 chapters on the inner workings of apt-get, and 10 chapters on general linux stuff.
It sounds as if both books pretty much cover the same area. I do not know if I would get both if money is tight. The review said the Cookbook really had the same material as help files and man pages but the value was in the layout, being able to find something easily.

Theres not a way that I know of, there might be a 'preview' chapter or two put up on the web, I'll have a look when the book is actually released :) I think I'll go with the Debian book then.

Originally posted by blackbelt_jones
The Linux cookbook, by the by, is still available free as a .deb package in the Woody distribution.

If you want a nice variety of Linux docs for not much money, you may want to try Safari Books Online which gives you access to as many of 10 complete books a month for 15 dollars-- that's the cheap plan.

Thanks for pointing out that link, but I prefere to have a book infront of me than reading from a monitor :)

[blackbelt_jones]

I certainly understand that. Me, I find reading computer manuals to be pretty impossible however they're published-- so at least I can get the computer to read it to me!

http://safari.oreilly.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0596006403&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

Here's an interesting fact... there's a completely different "Linux Cookbook" available by a different author