Red Hat 9 Bible worth $50?
 

Simple Poll for anyone that has a opinion about the subject. I am a newbee wanting to learn linux as fluently as I know windows. Is the Red Hat 9 Bible worth the $50 list price? Is it good for someone wanting to learn how to administer Linux in a company or small bussness? Basicly, Is The Red Hat 9 Bible's contents worth $50 for a newbee, or are there forums, webpages, or other books that are better? Please leave your opinion if you can, Thanks.
-Neo

Yeah i am using debian now but i was using redhat 9 for a little bit and bought it. The book is easy to follow plus it comes with extra apps i belive. It is worth the 50 bucks in my opinion.

I have the RH7.3 bible and still use it even though I am running RH9.0. Yes it is worth it, especially if you will be sticking with RH for awhile.

I bought the 7.2 Bible... I found it close to useless. The web has the info that you need, not the book. Any time I wanted to find something out, I looked in the book and failed to find anything. It does have some worth, but not $50. Pretty much I used it to learn how to install software, and install the OS.

I remember buying a "Guide to Linux". What a waste of money. 95% of this book was walking me around the GUI. I wanted to learn the commands and how to execute thngs via the command line, this book wouldn't tell me.

That and don't get a book for a specific distro.

Get RED HAT 9 UNLEASHED. Its cheaper and much better! XD and alot on the CDs.

IMHO, everything you could ever need is available free online, between this site, tldp.org, and the hundreds of other Linux sites...

but if you would like to have a paper book, I'd suggest purchasing the Rute User's Tutorial - it's an excellent reference, and Mr. Sheer has been good enough to make it freely available in electronic form:

http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...410000-1605556

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