Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Lumps 'n' Bumps: The Linux Command Line, by William E. Shotts

No Starch Press kindly sent me a copy of The Linux Command Line to review a little while back. I already posted a review on Amazon, but figured that the book might be of interest to people here, too. Read on for a fuller, more detailed review.

Although point-and-click graphical interfaces may initially seem more intuitive, many tasks are much better suited to command line applications. I first started using the command line mostly out of necessity, back in the days when desktop Linux was still rather unfriendly to new users. After a little while, I had gained enough familiarity with the system to start cooking up useful combinations of commands...

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