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Linux+ Study Guide: Exam XKO 001 (With CD-ROM) Review by anonymous
buy only if you have vast hardware troubleshooting experienc
I'm an MCSE, A+, and passed all of those with ease. This book lacks hardware troubleshooting, hardly talks about it at all except for a couple of questions on SCSI in the practice questions. On the CD, chaper 7 doesn't work, and the bonus exams cover material not even in the book. IMO this book was quickly put together with the demands of the publishing house, and/or the author wanting to go on vacation. It doesn't cover the objectives and the practice questions are easy and don't explain why every wrong answer is wrong, just why the right answer is right, very incomplete. I failed the test by 35 points out of 900, a real kick in the teeth for a guy who graduated CS Summa Cum Laude. There were many questions on the test which had no mention in the book, even a flavor of Linux not covered. The only value the book has to me now is as a decorative peice in my bookcase, a paperweight, or emergency toilet paper should a nuclear holocaust occur. The people who gave it 5 stars IMO probably liked it because it's casual in it's writing and easy to read, especially for an experienced Linux Admin, but without that experience you're unprepared. Just my 2 cents.
Ryan