Not for Novices

It is surprising to find that a book on SUSE Linux 9 with 665 pages of small print (TOO small) contains so little useful information for someone like me--a Windows user wanting to migrate to SUSE Linux for home use. Most of the book covers topics too advanced for Linux beginners. For example, there are ten chapters on implementing network services, another four chapters on "SUSE Linux in the Enterprise", and six more on using the command line.

Meanwhile, there is very little info on basic topics such as working with applications. For example, a distinctive aspect of SUSE is its inclusion of Rekall as a default database application (a possible replacement for Microsoft Access or similar software); to this important subject the book devotes a grand total of two sentences. For another example, doing backups and archives in linux can be confusing to a newcomer, but barely a page is devoted to them.

In a nutshell, this book may be useful for advanced users, but it does not qualify as a "bible" for "reader level: beginning to advanced." For new linux users, a better choice would be a 2005 book by Thomas Keir: Beginning SUSE Linux From Novice to Professional.

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