Suse Linux 9 versus Red Hat LInux 8

New to Linux and running Red Hat 8, I found the Red Hat 8 Bible was the best of all the books I had on running Linux, particularly for getting direction on a specific problem. When I moved to Suse 9, I hoped that the Suse 9 Bible would be as good. Disappointment.

The Suse 9 has less pages, though some of the difference may be that the fonts are somewhat smaller. It also seems to have more "screen shot pages"--pages mostly filled with a screen shot with some text below that gives the obvious, e.g. "To create a user, click...," when the book is being consulted because filling the screen with the obvious did not do what was desired.

For a problem with Suse 9, I find I often end up sorting it out, by consulting the Red Hat 8 book. If you already have the Red Hat 8 Bible, getting the Suse 9 version is probably not going to add much. If you don't have either, then, for someone relatively new to Linux, I certainly recommend getting one of them.

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