[Cert] Poll: Reference Material

[Michael Roach]

Lou wrote:

> Lawrence Kagan wrote:
> > This poll is to see which reference material we will use.  Please=20
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> > to this poll even if you've already posted your answer to=20
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> > elsewhere in the list.
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> > My choice is *Linux+ Certification Bible *and can be found here:
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> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764548816/qid=3D1143935814/sr=3D
2-1/ref=3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1798784-0359212?s=3Dbooks&v=3Dglance&n=3D28315=
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<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764548816/qid=3D1143935814/sr=3D2-1/re=
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Why is this best with "Troubleshooting Microsoft Office XP"? (Though I
do keep a
knoppix CD in my briefcase to debug problem boots for Windows or
Linux.)

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> > My choice is based on a 4 star rating on Amazon with 35 reviews.
>
> The only book I could look at was the Linux+ 2005 In Depth and it
looked
> decent (Barnes and Noble). The reviews were not so good as the one
you
> mention.
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592007287/sr=3D8-1/qid=3D1144011410/ref=
=3D
pd_bbs_1/002-5125385-6308060?%5Fencoding=3DUTF8
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> The Certification Bible that you mentioned has good reviews, but
seems a
> a little long in tooth (2001), perhaps that doesn't matter as much
of
> the stuff that has changed has to do with programs that run on
Linux,
> not the OS itself. I don't know when things such as GRUB came along.

Seconded. In fact, the lack of a current LPI reference made me select
Linux+
In the first poll.

That being said, I looked at what's available at Amazon
and Found "Linux+ Study Guide, 3rd Edition"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078214389X/ref=3Dpd_sxp_grid_pt_0_0/002
-2684068-1824022?%5Fencoding=3DUTF8 .

Seems to come in last, in my opinion, though it's rating is the same
as Lou's
choice. (Some of the generous reviewers gave the book more stars than
their
review indicated the book should get.)

There's also (from 2002) "Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0619130040/sr=3D1-2/qid=3D1144076839/ref=
=3D
pd_bbs_2/104-0884822-4590348?%5Fencoding=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks
with "Lab Manual For Linux+ Guide To Linux Certification"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0619216204/ref=3Dpd_sim_b_1/104-0884822
-4590348?%5Fencoding=3DUTF8&v=3Dglance&n=3D283155 . They're a bit older =
but
have a similar rating to "Linux+ Certification
Bible".

I think this completes the list of Linux+ books available for review
at
Amazon. I'm with Lou and choose "Linux+ 2005 In Depth", though I might
order
it With "Linux+ Study Guide, 3rd Edition" because of the discount.

> My DSL line is down most of the time, so I can't look at much.

*sigh* I'm doing taxes.

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