Linux System Administration book review
Traditionally, system administrators have had to rely on expensive course training and personal mentorship to learn the skills required for their jobs. These days, self-learning through books, practice on home computers, and computer-based training programs on the Web are taking a larger role in sysadmin education. My recommendation for aspiring Unix/BSD/Linux sysadmins has always been to put BSD or Linux on a spare computer and learn to set up services on their own by reading manual pages, tutorials, guides, and comprehensive books on each service. I urge sysadmins-in-training not to rely on any one seminar, class, article, guide, or book to form a solid system administration foundation. After reading O'Reilly's Linux System Administration, my opinion on that matter is further solidified.
Putting the book to the test
I don't agree with Linux System Administration's fundamental approach to teaching its namesake subject. First of all, there is very little discussion of the differences between server-appropriate Linux distributions. This is the first major decision that prospective Linux sysadmins need to make. Is it worth it to buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux? Is it better to use Debian or Slackware when setting up a given service? Why are some people so crazy about using Gentoo on a server? These and other similar fundamental questions needed to be answered in the introductory chapters.
Secondly, there is no significant discussion of the differences between Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
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