I took and passed the test in October 2006. I found that many of the questions on the 2005 Exam covered areas not in this book. As other reviewers have posted, I also used Michael Jang's RHCE Prep guide to flesh out the weak areas. The exam itself leans toward RedHat so it is not surprising the exam prep does too, and why Yang's prep guide was so helpful. So my advice is get this book but also get Jang's book also.

Read the book entirely, reviewed, and learned all the information. There was an abundance of questions on the Linux+ exam that were not mentioned in this book. All the questions that were covered in this book I got right in the exam and still didn't pass. One question that came up in the exam was " How do you finish off a while statement" and nowhere in this book gives an example of a while statement. I happen to know now that the answer is "done" thanks to another book. That is only one example of many. Other than that, I do believe this book is well written and has resourceful information.

I found this book had alot of useful material and little filler. The book provides useful commands and common examples for using those commands without filling it with a bunch of man pages like some books. It also gives some key tips that will be helpful to any system administrator. I thought there should have been more information on system services like apache or mailsend, but maybe those won't be really covered much on the exam.



The questions at the end of the chapter, as mentioned by other users, aren't very useful, so you'll likely need to test yourself with other resources.



Don't be fooled by some reviewers who try to dispute the book with petty inconsistencies. They often are more interested in sounding like they have been diehard linux users all their life than actually giving any reliable feedback.



Pros: good coverage of cli commands, concise information without filler, useful tips that help you become a system administrator.



Cons: bad end of chapter questions, somewhat disorganized in the way the content is presented.

I found this book had alot of useful material and little filler. The book provides useful commands and common examples for using those commands without filling it with a bunch of man pages like some books. It also gives some key tips that will be helpful to any system administrator. I thought there should have been more information on system services like apache or mailsend, but maybe those won't be really covered much on the exam.

The questions at the end of the chapter, as mentioned by other users, aren't very useful, so you'll likely need to test yourself with other resources.

Don't be fooled by some reviewers who try to dispute the book with petty inconsistencies. They often are more interested in sounding like they have been diehard linux users all their life than actually giving any reliable feedback.

Pros: good coverage of cli commands, concise information without filler, useful tips that help you become a system administrator.

Cons: bad end of chapter questions, somewhat disorganized in the way the content is presented.

In this book you can found a good start to the Linux+ Cert.
It dont have electronic material. It is a con.
Another good book and a great complement is Roderick Smith's Linux+ Study Guide from Sybex...
Best wishes in your cert!!
JRB

This is a good book to prepare the Linux+ certification.
There are chapters on hardware and software in which you can find also basic informations those could be useful also for technicians to recall knowledge. If you are a Linux expert you could find too easy, but it gives you all you need to understand the topics of the exam.
I'll use it also as reference in the future.

This was a very helpful and well written study guide for the latest Linux+ exam. I took the test and passed, although I wouldn't make this the only study material unless you are already very proficient at Linux CLI. I have about 2 years of informal Linux experience so I also used a UCertify test kit to help me study beyond this book. Overall, highly recommend as part of your preparation program.

I think that this might quite possibly be the most poorly edited book I've read in years. I am uncertain if the authors lack experience with the English language, but the constant and ongoing syntax errors and general sense of carelessness exhibited throughout this book would make it appear so. I could deal with the aforementioned problems, but the entire book is written in the literary equivalent of a drone. I would highly recommend spending $26.39 on any other study guide.

This was a very helpful and well written study guide for the latest Linux+ exam. I took the test and passed, although I wouldn't make this the only study material unless you are already very proficient at Linux CLI. I have about 2 years of informal Linux experience so I also used a UCertify test kit to help me study beyond this book. Overall, highly recommend as part of your preparation program.

This book was very informative but there were too many references to Red Hat. A book like this, I feel, should be well rounded and give examples of other distro's as well. I used this book in a study group with very knowledgeable people and many years of experience. At times it would be mentioned that they learned some new things from the reading material which surprised me! All in all, it's a good book to get started in the Linux realm and you won't be disappointed.

This book is well-written. I did not have a problem reading this book since I had some UNIX (HP-UX and Sun Solaris) background. Topics are clearly explained and easy to understand. Chapter 9 on "Boot Loaders" was a huge help for me. In chapter 9 the author covers well dual booting with windows and Linux.
My only complain about the book is its lack of a comprehensive final exam. The author could have made an effort to provide at least one final exam. To take advantage of this book I do recommend to install a version of Fedora Core or Red Hat AS/EL. Overall I recommend the book and I give 5 stars

Truthfully, I found this book to be a little bit... off... It has good information in it, but many of the review questions were a bit obscure... I would buy this book for the content only. Make sure you have another prep book like the Sybex book to contrast with before you go test...

The book was not bad. Readable, made clear concepts that might not be intuitive, and concise when it counted. Most importantly, it sticks pretty close to the agenda for the Linux+ Comptia test.

I haven't taken the test yet so, we'll see. This is one of about 4 or 5 books I've used to study for Linux certifications.

I wasn't certain which Linux cert. I wanted to take. Actually my preference is the Redhat RHCE but, that's expensive and tough compared to Linux+ from what I've learned. My plan is to get the Linux+ and then the RHCE.

I would suggest you also look at Michael Jang's RHCE study guide. Even though it's targeted at the RHCE, between the two books you get a very good feeling for Linux at a fairly indepth level. A year or so of actual hands on experience as a Linux Admin or related experience is reasonable as well before you bother with the test.

The obvious error in the Linux+ 2005 In Depth book is chapter 15 practice review questions are the same as the chapter 14 and not relevent to chapter 15. An obvious problem since - a big benefit is going thru these exercises and this is a semi-advanced chapter. In my copy anyway...

Chapter 9 - System Initialization and X Windows
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
◆ Summarize the major steps necessary to boot a Linux system
◆ Configure the LILO and GRUB boot loaders
◆ Dual boot Linux with the Windows operating system using LILO,
GRUB, and NTLOADER
◆ Understand how the init daemon initializes the system at boot time into different runlevels
◆ Configure the system to start daemons upon system startup
◆ Explain the purpose of the major Linux GUI components: X Windows,Window Manager, and desktop environment
◆ List common Window Managers and desktop environments used in
Linux
◆ Configure X Windows settings using various Linux utilities
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I believe this chapter on X-Windows is useful.
Please don't discourage people with a bias comment for a chapter you might don't read at glance at all. Be a little bit scientific please.

With some 18 million users, mostly handling server functions, Linux has become one of the major operating systems used in the world. Originally it found its biggest use in web servers, mail servers and the like. In recent years it has grown into supercomputer clusters, increased scientific/engineering use, and lately increased use as office workstations.

In the installation sections, Fedora is used as the example of a distribution to install. It does not cover applications, it spends minimal time on the GUIs, it is heavy on the administrative aspects, including setup, networking, and security. The book is designed around the CompTIA 2005 Linux+ certification exam.

This is an excellent book for what it covers, as the title says, it covers the operating system in depth. It will not be the only book you will need. For instance the vi text editor only gets ten pages. Other packages such as make or ANT are not covered at all. The application packages for graphics, for word processing, for serving web pages, for mail, all have their own books. This one is an excellent start on your library.

This book is informative. I could not buy the book because it has an entire chapter on "Xwindows." There is no such thing as Xwindows. "X Window" is a graphical display system for Unix. One of the main points of certification is learning the correct name for things common in the industry. After seeing such a simple error blasted all over every page of that chapter I was forced to put the book down.