"Linux Pocket Guide" Released by O'Reilly

For Immediate Release
For more information, a review copy, cover art, or an interview with
the author, contact:
Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7094 or kathrynb@oreilly.com
	
Short, Sweet and Essential--A Pocket-Sized Guide to Linux Commands
O'Reilly Releases "Linux Pocket Guide"

Sebastopol, CA--There's no shortage of information to assimilate when
moving to a new operating system. Fortunately, there is also no shortage
of documentation in the form of good reference books for anyone doing so.
And yet, it's very seldom that you have the opportunity to sit down and
read an entire manual before plunging into a working relationship with
your new OS.  In the more likely scenario, you read enough to get by, set
the book aside to study later, and dive on in.  As for all the details you
haven't covered, you'll dig back through the manual for those later or
somehow learn to do without.

The new "Linux Pocket Guide" by Daniel Barrett (O'Reilly, US $9.95)
provides a useful alternative for new and experienced Linux users who need
a quick and handy means to look up Linux commands.  This convenient book
clearly explains how to get up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use.
Once you're up and running, "Linux Pocket Guide" serves as an easy-to-use
reference that you can keep by your keyboard for those times when you want
a fast, useful answer--not hours in the manpages.

"This book is a short guide, not a comprehensive reference," says Barrett.
"We cover important, useful aspects of Linux so you can work productively.
We do not, however, present every single command and every last option
(our apologies if your favorite was omitted), nor delve into detail about
operating system internals. Short, sweet, and essential, that's our motto."

The "Linux Pocket Guide" is organized the way you use Linux: by function,
not just alphabetically. It's doesn't aim to be the "bible" of Linux,
rather, it's a practical and concise guide to the options and commands
users need most. It starts with general concepts like files and
directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed
overviews of the most essential commands, with clear examples. Readers
will learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and
even the RPM package that installed it.

The Linux Pocket Guide is tailored to Fedora Linux--the latest spin-off of
Red Hat Linux--but most of the information applies to any Linux system.

Featuring a friendly and accessible style, peppered with valuable power
user tips, this practical, to-the-point book is a small but mighty
resource for Linux users.

Additional Resources:

Sample excerpts from the book are available online at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxpg/chapter/index.html

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxpg/

For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596006284.jpg

Linux Pocket Guide
Daniel Barrett
ISBN 0-596-00628-4, 191 pages, $9.95 US, $14.95 CA
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