CompTIA Linux+ / LPIC-1 Cert Guide: (Exams LX0-103 & LX0-104/101-400 & 102-400) (Certification Guide) 1st Edition

I don't normally write reviews, but I figure I should start since it is one of the first places I look when I am searching for Cert books. I definitely would recommend this book. TLDR: It covers all the basics, and I would consider it a great starting point, but don't stop there.I just passed both LPIC 101-500, and 102-500. I am going to preface this review by saying, you will never find a single book that has everything you need to know. There is just too much content, this book would be 3000 pages and no one would ever get to the end. I found this book to be a great place to start, it lays down a great layer of knowledge for you to build on. To prepare for the test after this book, I highly recommend the following:-Study all of the commands from the objectives, know their purpose, a few flags, and what those flags do.-Study the FHS(File Hierarchy Ssytem), just search Linux FHS and you will find a 40 page document on FHS. Read it.-Go deep on certain subjects 101-500: Grub Legacy, Grub2, dpkg and apt-get/cache, rpm/yum, systemd/ssytemctl/journalctl. I am sure there is more.102-500: Syslog/Logger, NetworkManager/nmcli, ifconfig/ipup/ipdown, route, hostnamectl, cups, mail, sendmail.And if you have made it this far lol, don't forget to study configuration files/important files. i can't even begin to tell you how many questions there was about files. Lots of questions phrase like: what file does this command update?, or what file stores hashed passwords?Hope this helps someone. Not to dig into any of these books, but the man pages also have a plethora of information you would be wise to read through them. Good luck, sorry for making you read a book.

Want to get certified? Want to test yourself? Think you know basic Linux knowledge? Put yourself to the test with this book. Holy moly is it jam packed. Ross Brunson and his co author Sean Walberg packed this book to the BRIM with information. I passed the Linux+ exam, and this book was well over 65% the reason why. Normally with most books I would need to make sure that I had supplemented it with loads of videos, labs, and maybe even other books... This time? Really I would have been totally out of luck if not for this fine manuscript. Seriously now, want to write scropts? Understand i-nodes? Get a grep on regular expressions? Look no further, don't lose out, buy this or the newer copy TODAY!!

If you already have some dipping-the-toes experience with Linux, this is a great resource to work through and make sure you've got your bases covered before the tests. I just took the 103 test and passed on my first try. That alone warrants a thumbs up from me! Overall, the book is more focused on developing you as a real-world sysadmin as opposed to someone who'll regurgitate the right answers for a multiple choice test. Which is great. Of course, the material is structured alongside the exam objectives so you'll know you'll be prepared for the tests.Of course, no one resource will cover EVERYTHING, but this book covers pretty much everything you'll need to know and then some. The only additional study resource I needed were Linux man pages, because those go more in-depth with the commands you work with, and you'll need to know how to use them in ways that aren't covered in the book.There is practice material on a provided DVD which is kind of a "C'mon man...". It really should be in the cloud these days. I don't have a DVD drive on my macbook. I used the CompTIA Linux+ Certmaster Practice web app instead, which I think is awesome. It's an extra hundred bucks on top of your exam voucher and you get a retake voucher as well.However, I can't speak for the absolute beginner's experience with this book. Before tackling it, you might be better off consulting other resources to get your feet wet (installing Linux on a virtual machine and getting familiar with the command line).

Really well written. By that i mean it's not written like a dense technical manual (although who doesn't love a technical manual?). I can really feel like the author is trying to pour their knowledge into my head. I especially enjoy the parts where they give you a real world example of why you need to do something in order to avoid a bad scenario from happening. I'm planning to take my Comptia Linux plus in the next two months. I am still supplementing this with training videos and online articles. That's not to say this book isn't good at prepping you for the Linux+ exam, but i prefer to have multiple sources of information when going through a certification.Would certainly recommend you buying this book if you are looking to get certified, or even if you just really want to learn more about linux in general and are still at a more "entry level" like I am.

Linux is not easy even after three years but it has come a long way, now it is user friendly and thus accessible to the many who are flocking away from windoze 10 malware/spyware os. This manual is a very good primer for the command line (Terminal). I have learned more with this cert guide than on the interwebs. Free yourselves from the shackles of microcrap and feel the power of freedom to do your work how you want/need to without anyone inside your computer exept for you, no spyware, and almost no maleware compared to win or android, no back doors even when they try. You may even get a job as a Linux systems administrator if you get certified