Book Review: Linux Administration Handbook

"The book is truly impressive in the amount of information. Throughout the book, the authors provided basic introduction on every subject before delving into details. For example, the authors introduced the Linux Filesystem (Chapter 5) by talking about the four components that make up a filesystem ? a namespace, an API, a security model and an implementation. They then moved on to describe how the pathnames work. The file tree is an important component of any operating system. In Linux Administration Handbook, the authors talked about the differences between unices and the standard path tree layout in Linux. The path tree describes the basic layout and placement of files in Linux."