LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams LPIC-1/LX0-101 & LX0-102)

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There are several reasons for which I would not recommend this book, let's enumerate them:- First, it doesn't follow any order of the Linux+ exams, other editorial divide the book in first exam subjects and then second exam subjects, in this one everything is mixed.- Too much useless redundant information or personal about the author, like that he's not good memorizing things or that he loves rsync utility to make a mirror of his own computer, or that he prefer SUSE...something really annoying in the whole book for having too much references to SuSe tools like YaST that has no relation with the CompTIA/LPI exam.- If you just summarize the entire book in the useful information for the exam, you will have less than 50 pages (the proof is that I already did it).- Has strong lack of objectives of the exam, and even basic question as the immutable flag in files that doesn't appear. The chapter about VI, among others, is so huge in useless content and lack of useful ones that in the exam you will feel scammed when you have questions like "how to copy 16 lines of a text file with a command in vi from the line in which the cursor is?".- The exam has lots of no options questions, like "write the command with which you can do exactly THIS task" and you have to write with no faults the command. THE BOOK doesn't say that.- The companion CD has an amazing exam to be runned ON WINDOWS? Hello?I first did the A+ exam studying with another editorial and I was feeling, I AM feeling like the wikipedia of the A+ because the books were amazing (they're being sold here, three books in a pack, no more tips). After wasting my money to study the Linux+ with this exam and passing the first one with a score of just 540 because most of the questions weren't in the book, I 've just cancelled the second exam appointment, I've thrown away this book, and buy GOOD ones with another editorial, the same one I used to learn the A+.That's my recommendation. Thanks.

Prior to this book, I was a complete neophyte in regards to Linux. Like most Windows veterans, I knew of, but didn't know Linux. Having read Mr Tracy's book cover to cover, I'm comfortable with my knowledge of Linux now. I'm far from being an expert, but this book really gave me the basics of how to work with Linux. If that was the only purpose of this book, then it would easily receive 5 stars. Mr Tracy's approach is to assume that the reader knows absolutely nothing about Linux, so he starts from basics and works his way towards more and more advanced information. As such, this is a great way to learn about Linux.However, as stated in the title of the book, the primary purpose here is to prepare the reader for the Linux + exams. This is where Mr Tracy is less effective. While I definitely learned the basics, it was the various practice exams I found online that truly prepared me for the test. If I had relied solely on this book, I most definitely would have failed the exam.So, 5 stars for being a great tool for teaching me the basic concepts. And 2 stars for preparing me for the actual test. I will say that I'm willing to give Mr Tracy some benefit of the doubt, since CompTIA is notorious for constantly changing and evolving their tests, so any given book will be lacking in some regard. Also, its worth pointing out that Mr Tracy's 2 page explanation of the OSI Model is vastly superior to the entire chapter devoted to the topic in the Network + book.

Honestly, the book is well written for those individuals that are new to the Linux operating system. However, I don't believe the book is sufficient to pass the Linux+/LPIC-1 exams. The author was entertaining and informative, but the book layout had much to be desired. I do understand the author believed the book layout gave you a solid footing to understand information provided in later in the book. I personally feel the book should have been divided up in to two major sections to cover each test. I do feel the videos are very helpful for those that do not learn from reading alone. The practice tests (although not thorough) still aided in re-enforcing the information learned.The LPI site has a portion devoted to exam preparation. In this section there are links provided to free learning materials. I actually found these materials much more useful than any books currently on the market. There are also more accurate practice tests available on the web.I congratulate the author on a book well written. Sadly, it just falls short for exam preparation. If, however, I see this author has written a book on a subject I know little to nothing about, I will most likely purchase his book.

I bought this book1) because it had the latest publishing date and I figured that it would more accurately reflect the latest CompTIA Linux+ exams and2) because the books similar to the ones I used to study for the Security+, Network+, and A+ exams were published either pre-2009 or had really bad reviews.I found this book to be very good for Linux study, but not so good for preparation for the Linux+ exam.I am not sure whether it is the exam's fault or the book. The exams only seemed to use about 10% of the really useful stuff you should know from the book, 50% of the more fringe stuff from the book that is not really highlighted in the text as much or even addressed in the practice exams, and 40% from stuff that is not even addressed in the book or was contradictory to what the book said.The biggest surprise was that the exam had several fill in the blanks, where the book's practice questions and exams have none and I don't recall any mention of fill in the blanks (could be wrong, but I was not prepared for that).The book did help, but I ended up going thru both exams 5 times and used all but 15 minutes on each test and was not sure at all that I would pass.I ended up with 610 and 620 on the exams, with passing being 500, but I had to really depend on my actual Linux experience (which was a little rusty) as much or more than what I got out of the book.This book is probably better than what else is available, but it could do a much better job of preparing someone for the exams.