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Title: Linux Bible Nearly Useless
Review: I am very disappointed with the Linux (2008 Edition) Bible. It is basically a fluff volume (800+ pages of fluff) that provides little help in trying to use Linux. Best comparison I can think of is: You buy your first car, and with no practical knowledge of cars, have a flat tire on the way home. You look in the owners manual for instructions on changing the flat. The manual says, "there is a jack and lug wrench in the car for changing tires." Nothing more. This example relates to many sections of the book. Take, again for example, "Kudzu Hardware Detection" on page 286. This section states that Kudzu detects your system hardware each time you start Fedora. Okay, so what if it doesn't? Not a word on how to make it run, how to make it detect hardware, or what to do if it fails to detect. This lack of real information is repeated throughout the book. A (very) brief introduction to topics but nothing that is remotely useful. I feel I really wasted my money.
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