The Arch Linux Handbook - compiled by Dusty Phillips

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About the author: Dusty Phillips is a member of the Arch Linux development team and open source aficionado. Arch Linux Handbook A Simple, Lightweight Linux Handbook By Dusty Phillips The Arch Linux Beginner's guide, has been a help to thousands of new users installing this popular keep it simple Linux distribution. Now in print for the first time, this Simple Lightweight Linux Handbook is all you need to get started with Arch Linux. Publication Date: Oct 06 2009 ISBN/EAN13: 1448699606 / 9781448699605 Page Count: 166 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 5.5" x 8.5" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Computers / Operating Systems / Linux

Wow...

If anyone is wondering if it's worth the small price he's asking, I'd have to say, yes. Absolutely.

The binding is very very nice. The cover is nice as well. It's a very well put together (physically) , and you will probably be familiar with most of the content if you've ever used the wiki. Dusty has did an outstanding job on putting this all together, and while I wasn't really expecting much when I ordered one (other than having a piece of Arch history), I must say, I am very pleasantly surprised by what a nice book this actually is.

For those new to Arch, that don't have a second machine, I could see this being extremely useful. There are always live cd's of course, which allow access to the wiki, but the book covers enough of the basic stuff to get you setup and running with nothing else.

+1 on this one Dusty. Great job.

~ Crouse