Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Really 1.5 stars

I wouldn't say that this book is totally bad, I was able to install Linux on a PC fine the first time following the instructions. Although upon further snooping, just set your cd-rom drive to bootable and pop the cd in and it goes almost automatically. Past that, other than a couple of semi-useful appendices for commands, I found the book sorely lacking. For example, I could not find how to install programs in a .tar.gz format, which just happens to be the majority that programs come in. I do not like rpms and prefer to compile my own programs. When it came time to set up some ftp and apache, the book was almost laughable. It talked about the world wide web and that you can surf it with a program like Netscape, wow! If 600 pages of fluff like this were cut out and the price slashed 75% the book would get 3 stars from me, but do yourselves a favor and get something else.