The next chapter covers obtaining and installing Linux. How to get Linux from the Internet as well as other sources is covered. The section on installation problems covers many if not most of the questions that are regularly asked on the Linux newsgroups on Usenet. The third chapter is a Linux tutorial. It starts very basic but covers pipes, wildcards, file permissions, job control and the vi editor.
Systems administration is covered which includes routine stuff as well as disaster recovery.
Appendices cover other documentation, linux distributions, a Linux BBS list where you can get Linux files and even a tutorial on using ftp to get Linux off the Internet. All in all, a thorough job of writing what needs to be said to get people started. If I had to find shortcomings it would be in the appendices talking about other sources of information and Linux distributions. The list of distributions covers MCC, TAMU, Nascent, Slackware and Trans-Ameritech but leave out major players such as Yggdrasil. Also, the information on Slackware is out of date but, as the change only happened 30 days ago, I can't be overly critical.