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1. |  Linux Pocket Guide, 1st Edition Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 18-FEB-2004 Insert Date: 03-JUL-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Linux Pocket Guide, 1st Edition
O'Reilly's Pocket Guides have earned a reputation as inexpensive,
comprehensive, and compact guides that have the stuff but not the
fluff. Every page of Linux Pocket Guide lives up to this
billing. It clearly explains how to get up to speed quickly on
day-to-day Linux use. Once you're up and running, Linux Pocket
Guide provides an easy-to-use reference that you can keep by
your keyboard for those times when you want a fast, useful answer,
not hours in the man pages. Linux Pocket Guide is organized
the way you use Linux: by function, not just alphabetically. It's
not the 'bible of Linux; it's...
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2. |  Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional By: Shashank Sharma; Keir Thomas Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 01-JUL-2007 Insert Date: 22-OCT-2008 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional
Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional guides you through the tasks most new Linux users desire to perform while explaining potentially confusing concepts along the way. It will steer you through system customization opportunities and common tasks like listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, and performing office- and Internet-related jobs. A large part of the book is dedicated to advanced command-line techniques necessary to maintain your system and become a true Linux master!
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3. |  Beginning SUSE Linux, Second Edition By: Keir Thomas Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 01-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 21-OCT-2008 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beginning SUSE Linux, Second Edition
Written by award-winning author Keir Thomas, Beginning SUSE Linux, Second Edition is the comprehensive guide to openSUSE Linux 10.1, the community-created version of SUSE Linux.
The book starts with an introduction to the world of Linux and the open source community, and this is followed by an illustrated step-by-step guide to openSUSE installation and hardware configuration.
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4. |  By: Himanshu Yadava Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 01-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 18-OCT-2008 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Berkeley DB Book
The Berkeley DB Book is a practical guide to the intricacies of the Berkeley DB. This book covers in-depth the complex design issues that are mostly only touched on in terse footnotes within the dense Berkeley DB reference manual. It explains the technology at a higher level and also covers the internals, providing generous code and design examples.
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5. |  By: Tony Bove Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 14-NOV-2005 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Just Say No To Microsoft
Just Say No to Microsoft
begins by tracing Microsoft's rise
from tiny software startup to monopolistic juggernaut and explains
how the company's practices over the years have discouraged
innovation, stunted competition, and helped foster an environment
ripe for viruses, bugs, and hackers. Readers learn how they can
dump Microsoft products--even the Windows operating system--and
continue to be productive. The book also shows how to work
successfully and seamlessly with computers and people who are still
hooked on Microsoft software. Includes full explanations of
alternate operating...
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6. |  By: Matthias Kalle Dalheimer; Matt Welsh Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 22-DEC-2005 Insert Date: 30-DEC-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Running Linux, 5th Edition
You may be contemplating your first Linux installation. Or you may
have been using Linux for years and need to know more about adding
a network printer or setting up an FTP server. Running
Linux, now in its fifth edition, is the book you'll want on
hand in either case. Widely recognized in the Linux community as
the ultimate getting-started and problem-solving book, it answers
the questions and tackles the configuration issues that frequently
plague users, but are seldom addressed in other books.
This fifth edition of Running Linux is greatly expanded,
reflecting the maturity of the...
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7. |  By: David Brickner Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 13-APR-2005 Insert Date: 25-JUN-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Test Driving Linux
For years, computer users have put up with the bugs, security
holes, and viruses on Windows because they had no choice. Until
recently, there has never been a good alternative to Windows. But
now, Windows users can switch to Linux, the reliable, secure, and
spyware free operating system. Linux is easy to use, runs on almost
any PC, and enables you to perform all the tasks you can do with
Windows. Getting to know Linux has never been easier, because now
there's a way to test-drive Linux without changing, installing, or
configuring a thing on your computer. It's called Test Driving
Linux: From...
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8. |  By: Nicholas Petreley; Jono Bacon Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 23-MAR-2005 Insert Date: 02-APR-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Linux Desktop Hacks
The KDE and Gnome desktops have developed into mature operating
environments. These technologies not only act as interfaces between
the user, the powerful Linux kernel and GNU operating system, but
they do so in a fun and intuitive way. Many users are content with
the tools and facilities included with these desktops, but--for
those who are ready to probe a little deeper--much more
functionality can be found by going under the hood. With hacks that
any user can follow, Linux Desktop Hacks demonstrates how
easy it is to modify Linux to suit your desires. The book is packed
with tips on...
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9. |  Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 07-FEB-2005 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Linux in a Windows World
Linux's unparalleled functionality and adaptability have made it
the main alternative to Unix and Microsoft Windows operating
systems. And with good reason. System administrators realize that
this robust alternative can greatly improve their operating
system's reliability and save them money, too. Linux systems are
even less vulnerable to attacks by computer viruses and worms. Not
surprisingly, businesses, government agencies, schools, and a
wealth of other institutions are all looking to Linux to replace
the Windows desktop for these same benefits. Linux in a Windows
World takes an in-depth...
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10. |  By: Carla Schroder Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 29-NOV-2004 Insert Date: 18-DEC-2004 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Linux Cookbook
This unique and valuable collection of tips, tools, and scripts
provides clear, concise, hands-on solutions that can be applied to
the challenges facing anyone running a network of Linux servers
from small networks to large data centers in the practical and
popular problem-solution-discussion O'Reilly cookbook format. The
Linux Cookbook covers everything you'd expect: backups, new
users, and the like. But it also covers the non-obvious information
that is often ignored in other books the time-sinks and headaches
that are a real part of an administrator's job, such as: dealing
with odd kinds...
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