Linux Books
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Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Sander van Vugt, Apress
You love it as the world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution, and now Ubuntu is available at a server near you. Embracing the very same features desktop users have grown to love, system administrators are rapidly adopting Ubuntu due to their ability to configure, deploy, and manage network services more effectively than ever. Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration guides you through all of the key configuration and administration tasks you’ll need to know.
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Foundations of Qt Development
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Johan Thelin, Apress
As the standard for KDE desktop environment, Trolltechs Qt is a necessary basis for all programmers who want to develop cross-platform applications on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and FreeBSD. A multitude of popular applications have been written in Qt including Adobe Photoshop Elements, Google Earth, Perforce Visual Client, and Skype. Foundations of Qt Development is based on Qt 4.
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Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Keir Thomas, Shashank Sharma, Apress
Coauthor Shashank Sharma discusses the book 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.
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Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Michael Still, Stewart Smith, Apress
MythTV is a powerful open source personal video recorder (PVR) application that runs on Linux. Developed for several years by volunteers, it offers a stable and extensible platform for automating all of the things you would expect from a PVR, and much more. Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC takes a project-based approach to implementing your own MythTV setup.
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Foundations of GTK+ Development
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Andrew Krause, Apress
GTK+ is one of the most influential graphical toolkits for the Linux operating system. It is the technology upon which the GNOME and XFCE desktop environments are based, and its crucial to have clear understanding of its complexities to build even a simple Linux desktop application. Foundations of GTK+ Development guides you through these complexities, laying the foundation that will allow you to cross from novice to professional.
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Beginning Ubuntu Linux
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Keir Thomas, Apress
Ive read lots of good books about Ubuntu and Linux in the past few months. This is the first great book. — Arsgeek.com review of Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition Keir Thomas walks you through the whole Ubuntu experience from beginning to end, comforting you with a calm voice when you might be feeling a bit lost ... He has done a great and thorough job.
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The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Sander van Vugt, Apress
The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a comprehensive guide to Novells SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), one of the most powerful Linux-based server solutions available today. Sander van Vugtnoted author, consultant, and trainerguides you through the most important aspects of SLES, beginning with an in-depth overview of installation and configuration tasks.
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Pro OGRE 3D Programming
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Gregory Junker, Apress
Pro OGRE 3D Programming is your detailed guide to utilizing the OGRE 3D engine, one of the best-in-breed 3D rendering libraries available. You'll learn what OGRE is, and more importantly, what it is not. OGRE gives you an object-oriented interface to render 3D scenes independent of the implementation, such as Direct3D or OpenGL. OGRE is available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It can be utilized to create a variety of 3D-based applications and is commonly used in game creation.
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Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on Linux: Installation, Administration, and Performance
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Steve Shaw, Julian Dyke, Apress
Real Application Clusters (RAC) and the Grid architecture are Oracle's strategy for scaling out enterprise systems to cope with bigger workloads and more users. Many books limit themselves by conceptualizing and theorizing about RAC technology, but this book is the first to portray implementing and administering an Oracle 10g RAC system in a Linux environment.
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Beginning REALbasic: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Jr., Jerry Lee Ford, Apress
If youre just getting into programming, or youre already an experienced VB programmer who wants to quickly learn a programming alternative, then REALbasic is the ideal language for you. REALbasic is an easy-to-learn, powerful, cross-platform programming language that allows you to write powerful applications that may be distributed across Windows, Mac, and Linux.