Linux Books
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Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Keir Thomas, Apress
The book is interspersed with images and screen shots making it easier to visualize the steps being explained. All in all a good book which is both informative and entertaining at the same time. — Ravi Kumar, Slashdot contributor Winner of the Linux Journal Editors Choice 2006 Award for best End-User/Nontechnical Book! Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional is the best-selling guide to the hottest new Linux distribution.
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Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Steve Suehring, Apress
Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional introduces you to the world of Perl Internet application development. This book tackles all areas crucial to developing your first web applications and includes a powerful combination of real-world examples coupled with advice. Topics range from serving and consuming RSS feeds, to monitoring Internet servers, to interfacing with e-mail. You'll learn how to use Perl with ancillary packages like Mason and Nagios.
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eDirectory Field Guide
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Rick Killpack, Apress
eDirectory Field Guide is a handy reference for configuring, troubleshooting, and optimizing Novell's eDirectory on NetWare, Linux, Unix, and Windows. Along with Sun ONE Directory Server and Microsoft Active Directory, Novell's eDirectory is a leader in directory server software, the specialized database that enterprises employ to store user identities. This book offers tips for migrating from one operating system to another.
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Expert Oracle Database 10<i>g</i> Administration (Expert's Voice)
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Sam R. Alapati, Apress
This is a unique, one-volume guide to the administration and management of the Oracle database. Fully revised and updated from its best-selling 9i predecessor, this edition covers all new features, with fully field-tested examples&emdash;not just "showcase" examples. This book covers the new 10g management and performance tools and provides essential primers on Unix, Linux and Windows NT administration and on core SQL and PL/SQL programming techniques.
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Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Sam R. Alapati, Apress
This is a unique, one-volume guide to the administration and management of the Oracle database. Fully revised and updated from its best-selling 9i predecessor, this edition covers all new features, with fully field-tested examples&emdash;not just "showcase" examples.This book covers the new 10g management and performance tools and provides essential primers on Unix, Linux and Windows NT administration and on core SQL and PL/SQL programming techniques.
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Pro Perl Parsing
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Christopher M. Frenz, Apress
I thoroughly enjoyed this...I write and maintain a fair amount of Perl, and matching and parsing patterns is often the largest part of the work. — A.P. Lawrence, Information and Resources for Unix and Linux Systems Perl, one of the world's most diffuse programming languages, was born out of the need to resolve the creator's dissatisfaction with what were at the time standard data-parsing solutions. Indeed, since the 1.
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Pro DNS and BIND
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Ron Aitchison, Apress
Pro DNS and BIND guides you through the challenging array of features surrounding DNS, with a special focus on BIND, the world?s most popular DNS implementation. This book unravels the mysteries of DNS, offering insight into origins, evolution, and key concepts like domain names and zone files. This book focuses on running DNS systems based on BIND 9.3.0?the first stable release that includes support for the latest DNSSEC (DNSSEC.
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Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Chris F.A. Johnson, Apress
This is the type of book that will either solve a specific problem you have or will give you ideas on automating/simplifying something that you've lived with for far too long. — Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings This book is geared towards any Unix user who doesn't want to spend time creating or testing shell scripts.
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Beginning SUSE Linux: From Novice to Professional
Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter
by Keir Thomas, Apress
Beginning SUSE Linux: From Novice to Professional is designed for the newcomer to Linux. It aims to guide you through numerous practical topics relevant to effective operation of this popular operating system. The book begins by discussing the background of Linux and open source software, then proceeds to guide you through the SUSE installation process. You'll learn how to use the basic functions, and modify the look and feel according to your tastes.
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Hardening Linux
Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter
by James Turnbull, Apress
James Turnbull is an IT&T Security Consultant at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He is an experienced infrastructure architect with a background in Linux/Unix, AS/400, Windows, and Storage systems. He has been involved in security consulting, infrastructure security design, SLA & support services design, and business application support.