Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins (Editor)
Linux in a Nutshell, now in its fourth edition, has won awards in the Linux community as the most indispensable book about Linux. It is an essential desktop reference for the commands that users of Linux utilize every day, with the depth of information and the practical, succinct "In a Nutshell" format that made the previous editions so popular.
Comprehensive but concise, Linux in a Nutshell covers all substantial user, programming, administration, and networking commands for the most common Linux distributions. It's several quick references rolled into one: sed, gawk, RCS, CVS, vi, Emacs, bash, tcsh, regular expressions, package management, bootloaders, and desktop environments are all covered in this clear, to-the-point volume, along with core command-line utilities.
The fourth edition continues to track the major changes in bootloaders, the GNOME and KDE desktops, and general Unix commands. Several commands related to CDs and music reflect the evolution of multimedia on Linux. Coverage has been added for GRUB, which has become the default bootloader on several Linux distributions, and for vim, the popular and feature-loaded extension to vi. The addition of several new options to the iptables firewall command and new commands related to DNSSEC and ssh show the book's value as a security tool. With this book, you no longer have to grope through long manpages and info documents for the information you need; you'll find it here in clear language and an easy-to-read format.
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins (Editor)
Paperback: 959 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.68 x 9.02 x 6.12; Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates; 4th edition (June 2003); List Price: $39.95 - buy now: Price: $27.97 and You Save: $11.98 (30%)
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