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Linux in a Nutshell (Nutshell Handbook)

3.91 ( 747 Ratings by Goodreads)
Linux in a Nutshell (Nutshell Handbook)

Linux in a Nutshell (Nutshell Handbook)

3.91 (747 Ratings by Goodreads)
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"Linux in a Nutshell" covers the core commands available on common Linux distributions. It provides a complete reference to all user, programming, administration, and networking commands. Contents include: programming, system administration, and user commands with complete lists of options; LILO and Loadlin (boot) options; shell syntax and variables for the bash, csh, and tcsh shells; pattern matching; Emacs and vi editing commands; sed and gawk commands; common configuration tasks for the GNOME and KDE desktops and the fvwm2 window manager; and Red Hat and Debian package managers. New material in the third edition includes common configuration tasks for the GNOME and KDE desktops and the fvwm2 window manager, the dpkg Debian package manager, an expanded investigation of the rpm Red Hat package manager and CVS, and many new commands. "Linux in a Nutshell" delivers everything needed for common, day-to-day use. It also covers a wide range of GNU tools for Unix users who have GNU versions of standard Unix tools.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780596000257
ISBN10 0596000251
Number Of Pages 816
Item Weight 1042 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 53 x 229 mm
Publisher / Reseller O'Reilly Media
Format paperback
Edition 3
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'O'Reilly have a reputation for producing first-rate computing books, and they've reaffirmed it with Linux in a Nutshell. Each page is clean, accessible and full of detailed and well-written text, while the overall structure and choice of content is equally accomplished.' Rating 8/10. Linux Format, December 2000

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Author's Bio

Ellen Siever is a writer at O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. In addition to Linux in a Nutshell, she has co-authored Perl in a Nutshell and the Perl Modules Reference for the Unix edition of the Perl Resource Kit. She was a programmer for many years until she decided that writing about computers was more fun. Jessica Perry Hekman lives in Arlington, Massachusetts. She ventured into the real world in 1995 with a degree in Medieval History and Literature. She has put it to good use at O'Reilly & Associates (as a production assistant, assistant system administrator, author, and developer working on online books), at ZDNet (as a developer), and Curl Corporation (where she is currently programming and vesting). Stephen Figgins is an editor with the O'Reilly Network. For five years before becoming an editor, Stephen answered O'Reilly customer's technical questions. It was a technician's dream job: getting paid to read O'Reilly books and talk about them with people. Linux is his operating system of choice. Stephen Spainhour is a writer for O'Reilly & Associates. He coauthored the first edition of Webmaster in a Nutshell, as well as Perl in a Nutshell, and has contributed to many other O'Reilly titles.

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