Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel Barrett
Designed to get you up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use, this title begins with general concepts like files and directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed overviews of the most essential commands. The reader will learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and the RPM package that installed it.
"Whilst there does seem to be a trend amongst many publishers to deliver ever more comprehensive titles, cramming details of almost every command-line switch and GUI option across a huge range of tools and packages, O'Reilly can always be relied upon to publish works that deal concisely with one aspecty of GNU/Linux or excel in offering a psecific functionalityLinux Pocket Guide is exemplary in this respect, cleverly avoiding the unnecessary bloat associated with titles that share the same subject matter - Fedora Linux. Indeed, this highly portable volume manages to kill two birds with one stone, funcitoning both as handy quick reference and an essential introduction to basic everyday tooks and commands. And though Fedora specifics such as desktop and package managerment are covered in some detail, nearly all of the material here could well be applied to almost any distro." Martin Howse, Linux User and Developer, Issue 40 "Can't memorise man pages? This is for you." Linux Format, Oct (top stuff award)
Dan Barrett has been immersed in Internet technology since 1985. Currently working as a software engineer, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer, Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and humorist. He is the co-author of Linux Security Cookbook, SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, as well as monthly columns for Compute! and Keyboard Magazine, and articles for The O'Reilly Network.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780596006280 |
| ISBN 10 | 0596006284 |
| Title | Linux Pocket Guide |
| Author | Daniel Barrett |
| Series | Pocket Guide: Essential Commands Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
| Year published | 2004-03-23 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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