Many people still believe that learning Linux is difficult, or that only experts can understand how a Linux system works. Though there is a lot of free documentation available, the documentation is widely scattered on the Web, and often confusing, since it is usually oriented toward experienced UNIX or Linux users.
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Introduction to Linux
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Linux Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional is the best-selling guide to the hottest new Linux distribution. Within its 600 in-depth pages, youll learn how to become a pro-level Linux user.
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Linux Device Drivers
As a programmer, you are able to make your own choices about your driver, and choose an acceptable trade-off between the programming time required and the flexibility of the result. Though it may appear strange to say that a driver is flexible, we like this word because it emphasizes that the role of a device driver is providing mechanism, not policy.
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Linux as a development platform and deployment platform for Java applications has been largely ignored. This is despite the fact that the unix platform (meaning all UNIX and UNIX-like systems, Linux included) has long been recognized as one of the most programmer-friendly platforms in existence.
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Although the title of this book is Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours, you won’t be alone while you learn. As you’re taken from installation through system administration to playing games, you’ll find advice, tips, and hints to help you along the way. Before you know it you’ll be familiar with the terms, topics, and technical concepts dealing with the hottest and newest operating system in the world Linux!
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This documentation will attempt to summarize the installation and configuration, as well as the day-to-day administrative and maintenance procedures that should be followed to keep a Linux based server or desktop system up and running.
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We will start with an overview of how Linux became the operating system it is today. We will discuss past and future development and take a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of this system. We will talk about distributions, about Open Source in general and try to explain a little something about GNU.
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