books about: linux     books:       Grokking the GIMP19 reviews Carey Bunks Sams, 2000 Most Current, to date,that I've discovered, on the Gimp I have searched high and low for a decent book on the Gimp. There are a several, good references ("Learning the Gimp in 24 Hours", "Essential Gimp for Web Developers", etc.) though many are out dated due to the rapid progress progress the developers. The Gimp, an excellent example of what open source cooperation produces, is well represented in this book. The author illustrates the use of the ...             Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid19 reviews Michael W. Lucas No Starch Press, 2003 The OpenBSD bible ... a must-have for security freaks I'm no security freak, but I love the OpenBSD concept: security above all. When I took a course in Unix operating systems, I was introduced to OpenBSD, and recommended to purchase this text. Albeit outdated (it covers version 3.2, and OpenBSD is now at 4.0), the book offers an overview of all the basics, including 3 whole chapters on the pf firewall. Because of its general nature, the ...             Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional ...24 reviews W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 Comprehensive. The Best series of books to learn Network programming from. The BEST in the world. Nothing comes close.             Advanced UNIX Programming (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)18 reviews Marc J. Rochkind Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004 The best UNIX programming book that I know of What's more to say, the title say's it all... Buy it!             Linux(R) Quick Fix Notebook (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series)23 reviews Peter Harrison Prentice Hall PTR, 2005 Best book available on the Linux OS Easily the best book on Linux that I have ever read or bought. Also one of the best computer books overall that I have ever used. That is saying a lot given that I have many computer books on the full range of computer topics and given that I am very picky in what I buy. The other reviews - all but one 5-star - give details on the book. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to set up a Linux ...             Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition41 reviews Brian Hatch, James Lee McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2002 The best hands-on Linux security book just got better I'm a big fan of the Hacking Exposed style of writing. All offensive theory is backed up by command line examples, followed by defensive countermeasures. Hacking Exposed: Linux, 2nd Ed (HE:L2E) follows this tradition, updating the content of the first edition and adding 200 pages of new content. Although I reviewed the first edition in Sep 01, reading the second edition reminded me of the ...             UNIX Backup and Recovery17 reviews W. Curtis Preston O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1999 The Computer Backup Book This is *THE* Computer System backup book. It contains all the basics of why you want to backup computer systems, plus many of the real world experience details. It is written from a Unix perspective, but is still applicable to Windows and other non-Unix environments. I've been using this book as a general guide for several years now. It was a book I watched work it's way through the O'Reilly ...             UNIX (Visual QuickStart Guide)19 reviews Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. Ray Peachpit Press, 1998 It is Very nice book offers wealth of useful knowledge ! I like easy to read book and I also assumed that learning UNIX is not necessarily has to a struggle. This book stood up to my expectations almost perfectly: it is very well written and clearly expressed work. It does not overwhelm with technical details and does not press too much. I followed an advise in some review and purchased Linux and UNIX for a beginner training suite, 4DVDs + 2CDs ...             KornShell Programming Tutorial (Hewlett-Packard Press Series)33 reviews Barry Rosenberg Addison-Wesley Professional, 1991 Brilliant This book is *the* way to begin working with the Korn shell. I needed to get up to speed with a shell scripting language in order to do Oracle DBA tasks. I bought this based on the strength of it's Amazon ratings and was completely delighted. The author has a great style, easy to understand and very clear. I found the procession of topics to be very logical; a nice gradual build up from the ...             UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers17 reviews Uresh Vahalia Prentice Hall, 1995 The best operating systems book in existence A certain small and select set of books can be found in any serious programmer's library. "UNIX Internals" is one of those books. I originally encountered "UNIX Internals" in my undergraduate operating systems class. At the time, I liked it, but I didn't really appreciate its full beauty until I re-read it with a few years of operating systems experience under my belt. I work as an operating ...             Unix User's Handbook13 reviews Marty Poniatowski Prentice Hall, 2000 Awesome! I'm surprised how much content was put in this book. They did an excellent job on covering a wide array of topics: Unix commands, XWindow System, File/Dir System, tools, Shell Programming, KornShell, C, and Bash environment, Samba, and Internet Programming. It also dedicates some time with C++, Perl, and Java, which made me happy. A plus for man documantion listings. My only grudge is the index, ...             Complete Idiot's Guide to UNIX (The Complete Idiot's Guide)12 reviews Bill Wagner Alpha, 1998 It is the ways to learn UNIX Everybody likes easy to read books and I also assume that learning UNIX is not necessarily has to be a struggle. This book stood up to my expectations almost perfectly: it is very well written and clearly expressed work. It does not overwhelm with technical details and does not press too much. It is VERY descriptive and takes you snoothly from subject to subject. I also followed an advise in ...             DB2(R) SQL PL: Essential Guide for DB2(R) UDB on Linux(TM), UNIX(R), Windows(TM), i5/OS(TM), and z/OS(R) (2nd ...11 reviews Zamil Janmohamed, Clara Liu, ... IBM Press, 2004 Excellent book for developers/DBAs new to DB2 If you are a developer or DBA who is new to DB2, I would highly recommend this book to you. Both administration and development topics are covered, helpful best practices and tips are included, and illustrative examples are used. The fundamental DB2 concepts and the different DB2 tools such as the Control Center are introduced in a very straightforward and easy-to-understand manner. This ...             Scaling Oracle8i(TM): Building Highly Scalable OLTP System Architectures12 reviews James Morle Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000 Excellent and error free book Now a days there are lot of Oracle books which confuses the readers with inaccurate information. But this book gives 100% accurate and pracical information. And James knows about the topics he is talking. Not that just cut and paste from Oracle documentation or some metalink notes. Great book and I have already recommened to most of my friends.             Oracle8i Database Administration13 reviews Noel Yuhanna Manning Publications, 1999 Most useful DBA book I've read so far As an Oracle Instructor and DBA I've had the opportunity to review numerous Oracle texts for DBA's and have to say I've been quite disappointed with most of them. Mr. Yuhanna's book however is an exception. Out of the many DBA texts I have on my shelf this is the one I goto most frequently. Unlike other texts which spend excessive amounts of time covering uncommonly used features and little to ...             Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project13 reviews Karl Fogel O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 Excellent logistical guide for any software project Issues specific to Open Source are well-covered in this book. I found the section titled "Handling Difficult People" especially useful; his advice in this dodgy area is to act eloquent and keep feedback directed at the problem, not the person. If the person *is* the problem, nip in-public issues in the bud and contact the person directly to resolve the personal issue(s). Fogel presents lots of ...             Advanced DBA Certification Guide and Reference for DB2(R) Universal Database v8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows ...15 reviews Dwaine R. Snow, Thomas Xuan Phan IBM Press, 2003 Absolutely the best DB2 book! I just found this book, and after reading it wish I had found this years ago. This is the most comprehensive book on DB2 that I have ever seen. This book has already saved me a lot of time. The performance chapter is great and helped me improve the performance of my DB2 server by over 30% in less than a week.             Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition11 reviews Michael W. Lucas No Starch Press, 2007 Great FREEBSD Reference 'Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD' is another hit in the No Starch collection of books which have their own unique layout and style of writing associated with the authors publishing with them. With around 700 pages of content you will learn the ins and outs of this Unix-like operating system and see how powerful it is and what it can do for you. If you use FREEBSD on the job or ...             DB2(R) Universal Database V8 Handbook for Windows, UNIX, and Linux (IBM Press Series--Information Management)16 reviews Philip K. Gunning IBM Press, 2003 Straight and to the Point The chapters on Type-2 indexes and MDC really helped me better understand how type-2 indexes improve performance now I understand what a dimension is and how to identify good candidate dimensions. The chapter on buffer pool tuning and Sort along with the DBM and DB CFG tuning tips have helped get my boss off my back!This is a great book by a DB2 Consultant.             Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice13 reviews Bruce Molay Prentice Hall, 2002 An excellent course through Unix and Linux with copious code and examples. Unix has had the luxury of being one of the most documented operating systems in history. Many books have been dedicated to documenting the internals of Unix and Unix-like systems and some have risen to the ranks of classic texts regarded by all as necessary to understanding the inner workings of Unix. Understanding Unix®/Linux Programming would be in excellent company with these books. 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