| |
|
Linux Kernel in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) 3 reviews
Greg Kroah-Hartman
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
Great Kernel reference...
+ Excellent narrow-task guide
+ Reminded of things I'd forgotten and learned some new things too!
Nowadays its less common for a user to have to compile a kernel, but there are times that if you don't do it a given device will no work properly (or at all). Despite the huge amount of Linux distributions available none is able to fulfill every user requirement. Configuring a laptop or installing ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
DNS & BIND Cookbook7 reviews
Cricket Liu
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002
A 'MUST HAVE' for new DNS Administrators
+ Classic book
+ Excellent
+ Magic bullet for quick DNS fixes/receipies
+ A NICE PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Learning Perl, Fourth Edition 293 reviews
Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, ...
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
If you're looking for the best Perl introduction, this is it
+ A programming library's foundation title and a highly recommended pick
+ One book for most of use
+ Learning Perl
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
MySQL Pocket Reference 8 reviews
George Reese
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003
Excellent Quick Reference for MySQL RDBMS
+ Good no-fluff reference and read
+ Explanations are accompanied by tables and examples for maximum efficiency.
+ Entry level pocket reference
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Book of Webmin: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love UNIX2 reviews
Joe Cooper
No Starch Press, 2003
Great Book, Great Open Source Software
+ For the new sysadmin
This is a great book that describes one of the best pieces of software for a *NIX enviroment I have ever seen. It is easy to read and understand Webmin is a great web based interface that can handle clustering, updates across all servers handles by Webmin and many many other things Joe does a great ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)96 reviews
W. Jason Gilmore
Apress, 2006
Excellent Book
+ [Third Edition Review] Broad coverage except in XML manipulation
I own several PHP/Mysql reference books, and this one is the most comprehensive of all of them. Just the right balance and written descriptions/explanations and practical applications/examples. I wouldn't necessarily say this book is for beginners, but anyone that's a novice to professional would ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Slackware Linux Essentails 2nd Edition 5 reviews
David Cantrell, Logan Johnson, Alan Hicks Chris Lumens
FreeBSD Mall, 2005
Exactly that the Essentials Needed!
+ an even-handed approach
I know absolutly nothing about linux. Using this book I was able to install and configure linux slackware. It was very easy reading and quick to the point. [...] Only complaint is I want to learn more. But I have learned no book contains all the info I'll ever need.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Learning MySQL (Learning)11 reviews
Seyed M.M. (Saied) Tahaghoghi, Hugh Williams
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
Great Book
+ optimal book
+ Book on Top from down under
+ Very Good
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
DNS and BIND (5th Edition)63 reviews
Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
Great Resource
+ DNS and BIND
+ Good but dated...
+ By far the best DNS introduction
+ This is the reference manual for DNS/BIND
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
TCP/IP Network Administration (3rd Edition; O'Reilly Networking)29 reviews
Craig Hunt
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002
Best TCP/IP Book Hands Down!
+ TCP/IP Fundamentals
+ Cannot Live Without
+ A decent book to learn from and reference.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
MySQL in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))5 reviews
Russell Dyer
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
MySQL and how to use it effectively!
+ Compact And Clear MYSQL Reference
+ It does not cover MySQL 5 or later.
+ Another Solid Nutshell Book
+ you need a background in SQL
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
LINUX: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition (Book Only) (Prentice Hall Ptr Open Source Technology Series)9 reviews
Paul Sheer
Prentice Hall PTR, 2001
Wow, this is excellent
+ Great book
+ The best book on the subject
+ Not a good choice for a class text.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Apache: The Definitive Guide (3rd Edition) 13 reviews
Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002
not great but still quite worth of it
+ Java 1 there's a good reason
I partly agree with the downstairs, but can not put it in 1 star.
This book is OK for beginner, both on Win32 and Linux. And with detailed description (yes, it tells what is called NT Service and how to open a MMC to start a service :-) so IT JUST WORKS.
On the other hand, there is a lot of ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Learning the bash Shell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))32 reviews
Cameron Newham
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
Outstanding in every way
+ Very useful
+ Exelent Book!!
+ Great book
+ It's a book on shell scripting
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Linux Pocket Guide33 reviews
Daniel J. Barrett
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004
Does what it says at a price you can't argue with.
+ Great reference book, especially for linux nubes
+ A handy, useful reference for the Linux user
+ Small, Useful and Nice For Beginners
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference27 reviews
Charles Kozierok
No Starch Press, 2005
Best book on TCP/IP ever
+ Fantastic reference book
+ Phenomenal, time-consuming
+ A must have for any networking enthusiast
+ Excellent book
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Linux Shells by Example (with CD-ROM)7 reviews
Ellie Quigley
Prentice Hall PTR, 2000
Don't think twice, just get it.
+ Good index. Good CD-ROM
+ Great reference and how-to
+ Excellent Book
+ This book will make your life easier
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
VI Editor Pocket Reference17 reviews
Arnold Robbins
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1998
Vi - your answers
+ Small Book, Big Help
+ Commandline editor guide
Great Vi book for Unix Beginners. It gives great examples to use the command being inquired.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Postfix: The Definitive Guide13 reviews
Kyle Dent
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003
A very good book about Postfix
+ Good reference guide for PostFix
I wasn't looking for esoteric information on how to administer Sendmail. I was looking for a book on Postfix and that's what the author provided. I got the book based a lot on the quality of O'Reilly books and the editor's reputation. Andy Oram is a top notch editor. I recommend this book to any ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Book of Postfix: State-of-the-Art Message Transport15 reviews
Ralf Hildebrandt, Patrick Koetter
No Starch Press, 2005
Best book on the subject.
+ A must read for postfix maintainers
+ Excellent!
+ This book has no equal.
|
|
|
|
|
|
