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A Desktop Quick Reference

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An edition of Linux in a Nutshell (1997)

Linux in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

3rd Edition
  • 4.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 8 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Everything you need to know about Linux is in this book. Written by Stephen Figgins, Ellen Siever, Robert Love, and Arnold Robbins -- people with years of active participation in the Linux community -- Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition, thoroughly covers programming tools, system and network administration tools, the shell, editors, and LILO and GRUB boot loaders.

This updated edition offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials, as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as virtualization, wireless network management, and revision control with git. It also highlights the most important options for using the vast number of Linux commands. You'll find many helpful new tips and techniques in this reference, whether you're new to this operating system or have been using it for years.

  • Get the Linux commands for system administration and network management
  • Use hundreds of the most important shell commands available on Linux
  • Understand the Bash shell command-line interpreter
  • Search and process text with regular expressions
  • Manage your servers via virtualization with Xen and VMware
  • Use the Emacs text editor and development environment, as well as the vi, ex, and vim text-manipulation tools
  • Process text files with the sed editor and the gawk programming language
  • Manage source code with Subversion and git

Printing History

January 1997
First Edition.
February 1999
Second Edition.
August 2000
Third Edition.
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O'Reilly
Language
English

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Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
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LINUX in A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
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Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
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1997, O'Reilly
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Book Details


First Sentence

"This is a book about Linux, a freely available clone of the Unix operating system for personal computers."

Edition Notes

Published in
Bejing, Cambridge, Farnham, Köln, Paris, Sebastopol, Taipei, Tokyo
Series
In a Nutshell
Copyright Date
1997, 1999, 2000

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
005.4/469
Library of Congress
QA76.76.O63 L54595 2000

Contributors

Editor
Andy Oram
Production Editor
Darren Kelly
Cover Design
Edie Freeman

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6788815M
Internet Archive
linuxinnutshellq00siev
ISBN 10
0596000251
LCCN
00047876
Library Thing
3695
Goodreads
507556

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