Review by TomRiddle
on 2020-03-10
Product: The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook An amazing breadth and depth of Linux Kernel user APIs. Helps clarify lot of tools that we use on daily basis in Linux bases systems. Rating: 5 1593272200 Count: 29
Review by tonatiuh
on 2020-03-10
Product: Running Linux You just got hold of a Linux distribution for the first time in your life. Probably it is Red Hat but it could be anything. You may even have some manuals that came with the distribution but you know you are going to need more than that. And you have absolutely no experience with this operating system. You feel overwhelmed even before you start the installation. Been there done that.
Review by Tony Thomas
on 2020-03-10
Product: 151182607X This is an excellent little reference guide of Linux commands. Very concise and helpful. Each command type is categorized, examples are provided, and there is a summary of each command. Highly recommended! Rating: 5 151182607X Count: 33
Review by topoman
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0132198576 This book is aimed at the person who has learned his way around Linux at the user level and now wants to look under the covers. It’s extremely comprehensive - from how to add a Linux application that wasn’t in your your initial distribution - whether you can use the binary or need to rebuild it from source - through basic facts on the kernel, devices and their drivers, processes and debugging tools.
Review by TracytArmstrong
on 2020-03-10
Product: LINUX Beginner’s Crash Cours This book takes you from your very first terminal keystrokes to writing full programs in Bash, the most popular Linux shell. Along the way you’ll learn the timeless skills handed down by generations of gray-bearded, mouse-shunning gurus: file navigation, environment configuration, command chaining, pattern matching with regular expressions, and more. Rating: 4 1518721354 Count: 19
Review by Travis Parks
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0764579010 I read this book and did not find much of the code very useful. I took an assembly course a few years ago and this was mostly review. It did, however, have an in-depth look at program structure on Linux systems. Some of the examples did not run correctly, requiring me to debug and fix them. Overall, I would say you should buy this book if you are interested in learning basic Linux assembly.
Review by Travis Parks
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0470497025 I have read most of the assembly language books used by academia. This book is the first to describe the segmented memory model in a way that I could understand (it even glosses over the subject). It also provided the best description of how interrupt vector tables work. Programming in assembler is as close as you get to the machine, so I have never understood why so many books avoid kernel interaction until the last chapters.
Review by Trekkie4Pay
on 2020-03-10
Product: How Linux Works Some parts of the book are time-based causing small issues so have your browser ready for finding fixes. Makes Linux easy to understand. Rating: 4 1593270356 Count: 59
Review by Trevor Goodchild
on 2020-03-10
Product: 0131448536 This book is very well organized, gets right to the point, has some dry humor (a tradition in technical books) but its not overdone (overdoing it is also a tradition). You really couldn’t ask for more. The thing I like most about this book, is the author is very direct. I have some experience with the publishing industry, and authors are PAID BY THE PAGE. Which gives them a tremendous incentive to dilute the material into unreadable crap.
Review by Trouble
on 2020-03-10
Product: 1119277655 This is for someone much more skilled than I am with Linux, much more skilled, so the directions for what series of codes to use were not that important to me. However, many of the ideas for how to protect a web server and what they need to be protected from were educational. Knowing was has and can be done on the internet is an eye opener. The author specifically states that this book is directed to mid level admins and IT professionals, but he was careful to write the book at a level for general readers as well.