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1. Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech) | Linux eBooks

Curious about Linux, the amazing alternative operating system? Not sure which of the zillion different variations is right for you, or how to find out? How wise you are to think of Linux All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies!
Because Linux offers so many options, this book helps you narrow them down by giving you five popular Linux distributions on a DVD— Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, openSUSE Linux, Ubuntu, and Xandros. You get everything you need to test-drive all five, including the instructions to install and use any of them. But that’s just the beginning! Linux All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies includes eight individual minibooks, each devoted to a specific aspect of Linux:
Linux Basics
Linux Desktops
Networking
Internet

2. Moving to Linux, Second Edition: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! | Linux eBooks

Say Goodbye to Windows®-Related Crashes, Viruses, Hassles, and Costs!
Today, Linux is more powerful, useful, and practical than ever before! Moving to Linux, Second Edition, can help you migrate from Windows to the latest and best versions of Linux in just hours. By the time you’re finished, you’ll be able to do virtually anything in Linux—without the aggravation, crashes, security risks, or high costs of running Windows!
This is not a book for techies! It’s for people who write documents, create spreadsheets, surf the Web, use email, listen to music, watch movies, and play games—and want to do it in Linux, without becoming technical experts.
* Convert your Windows PC to a Linux system that does more for less money—one step at a time
* Take control of Linux the easy way, with the quick, efficient KDE graphical environment
* Browse the Internet using Firefox, the fast, powerful browser that’s quickly replacing Microsoft Internet Explorer
* Send and receive email and instant messages using your existing AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! accounts
* Manage all your digital photos, without the hassle, using digikam

3. Novell Linux Desktop 9 User's Handbook | Linux eBooks

Novell Linux Desktop 9 User's Handbook

Novell Linux Desktop 9 User's Handbook is the official handbook to help you take control of you Novell Linux Desktop. Walk through the new Novell Linux interfaces as you learn how to use them, interact with the operating system, create files and more. Cover everything that you need to know to effectively and efficiently use the newdesktop and quickly get up to speed on the latest technology from Novell with Novell Linux Desktop 9 User's Handbook.

4. SUSE Linux 10 Bible | Linux eBooks

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SUSE Linux 10 Bible
Wiley | ISBN-10: 0471754889 | 912 Pages | PDF | 15.1 MB

Includes new coverage of Novell Linux Desktop and Open Enterprise Server (Novell's traditional environment running on SUSE), with information on YaST management tools and the OpenExchange e-mail server
Introduces basic Linux methodologies, including partitions, filesystems, filesystem layout, and more
Covers the SUSE system, command line programs, implementing online services, and using SUSE business tools in the enterprise setting
Features a section devoted to end-user needs
Also covers virtualization, including dosemu, wine, Crossover Office, uml xen and Vmware, expanded coverage of SUSE with sendmail, CUPS, LDAP and more.

5. Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible | Linux eBooks

Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

The leading Fedora book-over a quarter of a million copies sold of previous editions!
What better way to learn Fedora 11 than with the leading Fedora book from the best-selling Linux author, Christopher Negus with Eric Foster Johnson? Whether you're new to Linux or an advanced user, this power-packed guide is loaded with what you need. Install, run, and manage the latest version ofFedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux -then polish your system administration skills and get up to speed on the very latest in networking, desktop, and server enhancements.
Master the Linux shell, file system, and text editor; how to set up users and automate system tasks; and much more in over a thousand pages of step-by-step instruction. Boot the full DVD ofFedora 11, including almost all binary code packages, or do a Live Install of the CD for rescuing, troubleshooting, or installing Fedora.
    * Fedora is a free, open source Linux operating system sponsored by Red Hat as an open source community project; the technological innovations from the Fedora Project are then implemented in Red Hat's commercial offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    * Covers step-by-step instructions for making Linux installation simple and painless; how to take advantage of the desktop interface (including coverage of AIGLX); and how to use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor
    * Also covers setting up users; automating system tasks; backing up and restoring files; dealing with the latest security issues and threats; using and customizing the desktop menus, icons, window manager, and xterm; and how to create and publish formatted documents with Linux applications
    * The DVD and CD that come with the book include Fedora Linux 11 and an official Fedora 11 LiveCD (bootable and installable)
This is the book you need to succeed with Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

6. Red Hat Linux Fedora 3 Unleashed | Linux eBooks

Red Hat Linux Fedora 3 Unleashed

Keeping with the tradition of offering the best and most comprehensive coverage of Red Hat Linux on the market, Red Hat Fedora 3 Unleashed includes new and additional materials based on the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora Core Linux distribution. Incorporating an advanced approach, the information presented aims to provide you with the best and latest information about installation, configuration, system administration, server operations and security. Updated discussions of the architecture of several Linux issues, as well as material on new applications, peripherals and Web development are also included. Get the most out of the latest Red Hat Linux distribution with Red Hat Fedora 3 Unleashed.

7. Foundations of CentOS Linux: Enterprise Linux On the Cheap | Linux eBooks

Foundations of CentOS Linux: Enterprise Linux On the Cheap

You need to maintain clients, servers and networks, while acquiring new skills. Foundations of Cent OS Linux: Enterprise Linux On the Cheap covers a free, unencumbered Linux operating system within the Red Hat lineage, but it does not assume you have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux license. Now you can learn CentOS Linux, the most powerful and popular of all Red Hat clones, keep maintaining your network at work, and become an RHCE, all just for the cost of this book.
    * Introduces CentOS Linux and Fedora clients as equals to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    * Sets up CentOS as a secure, high–performance web services back end
    * Prepares you for the RHCE examination, but does not assume an RHEL installation
What you’ll learn
If you want to use CentOS servers professionally and attach Red Hat clients, you need to know as much as a Red Hat engineer. This book has been written by two RHCEs who use CentOS 90% of the time, so after studying this book, you will know as much as an RHCE. And if you still want to take RHCE examinations, you can!
    * Install and configure CentOS servers.
    * Attach Fedora clients.
    * Design servers with security built in from the ground up.
    * Integrate Fedora clients and CentOS servers.
    * Set up directory services.
    * Learn to use virtualization techniques.

8. Linux iptables Pocket Reference | Linux eBooks

Linux iptables Pocket Reference

Firewalls, Network Address Translation (NAT), network logging and ***ing are all provided by Linux's Netfilter system, also known by the name of the command used to administer it, iptables. The iptables interface is the most sophisticated ever offered on Linux and makes Linux an extremely flexible system for any kind of network filtering you might do. Large sets of filtering rules can be grouped in ways that makes it easy to test them and turn them on and off.
Do you watch for all types of ICMP traffic--some of them quite dangerous? Can you take advantage of stateful filtering to simplify the management of TCP connections? Would you like to track how much traffic of various types you get? This pocket reference will help you at those critical moments when someone asks you to open or close a port in a hurry, either to enable some important traffic or to block an attack. The book will keep the subtle syntax straight and help you remember all the values you have to enter in order to be as secure as possible. The book has an introductory section that describes applications,followed by a reference/encyclopaedic section with all the matches and targets arranged alphabetically.

9. Ubuntu 8.10 Linux Bible | Linux eBooks

Ubuntu 8.10 Linux Bible

William von Hagen, "Ubuntu 8.10 Linux Bible"

2009 | 1583 Pages | ISBN: 0470294205 | PDF | 37.4 MB

Bring yourself up to date on everything you need to know about Ubuntu Linux. The Ubuntu Linux Bible covers all of the latest developments in version 8.10 and 8.04, including tips for newcomers as well as expert guidance for seasoned system administrators. Learn about topics like the Gnome Desktop, the Bash shell, virtual machines, wireless networking, file sharing, and more.

10. Degunking Linux | Linux eBooks

Degunking Linux

Linux has grown in popularity and is increasingly being adopted by home users and others who laud this nearly un-crashable, free operating system. But setting up a Linux OS can be tricky and time consuming. And managing a Linux system can be even more difficult if you don’t have the right knowledge. Linux expert Roderick Smith shows readers how to save time (and money) by performing a number of important degunking tasks. With Degunking Linux’s easy 12-step program, users will learn what Linux gunk is, how to keep their Linux desktop clean and organized, how to better manage personal and system-related files, how to make applications run their best, how to get gunky and incompatible drivers and hardware to run smoothly, how to protect their precious data from dangerous viruses and hackers, how to clean up and improve Linux’s security features, and much more. Linux users will learn the causes of sluggish performance and how to apply smart solutions to improve! overall system performance.

11. The Ultimate Guide to Using Linux - July 2009 | Computer Active | Linux eBooks

The Ultimate Guide to Using Linux - July 2009

The Ultimate Guide to Using Linux - July 2009
PDF | 101 pages | 46.5 Mb | English

12. Hacking Exposed Linux 2008 | Linux eBooks

Hacking Exposed Linux 2008

Hacking Exposed Linux 2008 | 10.481 Mb

This authoritative guide will help you secure your Linux network--whether you use Linux as a desktop OS, for Internet services, for telecommunications, or for wireless services. Completely rewritten the ISECOM way, Hacking Exposed Linux, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date coverage available from a large team of topic-focused experts. The book is based on the latest ISECOM security research and shows you, in full detail, how to lock out intruders and defend your Linux systems against catastrophic attacks.

-Secure Linux by using attacks and countermeasures from the latest OSSTMM research
-Follow attack techniques of PSTN, ISDN, and PSDN over Linux
-Harden VoIP, Bluetooth, RF, RFID, and IR devices on Linux
-Block Linux signal jamming, cloning, and eavesdropping attacks
-Apply Trusted Computing and cryptography tools for your best defense
-Fix vulnerabilities in DNS, SMTP, and Web 2.0 services
-Prevent SPAM, Trojan, phishing, DoS, and DDoS exploits
-Find and repair errors in C code with static analysis and Hoare Logic

13. Linux Kernel Development | Linux eBooks

Linux Kernel Development

The Linux kernel is one of the most important and far-reaching open-source projects. That is why Novell Press is excited to bring you the second edition of Linux Kernel Development, Robert Love's widely acclaimed insider's look at the Linux kernel. This authoritative, practical guide helps developers better understand the Linux kernel through updated coverage of all the major subsystems as well as new features associated with the Linux 2.6 kernel. You'll be able to take an in-depth look at Linux kernel from both a theoretical and an applied perspective as you cover a wide range of topics, including algorithms, system call interface, paging strategies and kernel synchronization. Get the top information right from the source in Linux Kernel Development.

14. The Linux Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures | Linux eBooks

The Linux Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures

The Linux Kernel Primer is the definitive guide to Linux kernel programming. The authors' unique top-down approach makes kernel programming easier to understand by systematically tracing functionality from user space into the kernel and carefully associating kernel internals with user-level programming fundamentals. Their approach helps you build on what you already know about Linux, gaining a deep understanding of how the kernel works and how its elements fit together.

15. Linux System Administration, Second Edition | Linux eBooks

Linux System Administration, Second Edition

Linux continues to evolve, and Sybex is there to keep you abreast of the new developments with a revised edition of Linux System Administration, the book selected as one of the "Most Indispensable Linux Books" in the 2001 Linux Journal Readers Choice Awards. Fully updated to cover the latest Linux kernel, 2.4 and the newest version of Red Hat Linux, v. 7.3, this second edition provides clearly written and focused explanations of the real-world issues that Linux systems administrators can expect to encounter on the job. The authors begin with Linux installation and configuration, then move on to setting up user accounts, implementing security, and managing file systems, printing, and serial communications. This book is the cornerstone title in the Craig Hunt Linux Library, which has earned the reputation as the most comprehensive, well-written, and appropriately targeted Linux series available.

16. Hardening Linux | Linux eBooks

Bulletproof your system before you are hacked! From the publisher of the international best-seller, Hacking Exposed, here is a brilliant new offering written with a passion for security that will help you make the necessary upgrades and take the essential steps to secure your Linux systems. The concise and consistent approach breaks down security into logical parts, giving you actions to take immediately, information on hardening your system from the top down, how to plan and maintain an interative security strategy and finally, how to navigate the "soft issues" of how to garner management and employee support for your security strategy. Features examples in the most frequently used enterprise Linux distributions, Red Hat Enterprise Server 3.0, SuSE SLES 8.1 and a sneak preview of SuSE SLES 9.0

17. Linux Power Tools | Linux eBooks

Linux Power Tools

Linux, a robust UNIX-like open source operating system, is reportedly installed on over 20 million computers. While Red Hat is by far the most popular version of Linux, there are several other major distributions: Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, and UnitedLinux--the merging of Caldera/SCO, Connectiva, SuSE, and TurboLinux.
Linux Power Tools goes well beyond the other books and gives you the advanced skills you need to become the ultimate power user for ALL Linux distributions. Expert Linux author Roderick W. Smith provides step-by-step instructions for customization, optimization, troubleshooting, shortcuts, and using the best 3rd party tools. Packed full of undocumented tips and tricks, this rare resource teaches you how to unleash the full power of Linux.

18. Spring Into Linux | Linux eBooks

Spring Into Linux(R)

The Linux desktop is rapidly gaining as an alternative to Windows. IDC estimates that Linux has now surpassed Apple with 3% of the desktop market, and that this number will double by 2006. And the new desktop users are not just students curious about a free operating system, but working professionals who are familiar withWindows and who find themselves needing to come up-to-speed quickly on Linux. They need to quickly masters the Linux equivalents of Outlook, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer. They need to understand how to customize their Linux desktops so that they can be as productive as possible. And they need to do all of this quickly. They need Spring Into Linux. Written in the unique "Spring Into" style, this book is organized as a series of one-page and two-page tutorials. Written for professionals who don't need a lot of hand-holding, the information is quite dense. Each tutorial contains at least one example of the concept or procedure being described, with plenty of supporting screenshots.

19. Self-Service Linux(R): Mastering the Art of Problem Determination | Linux eBooks

The biggest factor in a company's decision to go with Linux is overcoming thesupport issues. Adopting Linux successfully means taking on a differentapproach to support. Since Linux is open source, there are different methodsto get the support that companies need. This includes deeper skills on how toinvestigate problems, how to get help from the open source community (i.e.how to ask for help on usenet) and how to resolve problems in-house withoutthe extra cost of a consultant. This book should be an essential part of everycompany's Linux adoption plan to keep the total cost of ownership (TCO)down and improve the ROI of their Linux strategy. It is also a book thatadvanced Linux professionals running their own Linux systems will be able touse to troubleshoot. This book gives the staff the basics they need to diagnose most problems that they will face and will go into the nitty-gritty on the toughest problems. It also points users to the appropriate resources so that they may get help quickly.

20. Linux+ Certification Bible | Linux eBooks

Unleash the power of CompTIA's newest certification! Linux+ is the next hot certification to come from CompTIA, the company behind A+ with a following of 250,000+ certified and growing. Linux+ Certification Bible contains everything you need to know to pass the exam as well as practical information in one comprehensive volume!

21. Designing and Implementing Linux Firewalls with QoS using netfilter, iproute2, NAT and L7-filter | Linux eBooks

Designing and Implementing Linux Firewalls with QoS using netfilter, iproute2, NAT and L7-filter

Learn how to secure your system and implement QoS using real-world scenarios for networks of all sizes
* Implementing Packet filtering, NAT, bandwidth shaping, packet prioritization using netfilter/iptables, iproute2, Class Based Queuing (CBQ) and Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB)
* Designing and implementing 5 real-world firewalls and QoS scenarios ranging from small SOHO offices to a large scale ISP network that spans many cities
* Building intelligent networks by marking, queuing, and prioritizing different types of traffic
In Detail
Firewalls are used to protect your network from the outside world. Using a Linux firewall, you can do a lot more than just filtering packets. This book shows you how to implement Linux firewalls and Quality of Service using practical examples from very small to very large networks.
After giving us a background of network security, the book moves on to explain the basic technologies we will work with, namely netfilter, iproute2, NAT and l7-filter. These form the crux of buildingLinux firewalls and QOS. The later part of the book covers 5 real-world networks for which we design the security policies, build the firewall, setup the script, and verify our installation. Providing only necessary theoretical background, the book takes a practical approach, presenting case studies and plenty of illustrative examples.

22. Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | Linux eBooks

Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

An essential one-stop resource-nine convenient minibooks in a single 840page volume-for network administrators everywhere — This value-priced package includes sections onnetworking basics, building a network, network administration, TCP/IP and the Internet, wireless and home networking, Windows 2000 and 2003 servers, NetWare 6, Linux networking, and — Mac OS X networking — Written by the author of the perennial bestseller Networking For Dummies (0-7645-1677-9), this massive reference covers all the topics that administrators routinely handle — Provides key information, explanations, and procedures for configuration, Internet connectivity, security, and wireless options on today's most popularnetworking platforms

23. Dictionary of Networking | Linux eBooks

Dictionary of Networking

This informal, conversational guide explains more than 3000 networking concepts, terms, protocols, chips, standards, versions, product names, commands, abbreviations, acronyms, slang, and more--with detailed illustrations to clarify hardware, cabling, and network protocols issues. Coverage includes Windows 2000, NetWare 5, Linux, Unix, UnixWare, OS/2, Banyan VINES, Windows 98, and thin-client technologies. The CD contains an electronic version of the full text of the book.

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