| Linux reference focuses on system essentials |
Sep. 23, 2009
 O'Reilly Media has published the sixth edition of Linux in a Nutshell, by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber, Robert Love, and Arnold Robbins. The sixth edition of the reference book boosts coverage of Linux system essentials and newer technologies like virtualization and wireless, says O'Reilly.
Long considered by many to be the most complete and authoritative command reference for Linux, Linux in a Nutshell includes all substantial user, programming, administration, and networking commands for the most common Linux distributions. The fifth edition was published four years ago, giving the authors plenty of new technologies to chew over in the new version.
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Offering segments on editors, the shell, LILO, GRUB boot loaders, and much more, the book "highlights the most important options for using the vast number of Linux commands," says the publisher. In addition to offering a tighter focus on system essentials, the new edition is said to provide increased coverage of newer technologies such as virtualization, wireless network management, DVD recording, and "git" revision control.
Topics covered in Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition are said to include:- Linux commands for system administration and network management
- Hundreds of the most important shell commands available on Linux
- Bash shell command-line interpreter
- Searching and processing text with regular expressions
- Managing servers via Xen and VMware virtualization
- Using the Emacs text editor and development environment
- Exploring the vi, ex, and vim text-manipulation tools
- Processing text files with the sed editor and the gawk programming language
- Managing source code with Subversion and git
Availability
The 960-page Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition is available now for $50, or $36 for the electronic edition, says O'Reilly. More information may be found here.
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