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Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition 6th Edition

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Your one-stop guide to Linux--fully revised and expanded

Get in-depth coverage of all Linux features, tools, and utilities from this thoroughly updated and comprehensive resource, designed for all Linux distributions. Written by Linux expert Richard Petersen, this book explains how to get up-and-running on Linux, use the desktops and shells, manage applications, deploy servers, implement security measures, and handle system and network administration tasks.

With full coverage of the latest platform, Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition includes details on the very different and popular Debian (Ubuntu) and Red Hat/Fedora software installation and service management tools used by most distributions. This is a must-have guide for all Linux users.

  • Install, configure, and administer any Linux distribution
  • Work with files and folders from the BASH, TCSH, and Z shells
  • Use the GNOME and KDE desktops, X Windows, and display managers
  • Set up office, database, Internet, and multimedia applications
  • Secure data using SELinux, netfilter, SSH, and Kerberos
  • Encrypt network transmissions with GPG, LUKS, and IPsec
  • Deploy FTP, Web, mail, proxy, print, news, and database servers
  • Administer system resources using HAL, udev, and virtualization (KVM and Xen)
  • Configure and maintain IPv6, DHCPv6, NIS, networking, and remote access
  • Access remote files and devices using NFSv4, GFS, PVFS, NIS, and SAMBA
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  1. ISBN-10
    007149247X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0071492478
  3. Edition
    6th
  4. Publisher
    McGraw Hill
  5. Publication date
    December 10, 2007
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.1 x 1.69 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    830 pages
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Richard Petersen, MLIS, teaches UNIX and C/C++ courses at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of all previous editions of Linux:The Complete Reference and regularly writes articles for Linux World Magazine.

About the Author

Richard Petersen, MLIS, teaches UNIX and C/C++ courses at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of all previous editions of Linux:The Complete Reference and regularly writes articles for Linux World Magazine.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 6th edition (December 10, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 830 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 007149247X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071492478
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.01 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 1.69 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Richard Petersen

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Currently the Publisher for Surfing Turtle Press, 2005 - present. Specialize in Linux, C, and Unix books designed to provide current and complete information to users for the latest Linux releases. Includes books on Ubuntu and Linux Mint such as Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop: Applications and Administration", Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server: Administration and Reference", and "Linux Mint 21: Desktops and Administration".

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Author of books on Linux, Unix, and C books for Osborne/McGraw Hill, Academic Press, and Apress. For Osborne/McGraw Hill wrote books for the Complete Reference series, including "Linux: The Complete Reference" and "Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Linux: The Complete Reference". For Academic Press authored "Introductory C with C++" and "Introductory Command Line Unix for Users". For Apress wrote books on Fedora, including "Beginning Fedora Desktop".

Was an instructor at UC Berkeley Extension, C and Unix programming. Worked with employees from major companies. Focused on preparation for real world tasks. Courses taught: Business Applications for C Programming, Unix workshop, Advanced C Programming.

Teaching assistant, UC Berkeley, School of Information Studies. Have a Masters of Information Studies from UC Berkeley.

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  • OrangeShoes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essential
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2013
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    My copy is well-worn. Anyone who's a GNU/Linux user will find this book to be a valuable asset. Whatever I can't get good enough information on via Linux Questions or Unix Men or whatever, this usually gets me over the hump. I'm a home user that's a fan of Mint, and I'm not a serious pro-level geek. Still, this book is easy enough for me to follow, though there's enough in this book for anyone up to and including a system manager to find it helpful. If you only buy one Linux book, this should be it.
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  • Gorkem
    4.0 out of 5 stars Full of information but you know, now they are online
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2021
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    This book is awesome, yet during the age of internet you can find your answer faster online.
    If you do not have access to internet (proxy/firewall/company rules etc...) and work on linux you must have this.
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  • L. Hotchkiss
    5.0 out of 5 stars For beginner or advanced Linux user/admin
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014
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    Of all the Linux books growing obsolete daily, this book is aging the slowest. I dig in to this when in doubt for a command or just curious. Some days I'm working on 6 different versions of Linux, each with or without commands I can use to get a job done. This book fills in for Man pages and so on.
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  • Eric
    3.0 out of 5 stars Compendium of facts, but not that useful
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2010
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    As someone new to Linux, I just haven't found this book to be that useful. It is indeed full of the details of managing Linux, but it's not presented with structure and explanation that helps understanding. Some authors are clearly good at putting themselves in the reader's shoes and thinking about how to present the concepts and details clearly enough that the reader can effectively act on it. With this book, it's more a matter of just comprehensively covering the material and calling it done.
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  • L. Mihay
    4.0 out of 5 stars Almost everything you wanted to know about Linux
    Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2015
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    I got this as a "like new" book, for 1/10th what a friend paid for a "new" edition. Mine apparently had never been opened, certainly not USED. It is going to be used as a reference guide, and I am getting good use out of it.
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  • Mitchell D. Rodgers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice reference.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2019
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    Nice reference.
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  • Uchenna Nwanyanwu
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best
    Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2014
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    This is by far the best Linux books that I have ever read.
    I encourage every Linux user to buy this book.
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  • 2ton21
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Linux Reference
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2008
    If your new to linux this book is what you want to have by your side at all times, if you have a question who to do something (as long as it is not distro or hardware specific) this book will have the answer. I choose to buy this because I have been a long time mac terminal user and decided to make the switch to linux and I knew some things wouldn't port straight over, this book has been a life saver and i think it does a better job of explain linux to the new then any other book. But don't think you can't use this book if your an avid linux user, this book servers (just as its title suggest) as a complete reference to linux, so if you looking for a book that can provide more information the the normal man pages (such as how to use it, what's going on) this book is the one to get
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  • Thomas Dunlop-Walters
    5.0 out of 5 stars ...Just A review...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2008
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    After being away from linux for a year I thought i'd get back in to it, so I needed something to refresh my mind with so i bought this book purely because it is the most complete book on linux out there. I was not wrong!

    This book covers everything and i mean everything: desktop, services, shells, kernal compilations, setting up of servers (http, ftp, dns and so on) it also does a nice job of covering a couple of troubleshooting situations.

    All in all, this book is in-depth enough for you to grasp each subject very well. This book is NOT aimed at any particular distro release just Linux itself, this, i loved, considering most books on Linux normally cover the 3 main big distro's (ie: the Linux Bible series)

    Wished I had paid £30 for this now because it is worth every pence.

    830 pages of useful information on Linux.
    I like the way the author goes in-depth on the networking side of things, this really helped me a lot.

    Should you buy it if you new to Linux? YES
    How about if your fairly good with Linux? YES

    This is the only book you will need, those 'Linux Bible" books in my opinion are a waste of money, they only focus or the 3 big distros and aren't that very In-Depth at all.

    Now all you need is the Command Pocket Guide (a book full of shell commands)
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  • A. F. K. Monkman
    3.0 out of 5 stars "Complete" is an overstatement
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2013
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    A latecomer to Linux, I'm enjoying it more and more. I tend to learn from the things I need to do, so a handy reference would be useful (especially as my knowledge of Unix is patchy at best). So I bought this impressive-looking book, and indeed a quick tour of the sections would suggest that everything is covered. After all, that's what a *complete* reference is supposed to do, right? Yesterday though I needed to make a drive image, and a friend with a history in sysadmin pointed me at the powerful dd command ("duplicate data", as far as I can make out, the chief danger of whose use seems to be in confusing source and destination). Understandably it's not in the Linux Pocket Guide, but gets several good mentions in the ~300 page Ubuntu Linux Toolbox. But no mention at all (that I can find) in this "Complete Reference". I notice that another reviewer has called it an introduction (an ~800 page one!), so I guess he must have found a few things missing as well...
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  • Mr. S. F. Mcmanus
    5.0 out of 5 stars Linux: The Complete Reference, Sixth Edition
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2009
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    Superb book. Deals with the small and the large stuff and deals with it well.
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  • M Groom
    3.0 out of 5 stars OK as an introduction
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2011
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    I've found this book to be of limited use. It has, however, given me some initial pointers as to where to look when setting up different aspects of Linux. Invariably, searching on the web leads to more useful and more complete solutions. Used as a first step it's great, but don't expect there to be any cheat-sheet style solutions to common problems in here or you'll be disappointed.
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  • MR MARTIN J STILES
    3.0 out of 5 stars Usuful for beginners
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2013
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    As someone new to Linux, changing over from Microsoft I found this a usefull addition to my computer book library.
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