Books like Linux by Tim Parker

Name: Linux
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Author: Tim Parker

📘 Linux by Tim Parker

This updated reference offers in‑depth coverage of Linux features, tools, and utilities for both newcomers and experienced users. It explains how to install and use popular desktops such as GNOME and KDE, master shells like BASH, TCSH, and Z, and deploy a wide range of servers, including FTP, Web, mail, proxy, print, news, and database services. The book details security practices with SELinux, netfilter, SSH, and Kerberos, encryption of network traffic using GPG, LUKS, and IPsec, and system administration of resources, networking, and virtualization technologies such as KVM and Xen. It also covers the configuration of IPv6, DHCPv6, NIS, and remote access protocols, and provides guidance on managing files and folders across distributions like Debian/Ubuntu and Red Hat/Fedora.

First publish date: May 1996

Genre: Technology & Computing/Computer Science

Authors: Tim Parker

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