Linux Annoyances for Geeks: Getting the Most Flexible System in the World Just the Way You Want It - Softcover

Jang, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596008015 ISBN 13: 9780596008017

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2006

Synopsis

GNU/Linux is an immensely popular operating system that is both extremely stable and reliable. But it can also induce minor headaches at the most inopportune times, if you're not fully up to speed with its capabilities. A unique approach to running and administering Linux systems, Linux Annoyances for Geeks addresses the many poorly documented and under-appreciated topics that make the difference between a system you struggle with and a system you really enjoy. This book is for power users and system administrators who want to clear away barriers to using Linux for themselves and for less-trained users in their organizations. This book meticulously tells you how to get a stubborn wireless card to work under Linux, and reveals little-known sources for wireless driversand information. It tells you how to add extra security to your systems, such as boot passwords, and how to use tools such as rescue disks to overcome overly zealous security measures in a pinch. In every area of desktop and server use, the book is chock full of advice based on hard-earned experience. Author Michael Jang has spent many hours trying out software in a wide range of environments and carefully documenting solutions for the most popular Linux distributions. (The book focuses on Red Hat/Fedora, SUSE, and Debian.) Many of the topics presented here are previously undocumented or are discussed only in obscure email archives. One of the valuable features of this book for system administrators and Linux proponents in general is the organization of step-by-step procedures that they can customize for naive end-users at their sites. Jang has taken into account not only the needs of a sophisticated readership, but the needs of other people those readers may serve. Sometimes, a small thing for a user (such as being able to play a CD) or for an administrator (such as updating an organizations' systems from a central server) can make or break the adopt

About this title

Book Description:

Includes Desktop Management, System Setup, and Server Configuration

About the Author:

Michael Jang, RHCE, Linux+, LCP, specializes in books on Linux and Linux certification. His experience with computers goes back to the days of jumbled punch cards. He's written or contributed to more than a dozen books on Linux, Linux certification, and Red Hat Linux, including "RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux" (McGraw-Hill), and "Mastering Red Hat Linux 9" (Sybex).

About this edition

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0596008015
• ISBN 13: 9780596008017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 502