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Количество книг. 90

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Beginning Scala 2nd Edition

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Business Intelligence With SQL Server Reporting Services

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Customer Analytics For Dummies

Custom Sharepoint Solutions With Html And Javascript

Data Science For Dummies

Developing Web Components

Elasticsearch Cookbook 2nd Edition

Experimenting With Raspberry Pi

Facebook Marketing For Dummies 5th Edition

Field Guide To Hadoop

Flask Web Development

Learn Swift On The Mac

Linux Command Line And Shell Scripting Bible 3rd Edition

Lo-Dash Essentials

Machine Learning In Python

Machine Learning With Spark

Make A 2d Rpg In A Weekend

Managing Virtual Infrastructure With Veeam One

NoSQL For Dummies

Numerical Methods Using Matlab

Opencv For Secret Agents

Openlayers 3 Beginners Guide

Practical Business Analytics Using Sas

Practical C Financial Programming

Practical Electronics

Practical Enterprise Software Development Techniques

Pro Android Games, 3rd Edition

Project Management Leadership 2nd Edition

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MobileRead Wiki - Free eBooks

Free eBooks

This page lists places where you can find free eBooks. It includes links to sites which allow online reading, and sites which provide downloads. Be sure to check E-book stores that also include some free eBooks. (They should not be listed on this page.) See also: EBook Lending Libraries. which allow you to borrow books for a limited time and Google eBook stores that provide access to lots of free eBooks. See Dictionary for available free dictionaries that may work on your reader. See Project Gutenberg for lots of free eBooks.

[edit ] Downloadable eBooks

In alphabetical order

  • Adelaide University -- Contains Classic books on Literature, Philosophy, Science, History, Exploration and Travel in ePUB format or for reading online.
  • Arthur's Classic Novels -- Contains web pages that can be read online or downloaded for free.
  • Baen Free Library -- 16 free Science Fiction/Fantasy books, mostly from baen books. Available in several unencrypted, non-DRM formats: HTML. Rocket. Ebookwise. Mobipocket. RTF and Microsoft Reader .
  • BeBook catalog -- These are Adobe PDF books properly sized for 6" readers. They also have plain text directly from Gutenberg .
  • BookBoon.com -- Download your textbooks for Free. BookBoon.com publishes over 200 textbooks that students can download totally for free.
  • The Book Depository -- Over 11,000 eBooks available in Adobe PDF format with no restrictions. From classics to obscure titles.
  • BooksInMyPhone -- Hundreds of public domain and Creative commons books that can be read on java enabled 'dumb' cell phones .
  • Bookyards library -- Has eBooks and other items. eBooks are Adobe PDF .
  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library -- This is a bit of a specialty site, but an excellent one with wide appeal. It provides a massive collection of texts, making it an unbelievable library of the classic Christian writings, covering a wide range of authors. Downloads are available in TXT. PDF. and some in PalmDOC. DOC .
  • Classic reader -- Classic works.
  • DigiLibraries.com -- Free eBooks library, Over 20'000 Free eBooks.
  • E-Books Directory -- Legally free eBooks, documents, and lectures from all over the internet, available in PDF format and organized by subjects.
  • EbookClassics.org.uk -- Out of copyright classics in epub and mobi formats, proofread and checked against authoritative print editions.
  • eBook Search App -- Free iPhone/iPad app. Download free books from major catalogs to iBooks, Kindle, Nook, or your favorite eBook reader app. Available on iTunes app store .
  • epubBooks -- High quality public domain books available in ePub and Kindle format, many of which include illustrations and linkable footnotes.
  • eleboo -- permanently growing choice of free ebooks, mostly novels in the epub format.
  • Elegant Solutions Software and Publishing Company -- eBooks in Microsoft Reader. Palm and Mobipocket formats.
  • FeedBooks -- public domain or CC licensed books available in ePUB. MobiPocket. Adobe PDF. custom PDF, and PDF pre-formatted for Sony and Iliad. Users can add books and write book reviews. RSS feeds and Sudoku for your e-ink readers.
  • Foboko.com -- A place for authors and readers to create and download ebooks, all in a fun, social environment.
  • Free Book Centre -- Free eBooks On Many topics. Useful for students, Teachers and professionals.
  • Free-ebooks.net -- Free eBooks mostly in PDF and EXE format. They have an RSS feed that can deliver eBooks.
  • readfreebook.net -- Free eBooks in various categories featuring fiction, non-fictions and education. They are available in PDF format.
  • Girlebooks -- Free eBooks by women writers, formatted into Adobe PDF. ePub. Microsoft Reader. PDB and plain text .
  • Golden Age of Comics -- Comic books in CBR/CBZ. Requires free registration.
  • Internet Archive:Text -- Free Books from a variety of sources, most available as scanned PDFs and OCRed plain text. More that 2,000,000 books available. They also have unproofed ePubs
  • Internet Sacred Text Archive -- Books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric.
  • Kati eBooks contains original eBooks that are copyrighted but available for free download. They have support for ePUB. MOBI. and PDF
  • Library of Congress -- Historical books, images, and music from America. Books are normally scanned to PDF but the text is often available on-line. Images are usually TIFF and Music may be MP3 or other formats. Maps and other digital items are also available.
  • ManyBooks.Net -- Free eBooks, in a variety of formats, mostly from Project Gutenberg. Formats include: Adobe PDF (various formating options), eReader. DOC. MobiPocket. Plucker. iSilo. zTXT. iPod Notes, Sony Reader. HTML. RTF. Newton. PalmDOC. RocketBook. iPhone Books.app, iPhone bookmarklet, JAR file. They provide excerpts and sometimes a book description. They allow readers to leave book reviews.
  • Memoware -- Another giant collection of texts. This one is not just classic texts, but does include classics. The advantage of this site is that you can usually find a PalmDOC or iSilo text for most of the books. Other PDA formats are also supported on some books. They have their own excellent guides for many aspects of eBook reading on PDAs. It's a great resource even if you don't download any of their books.
  • MyFree-eBooks -- Thousands of free ebooks in various formats.
  • MobileRead uploads -- 28,000+ postings in Sony Reader. MobiPocket. ePub. IMP. and miscellaneous other formats. Many of these are hand checked versions of the highest possible quality. They have been prepared by MobileRead users.
  • Munseys -- The new name of BlackMask. 20,000+ titles in a variety of formats.
  • Mywowebook.com -- Download your textbooks for Free. More than 5000 books you can download.
  • The Online Literature Library -- Full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature.
  • Online Library of Liberty -- Titles about individual liberty, limited constitutional government, and the free market.
  • OBOOKO free ebooks -- Hundreds of free ebooks for direct download. Fiction and non-fiction. Authors may publish books on the site free of charge.
  • Open Library -- Millions of books indexed, many are downloadable (select the "Only show ebooks" option). It's an initiative of the Internet Archive.
  • PDF Books -- Download your pdf books for Free. PDFBooksWorld.Com provides public domain books in good quality PDF editions intended for user’s reading pleasure in mind and created with ease of navigation with Table of contents.
  • Planet eBook -- Free classic literature that has fallen out of copyright. Available in PDF format.
  • Planet PDF Free eBooks Archive -- Older eBooks downloadable in PDF format. Listed by Nitro PDF.
  • Precious Free Books -- Download legally FREE eBooks about Recipes, Diets, Fitness, Health, Weight Loss, Money, Personal Finance, Parenting, Family, Relationship, Childrens Books, Novels, Story, Spiritual, Motivational, Self Help, Beauty, Art, Crafts, Hobbies, Photography, Lifestyle, Sports, Travel, Career, Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Insurance, Loans, Credit Cards, Trading Etc.
  • Project Gutenberg -- Thousands of out-of-copyright books available for free, with more being added every month. This is a huge collection of classic texts that is sure to include your favorites. It is growing all the time, and the most popular books are even available on a CD or DVD that you can receive for free if you don't have adequate online access. You might even want to consider donating a small amount to support their ongoing work to expand their library. And don't miss their page on converting texts for PDAs and eReaders.
  • Project Gutenberg Australia -- Provides books that are public domain in Australia .
  • Project Gutenberg Canada -- Canada has different copyright laws than the US. These eBooks are public domain in Canada. Content is HTML and TXT .
  • Project Runeberg -- Project Runeberg is a volunteer effort to create free electronic editions of classic Nordic (Scandinavian) literature and make them openly available over the Internet.
  • PulpGen.com -- Pulp fiction magazines scanned and available in PDF format.
  • Renascence Editions -- Specializing in English works written between 1477 and 1799. PDF or HTML, generally, and an excellent source for works in Early Modern English.
  • RetroRead -- Library of over one thousand Google ePubs converted to mobi format for Kindle. Users may upload Google ePubs and they will be converted and added to library.
  • Stanford Collection -- Documents and some eBooks - check the dime novels and medieval collection.
  • The Fifth Imperium -- CD-ROM images. Mostly the images are of the free CD-ROMs included with some Baen Books. Baen Books allows the CD-ROMs to be copied and distributed for free. Every CD-ROM contains several complete novels in HTML format, and some have extras, like MP3 readings. All CD-ROMs also contain artwork for the CD-ROM itself.
  • University of Virginia Electronic Text Center -- Has been closed down. Remnents of the ETC can be found at VIRGO. which lists the library's holdings and links to online eBooks wherever they might be available.
[edit ] Specialized eBook Sites

This section shows sites containing one book or a specialized subset of books on one topic. This differs from sites that have a wide selection of eBooks available. Author sites should be here. This should also be in alphabetical order.

  • Buddhist Publication Society Many free ebooks about Buddhism, mostly PDF some ePUB and a few MOBI Custom license allowing distribution and adaption to new media, but only if not for profit.
  • Calculus-Based Physics -- Free introductory Physics textbook available in both DOC and PDF formats. Licensed under Creative Commons.
  • Cory Doctorow -- Author's site. Fiction and non-fiction by Cory Doctorow.
  • Ebooknetworking.com Download Free PDF ebooks on various subjects, technical and self help. Some may be school text books.
  • Finance Books -- Be best in the main exams of your life Adobe PDF for Free.
  • Flag Fiction -- Download site for FanFiction in eBook format. It supports a number of FanFiction web sites and creates eBooks in ePub. MOBI. PDF. RTF. HTML .
  • Free Christian Books -- Includes writings, Bible study tools, PDF files, and daily devotionals that you can read online or download to study later. Also ePUB and Kindle MOBI eBooks.
  • Free Spiritual Ebooks -- Download free spiritual eBooks by Nirmala and his wife, Gina Lake, to help you awaken, open your heart, and live more fully in the now.
  • Freedomain Radio Books -- Author's site. Non-fiction by Stefan Molyneux, in both PDF and MP3 formats.
  • Gayles Books -- Gay general fiction by Alan Keslian. Free eBooks in PDF format.
  • Kenneth Kuttler -- A math professor's page, wherein the numerous mathematics textbooks he has written may be found in PDF format.
  • Lessig.org Lawrence Lessig's author page, whereat his Creative Commons eBooks may be freely downloaded.
  • Light and Matter -- Introductory physics textbooks in available in HTML and PDF. Released under both Creative Commons and the GFDL.
  • Linear Algebra, A first course -- A free linear algebra textbook available in PDF and released under the GFDL.
  • Linear Algebra -- A free linear algebra textbook in PDF format. Licensed under both Creative Commons and the GFDL.
  • Modern Buddhism - The Path of Compassion and Wisdom -- A free eBook in ePub. PDF and MobiPocket format by Buddhist meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
  • Motion Mountain -- Free physics textbook available in PDF. Released under Creative Commons.
  • NYC2123 -- Graphic novels optimized for PSP but can be read online or converted for other devices. Released under Creative Commons.
  • Moon and the Sun, The by Vonda N. McIntyre (multiple formats) -- Part of the BookViewCafe.com collective.
  • Online Library of Liberty -- A collection of electronic texts related to the concept of liberty, to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Titles include texts on philosophy, politics, and economics, going back as far as 4,000 years, and are generally available as page scans, PDF files, ePub, and HTML.
  • Opening Up Education -- A series of articles about Open Education and current Open Education projects. The Sample Chapters link at the top of the page leads to an option to download the whole book.
  • Pinfinity creates insightful medical eBooks and distributes them for free. We value the learning process, and have no respect for the status quo. Currently these are iBooks and support multi-touch features.
  • Plough Publishing House -- Free e-books and articles on the Christian life, discipleship, fear of death, nonviolence, finding peace, and prayer. Adobe PDF. prc (Kindle) and .epub (Nook) files.
  • Psychology Classics -- Historically significant documents from the scholarly literature of psychology.
  • PublicBookshelf -- Over 540 free books to read using a built-in, easy-to-read book format, specializing in all types of romance books including classics and contemporary.
  • Stories for My Little Sister -- Free original kids' books written and illustrated by a team of two sisters. These are available for children of all ages.
  • The Pirate's Dilemma by Matt Mason -- Author's book-download page. The Pirate's Dilemma is available on a "pay-what-you-want" basis, and may be had for zero dollars. The book looks at the history and current iterations of pirate culture in a pretty groovy way.
  • Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air by David MacKay -- A readable discussion (with actual metrics!) of our options for energy development.
  • William Robert West -- Author's site. Unconditional Immortality Or Resurrection Of The Dead, The Rapture and Israel
[edit ] Online Reading

The focus of this section is on web sites that are designed for on-line reading. In some cases there may be methods to download the eBooks but that is not the intent of the site. Some sites are in both groups due to the fact that they support both modes. Some sites appear in both groups and probably should be removed from one or the other.

  • Adelaide University -- Contains Classic books on Literature, Philosophy, Science, History, Exploration and Travel. Located in Australia. For example See F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby .
  • Arthur's Classic Novels -- Contains web pages that can be read online or downloaded for free.
  • Bartleby -- Online eBooks and reference data. Classic books
  • Baen Free Library -- Over 100 free Science Fiction/Fantasy books, mostly from baen books. Available in several unencrypted, non-DRM formats: HTML, Rocket, Ebookwise, Mobipocket, RTF and Microsoft Reader.
  • Bookworm -- A platform for uploading and reading ePUB books online. Bookworm sites do not offer books for sale themselves.
    • O'Reilly's Bookworm Site
  • Blackmask Online -- The original Blackmask.com collection hosted by Project Gutenberg of Web readable books.
  • BookGlutton -- BookGlutton offers a web-based ebook reader and catalog. The Unbound Reader has chapter-by-chapter chat integration for book groups to talk about books online and annotation capabilities.
  • California Digital Library -- Contains many resources. Check the Scholarship link or Calisphere for online books.
  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library -- This is a bit of a specialty site, but an excellent one with wide appeal. It provides a massive collection of texts, making it an unbelievable library of the classic Christian writings, covering a wide range of authors. A delightful source because most of the best Christian writing was done a long time ago, and therefore is copyright-free.
  • ClassicReader -- Provides on line reading of the classics.
  • Connexions is a site devoted to Text Books. The modules (chapters) are individually downloadable but you can read an entire text book online. You can also contribute modules or assemble your own book.
  • Documenting the American South -- University of North Carolina free online collection. Many unique books and other documents available; each is presented on a single HTML page for online reading, and thus is easily saved and read on a portable device.
  • eScholarship Editions -- eBooks from academic presses on art, science, history, music, religion, and even some fiction.
  • FanFiction.net -- For anyone interested in reading fan fiction online. A program called FLAG can be used to download these eBooks.
  • Fine Stories -- Short stories and novels, in-progress and completed. Free reading online, and free downloading while in beta.
  • Google Books -- Features book searching and reading. You can download epubs and PDFs of public domain books.
  • Hathi Trust is a digital library and research site for members but anyone can read the public domain books on the site. Some may allow PDF downloads of pages or the whole work but most will not. A mobile site is available.
  • Higher Intellect -- Many older texts along with some newer content on a large variety of subjects.
  • Hot Free Books -- At HotFreeBooks.com you can read online more than 22,000 high quality classic and modern books on a comfortable screen. All books are full-text and free.
  • Internet Archive -- Contains copies of web sites, moving images, music, audio, and of course Text. including many eBooks.
  • Langridge, Huw -- Author's site. Provides fiction (Science Fiction and General Fiction) for free reading online, some DRM -free downloads available in Adobe PDF .
  • Library of Congress -- Mostly research and online reference information. Historic documents and lots of images. Also serves as a point to other sites with information.
  • L. Lee Lowe -- YA fantasy and SF novels, complete with podcasts
  • Marxists Internet Archive -- Books and articles by hundreds of writers, Marxist and non-Marxist. Some of the books have an option of PDF download, but the PDF version is the webpage printed to a PDF file and thus not very suitable for most ebook readers. Constantly updated.
  • Mortal Ghost -- YA fantasy novel, also with downloadable podcasts.
  • Munseys -- The new name of BlackMask.com with 20,000+ titles in a variety of formats. Select the HTML format for online reading.
  • O'Reilly publishes technical books and eBooks. They have started a wiki commons web site to write books online at http://commons.oreilly.com/. It is also a great resource for reading.
  • Project Gutenberg -- Thousands of out-of-copyright books available for free, with more being added every month. This is a huge collection of classic texts that is sure to include your favorites. It is growing all the time, and the most popular books are even available on a CD or DVD that you can receive for free if you don't have adequate online access. You might even want to consider donating a small amount to support their ongoing work to expand their library. And don't miss their page on converting texts for PDAs and eReaders. Click "read online" for online txt file.
  • PublicBookshelf -- Over 540 free books to read online using a built-in, easy-to-read book format, specializing in all types of romance books including classics and contemporary.
  • Public Literature -- Provides for online reading with continuation on future visits for multiple books. Also provides some read-along audio on certain books.
  • Project Wittenberg -- Project Wittenberg is home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. These are mostly HTML texts.
  • ReadCentral -- Has thousands of titles to read online for free.
  • Readprint.com -- Has many good books and you can even search the text within the books.
  • Safari books -- Specializes in technical books.
  • Smith, Cordwainer -- Author's blog with some of his short SF stories.
  • Stories online -- Has a wide collection of all genre's of stories, most with a greater or lesser erotic content, but a fair proportion of it of professional grade.
  • TextFiles.Com -- Old text files from BBS days (but some very interesting).
  • The Online Library of Liberty -- Has a stated goal "to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals."
  • The Thrilling detective -- Detective stories from books, tv, radio, comics, etc.
  • University of Virginia Electronic Text Center -- Has been closed down. Remnents of the ETC can be found at VIRGO. which lists the library's holdings and links to online ebooks wherever they might be available.
  • Von's Books -- Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
  • Wiki Books -- Aimed at supplying educational textbooks.
    • English
    • Cookbook -- A recipe collection
    • WikiJunior -- Non-fiction books for children
  • Wiki Source -- A collection of documentation (eBooks) - similar to Project Gutenberg
    • English
[edit ] Tips

Online reading generally means reading with your browser. Some of the sites have specific add-ons for your browser but most just depend on HTML formatted documents.

  • On-line reading can often be cluttered with advertising and other distractions. Fonts may not be the ones you would choose. http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ is a site containing a browser add-on to filter out the distractions and improve readability.
[edit ] eBooks in languages other than English
  • Wiki Books -- Aimed at supplying educational textbooks. Multiple languages available, predominately English.
  • Wiki Source -- A source for online reading in multiple languages. The offerings differ depending on the language.
  • Bookposts UK -- A source of free English eBooks around 120.Where published between 2010 and 2015. Daily Update

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If you're a regular Chrome user, chances are you know your way around the program by using your keyboard. By now, you might hit "Ctrl + N" to open a new window or Ctrl+T to open a new tab, but there are dozens of other helpful keyboard shortcuts for Chrome that you might not know about. This cheat sheet provides all the keyboard shortcut you need to know to use Google Chrome efficiently.

Regular Expression Cheatsheet

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Regular expressions are everywhere in Linux for searching through text right down to the character. This article aims to provide a small "cheat sheet" for people who simply need a little refresher from time to time.

Get Started With HTML5!

You’ve heard of it: HTML5. Everybody is using it.

It’s being heralded as the savior of the Internet, allowing people to create rich, engaging web pages without resorting to using Flash and Shockwave. But what actually is it?

Well, that’s not an easy question to answer. HTML5 is used to describe a really diverse group of things. It’s a standard of writing web pages. It’s a collection of APIs. It’s a new way of adding interactivity to web pages. HTML5 is all that and more. So what’s this book about?

The aim of this guide is not to teach you the entirety of HTML5. That would be entirely out of the scope of this book. The aim is to provide a gentle introduction to these amazing new web technologies, and to show you some cool ways of incorporating them into your websites.

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HTML5 First Look - Free Video Training Tutorials

In HTML5 First Look, author James Williamson introduces the newest HTML specification, providing a high-level overview of HTML5 in its current state, how it differs from HTML4, the current level of support in various browsers and mobile devices, and how the specification might evolve in the future.

This course will be expanded with additional tips and techniques later this year. Topics include:

Why do we need HTML5?

  • HTML5 Timeline
  • HTML5 vs. HTML4
  • New content tags
  • Content models
  • The role of "div" tags
  • DOCTYPE declarations
  • Basic page structure
  • CSS3 overview
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After taking advantage of the free video training, you can access all of Lynda.com's video tutorials by becoming a member of the Online Training Library®. Membership plans start at $25 per month, and require no long-term commitment.

The Debian Administrator's Handbook

It's a fantastic resource for all users of a Debian-based distribution. Accessible to all, this book teaches the essentials to anyone who wants to become an effective and independent Debian GNU/Linux administrator.

Securing & Optimizing Linux: The Hacking Solution (v.3.0)

A comprehensive collection of Linux security products and explanations in the most simple and structured manner on how to safely and easily configure and run many popular Linux-based applications and services.

This 800+ page eBook is intended for a technical audience and system administrators who manage Linux servers, but it also includes material for home users and others. It discusses how to install and setup a Linux server with all the necessary security and optimization for a high performance Linux specific machine. It can also be applied with some minor changes to other Linux variants without difficulty.

Lockdown: Secure Your Data With True Crypt

Encryption is the process of protecting data by using an algorithm to scramble it.

This manual will be talking about local file encryption - that is, encrypting files on a hard drive (or encrypting the entire hard drive; more on that later). The files are safe as long as they are kept in the encrypted area. TrueCrypt is a free, cross-platform program (meaning that it works in Windows, Mac OS X and Linux distributions including Ubuntu) that you can use to encrypt your data. It is classified as "On The Fly Encryption" (OTFE) software, which basically means that it encrypts and decrypts files as you access and modify them and that all files within the area of encryption are available as soon as you enter the key.

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Bash Guide for Beginners

Everybody working on a UNIX or UNIX-like system who wants to make life easier on themselves, power users and sysadmins alike, can benefit from reading this guide.

The Bash Guide for Beginners gets you started with Bash scripting and bridges the gap between the Bash HOWTO and the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. Everybody who wants to make life easier on themselves, power users and sysadmins alike, can benefit from reading this practical course. The guide contains lots of examples and exercises at the end of each chapter, demonstrating the theory and helping you practice. Bash is available on a wide variety of UNIX, Linux, MS Windows and other systems.

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting.

This guide assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction. all the while sneaking in little nuggets of UNIX® wisdom and lore. It serves as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and a reference and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques. The exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader participation, under the premise that the only way to really learn scripting is to write scripts. This book is also suitable for classroom use as a general introduction to programming concepts.

The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide 2nd Edition

Fully Updated to Reflect Major Improvements and Configuration Changes in Samba-3.0.11 through 3.0.20+!

Use this book to go far beyond basic deployment, leveraging all of Samba's components, from directory services to remote administration. Use it to find practical optimization techniques for any environment, from the workgroup to the enterprise. Use it to find detailed guidance and best practices for troubleshooting and problem solving. And, if your background is in Windows networking, use this book to get up to speed rapidly with Samba network administration in Linux/UNIX environments.

Dive Into Python

Python from novice to pro

Whether you're an experienced programmer looking to get into Python or grizzled Python veteran who remembers the days when you had to import the string module, Dive Into Python is your 'desert island' Python book.

Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date

Linux® Patch Management offers Linux professionals start-to-finish solutions, strategies, and examples for every environment, from single computers to enterprise-class networks.

Michael Jang presents patching solutions for Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other distributions. He systematically covers both distribution-specific tools and widely used community tools, such as apt and yum. This book's streamlined patch management techniques minimize impacts on users, networks, and administrators, and address applications as well as the underlying OS. Whatever your role in managing Linux® systems, Linux Patch® Management will reduce your costs, enhance the availability of your systems, and dramatically improve your personal efficiency.

Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development - Free 808 page eBook

Easy, browser-based Linux/UNIX administration with Webmin--step by step.

Webmin gives you an easy, browser-based solution for virtually any day-to-day Linux/UNIX administration task. Now, there's a definitive Webmin guide for every beginning-to-intermediate sysadmin. Written by Webmin's primary developer, Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™; delivers authoritative, step-by-step coverage of the latest version of Webmin, from basic installation to centrally managing multiple servers.

User Mode Linux®

In this book, you'll find authoritative advice on bootup, compilation, administration, specialized configurations, and much more.

With User Mode Linux®; you can create virtual Linux machines within a Linux computer and use them to safely test and debug applications, network services, and even kernels. You can try out new distributions, experiment with buggy software, and even test security. Now, for the first time, the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux®; shows how to put it to work hands-on. Jeff Dike covers everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux® servers.

Ubuntu: An Absolute Beginners Guide

Ubuntu is a free, open-source computer operating system with 20 million users worldwide.

This 30 page guide was written for beginners and will tell you everything you need to know about the Ubuntu experience. You will learn how to install and setup Ubuntu on your computer, find technical support in your community, understand the Ubuntu philosophy, navigate the Unity desktop interface and use Ubuntu compatible software programs.

Linux from Scratch

Linux from Scratch describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the source code of software that you need.

This 318 page eBook provides readers with the background and instruction to design and build custom Linux systems. This eBook highlights the Linux from Scratch project and the benefits of using this system. Users can dictate all aspects of their system, including directory layout, script setup, and security. The resulting system will be compiled completely from the source code, and the user will be able to specify where, why, and how programs are installed. This eBook allows readers to fully customize Linux systems to their own needs and allows users more control over their system.

Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.3

This eBook follows on from the Linux From Scratch book. It introduces and guides the reader through additions to the system including networking, graphical interfaces, sound support, and more.

This book is mainly aimed at those who have built a system based on the LFS book. It will also be useful for those

who are using other distributions, but for one reason or another want to manually build software and are in need of

some assistance. Note that the material contained in this book, in particular the dependency listings, is based upon the assumption that you are using a base LFS system with every package listed in the LFS book already installed and

configured. BLFS can be used to create a range of diverse systems and so the target audience is probably nearly as

wide as that of the LFS book. If you found LFS useful, you should also like this!

The GNU/Linux Advanced Administration

The GNU/Linux systems have reached an important level of maturity, allowing to integrate them in almost any kind of work environment, from a desktop PC to the sever facilities of a big company.

In this ebook "The GNU/Linux Operating System", the main contents are related with system administration. You will learn how to install and configure several computer services, and how to optimize and synchronize the resources using GNU/Linux.

The topics covered in this 500+ page eBook include Linux network, server and data administration, Linux kernel, security, clustering, configuration, tuning, optimization, migration and coexistence with non-Linux systems. A must read for any serious Linux system admin.

Self-Service Linux®: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination

The indispensable start-to-finish troubleshooting guide for every Linux professional.

Now, there's a systematic, practical guide to Linux troubleshooting for every power user, administrator, and developer. In Self-Service Linux®, two of IBM's leading Linux experts introduce a four-step methodology for identifying and resolving every type of Linux-related system or application problem: errors, crashes, hangs, performance slowdowns, unexpected behavior, and unexpected outputs. You'll learn exactly how to use Linux's key troubleshooting tools to solve problems on your own--and how to make effective use of the Linux community's knowledge.

If you use Linux professionally, this book can dramatically increase your efficiency, productivity, and marketability. If you're involved with deploying or managing Linux in the enterprise, it can help you significantly reduce operation costs, enhance availability, and improve ROI.

Series Editor Bruce Perens' is an open source evangelist, developer, and consultant whose software is a major component of most commercial embedded Linux offerings. He founded or cofounded Linux Standard Base, Open Source Initiative, and Software in the Public Interest. As Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader, he was instrumental in getting the system on two U.S. space shuttle flights.

By Mark Wilding, Dan Behman. Published by Prentice Hall. Part of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series.

Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.

For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Java™ Application Development on Linux®

Linux is the fastest-growing Java development platform because it saves money and time by serving as a platform for both development and deployment. But developers face significant platform-specific challenges when managing and deploying Java applications in a controlled production environment.

Written for Java and Linux developers alike, Java Application Development on Linux® is the hands-on guide to the full Java application development lifecycle on Linux.

Readers learn how to:

  • Use development tools available on Linux, such as the GNU Compiler for Java (gcj), Ant, the NetBeans IDE, IBM's Eclipse Java IDE, JUnit, and SunONE Studio
  • Develop business logic layers using Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC)
  • Add a Web interface using servlets and JSPs
  • Add a GUI using Sun's Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and IBM's SWT
  • Deploy EJBs in Linux
  • The authors conclude by demonstrating how a hierarchy of budgets can be created, tracked, and shared with Concurrent Versions System (CVS). Java Application Development on Linux® can propel you from a standing start to the full-speed development and deployment of Java applications on Linux.

By Carl Albing, Michael Schwarz. Published by Prentice Hall. Part of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series.

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