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Linux Firewalls (3rd Edition) (Novell Press)
Novell Press; 3 edition (September 24, 2005) | ISBN: 0672327716 | 552 pages | CHM | 1.5 MB

An Internet-connected Linux machine is in a high-risk situation. Linux Firewalls, Third Edition details security steps that any sized implementation?from home use to enterprise level?might take to protect itself from potential remote attackers. As with the first two editions, this book is especially useful for its explanations of iptables, packet filtering, and firewall optimization along with some advanced concepts including customizing the Linux kernel to enhance security.The third edition, while distribution neutral, has been updated for the current Linux Kernel... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix, Others IT eBooks

CBT NUGGETS LINUX SERIES (BEGINNERS) | 691.99 MB

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL and other free licenses.

01. Introduction to Using Linux. 35:04
02. Intro to Linux Part 2. 28:14
03. Planning your Installation. 24:34
04. Pre-installation Hardware Considerations. 33:46
05. Installation of Linux. 29:12
06. Installing and Updating Software in Linux. 36:39
07. User administration... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix, Video Training

We don?t own the desktop yet but we do own the first ever Nobel Prize in Cool. Cool Projects that is, we?ve got a Linux powered rocket and a Linux powered submarine. Plus we show you how to use the iRobot Create with Linux, how to convert those old 8mm movies to DVD with Linux, and how to control your house with Linux and Mi Casa Verde.

After checking out the cool projects don?t miss the rest of this cool issue and read how to run Rails under Apache using Phusion Passenger, how to build a secure Squid Web Proxy, how to use OpenFiler to create an open-source network storage appliance, and if just typed ?rm -rf /? find out what to do and what not to do in our continuing series of ?When Disaster Strikes?... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix, Multimedia and Design, Others IT eBooks

UML Applied: A .NET Perspective

Product Description UML Applied: A .NET Perspective is the first book to examine the two worlds of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and .NET concurrently. The core of UML Applied: A .NET Perspective is a set of proven, hands-on, team-oriented exercises that will have the reader solving real-world problems with UML faster than when using any other approach?often in under a day. Martin L. Shoemaker also demonstrates how to use Rational XDE for effective model-driven development. download

Filed Under: Linux and Unix, Others IT eBooks

Newnes | 2008 | ISBN: 0750686545 | 264 pages | PDF | 17,2 MB

The Eclipse environment solves the problem of having to maintain your own Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which is time consuming and costly. Embedded tools can also be easily integrated into Eclipse. The C/C++CDT is ideal for the embedded community with more than 70% of embedded developers using this language to write embedded code.

Eclipse simplifies embedded system development and then eases its integration into larger platforms and frameworks.

In this book, Doug Abbott examines Eclipse, an IDE, which can be vital in saving money and time in the design and development of an embedded system. Eclipse was created by IBM in 2001 and then became... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix, Programming

UNIX to Linux(R) Porting: A Comprehensive Reference (Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series) by Alfredo Mendoza, Chakarat Skawratananond, Artis Walker
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR | Number Of Pages: 720 | Publication Date: 2006-04-22 | ISBN-10: 0131871099 | CHM | 1 Mb
Increasingly, developers, architects, and project managers face the challenge of porting their C, C++, and Java applications from UNIX® to Linux® environments. Now, there’s a definitive, start-to-finish guide to porting applications from today’s most widely used UNIX platforms: Solaris™, HP-UX, and AIX®.

Three of IBM’s most-experienced Linux porting specialists lead you through your entire... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix

A Practical Guide to Red Hat(R) Linux(R): Fedora(TM) Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 3rd Edition

Product Description
A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0137142951 ISBN-13: 9780137142958 “Since I’m in an educational environment, I found the content of Sobell’s book to be right on target and very helpful for anyone managing Linux in the enterprise. His style of writing is very clear. He builds up to the chapter exercises, which I find to be relevant to real-world scenarios a user or admin would encounter.

An IT/IS student would find this book a valuable complement to their education. The vast amount of information is extremely well balanced and Sobell... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix

Ellen Siever, «Linux in a Nutshell»
O`Reilly | ISBN 0596004826 | 2003 Year | 928 Pages | CHM | 1 Mb
Linux in a Nutshell, now in its fourth edition, has won awards in the Linux community as the most indispensable book about Linux. It is an essential desktop reference for the commands that users of Linux utilize every day, with the depth of information and the practical, succinct “In a Nutshell” format that made the previous editions so popular. Comprehensive but concise,
Linux in a Nutshell covers all substantial user, programming, administration, and networking commands for the most common Linux distributions. It`s several quick references rolled into one: sed, gawk, RCS, CVS, vi, Emacs,... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix

Bill McCarty, «Learning Red Hat Linux»
O`Reilly | ISBN 0596004699 | 2003 Year | 319 Pages | CHM | 4 Mb
The economics of the free software business has taken another football bounce with the release of O`Reilly`s Learning Red Hat Linux, a guide to the most popular distribution of the freely redistributable operating system. The bounce is this: for the typical tech-book list price of $35, you get Bill McCarty`s beginners` survey and Red Hat 7.2, a $60 value at Red Hat`s own retail price. McCarty`s introduction claims that the two-CD set, printed with the O`Reilly logo, contains “everything you need to install and configure your own Red Hat Linux system.”
But is it really Red Hat 7.2?... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix

Paul Hudson, “Red Hat Fedora 4 Unleashed”
Sams | ISBN 0672327929 | 2005 Year | CHM | 12 Mb | 1176 Pages
Master Red Hat Fedora 4 with the most comprehensive guide to the latest version of Red Hat`s open-community Fedora Linux Distribution available. Red Hat Fedora 4 Unleashed will help you gain a greater understanding of intermediate-level Linux networking and system administration issues. Also included is coverage on the new applications, web development, peripherals and programming languages involved with this latest Red Hat Linux distribution
. In keeping with the tradition of offering the best and most comprehensive coverage of Red Hat Linux on the market of the previous editions, Red Hat Fedora... (Read More)

Filed Under: Linux and Unix