PC Hardware (computer hardware tutorial)

PC Hardware in a Nutshell. An oxymoron, as it turns out. When Robert began work on the first edition of this book in late 1998, he planned to write a 300-page book in five months. Barbara joined the project early, at first as the researcher and later as the full coauthor. After more than 18 months of working seven days a week, including last-minute rewrites to make everything as current as possible, we finally completed the first edition.

Robert decided to write the first edition because he couldn't find a good answer to what seemed to be a simple question. Robert, who has extensive PC experience, wanted to buy his first CD burner but didn't know much about them. He needed information about how to choose, install, configure, and use a CD burner. It would have been easy to check articles about CD burners in hardware-oriented magazines and enthusiast web sites, but Robert didn't trust them to provide accurate and unbiased information.



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Linux Administration second edition

If you’re new to Linux, this book covers the material you will need to learn the OS from the beginning, and it continues to provide the knowledge you need up to a proficiency level sufficient to pass the Linux+ exam. You can pick up this book and learn from it even if you’ve never used Linux before, although you’ll find it an easier read if you’ve at least casually used Linux for a few days. If you’re already familiar with Linux, this book can serve as a review and as a refresher course for information with which you might not be completely familiar. In either case, reading this book will help you to pass the Linux+ exam. This book is written with the assumption that you know at least a little bit about Linux (what it is, and possibly a few Linux commands). This book also assumes that you know some basics about computers in general, such as how to use a keyboard, how to insert a floppy disk into a floppy drive, and so on. Chances are you have used computers in a substantial way in the past—perhaps even Linux, as an ordinary user, or maybe you have used Windows or MacOS. This book does not assume that you have extensive knowledge of Linux system administration, but if you’ve done some system administration, you can still use this book to fill in gaps in your knowledge.



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Pages: 738

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Linux Administration made easy

The “Linux Administration Made Easy” (LAME) guide attempts to describe day-to-day administration and maintenance issues commonly faced by Linux system administrators. Part of the Linux Documentation Project.



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Pages: 134

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