- Operating systems (Computers), Linux (computer operating system), Technology, Computers
Unlike some operating systems, Linux doesn’t try to hide the important bits from you—it gives you full control of your computer. But to truly master Linux, you need to understand its internals, like how the system boots, how networking works, and what the kernel actually does.
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Cool, classical in form, warm and earnest.
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Brian Ward
- First published
- May 14, 2004
- Pages
- 390
- Publisher
- No Starch Press, Incorporated, Independently Published, No Starch Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781718500402
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“I wrote this book because I believe you should be able to learn what your computer does.”
Brian Ward has been working with Linux since 1993, when he scraped together enough pennies for a secondhand 386. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Chicago, and currently works in San Francisco as a consultant and instructor.
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