A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5th Ed) Wow. Mark Sobell hits another one out of the park. Comprehensive can hardly describe this book, although I am hard pressed to come up with a more appropriate word. This massive volume covers all things Fedora and Redhat, from the common to the […]
The Walking Dead All work and no play makes Linc a dull boy, right? Well, I thought it was about time to touch on one or two things outside the linux/technical arena. One of these things is the “The Walking Dead” series. This is a comic series that I was introduced to by Dann Washko […]
The Official Ubuntu Server Book Ahh, these are the kinds of books I really dig. As a systems administrator, I love to get books that detail setting up servers and services and this is exactly what this covers for Ubuntu. Here you can learn about things from what bind is and how to get it […]
The Official Ubuntu Book For Ubuntu users, this one is a real gem. This is your “soup to nuts” type good starter book for Ubuntu users. It is great reference material for everything from the history and idea behind the Ubuntu distribution to more advanced topics like using Ubuntu as a server and even touches […]
I mentioned that I was going to take this opportunity to explote my bookshelf a little bit since my *play* laptop’s screen bit it again. I figure I’ll call this the “What’s on your bookshelf” series. I’ll try and give some general reviews about what’s on my personal bookshelf and why and I’ll try and […]
Wow! What a weekend! We had a great time again this year, no surprise. It’s always great to be able to hang out with all your friends and all you linux folk and TechShow listeners are my friends! My thoughts are still a bit disjointed from the weekend so here are some random notes about […]
As of late, I have come to think that I should perhaps throw my hat into the book author pile. Specifically, I have noticed that there seems to be a lacking of a concise book about good/logical Linux server administration. Now I am not talking about just setting up a home server, but rather correctly […]
The problem with graphic novels, as I see it, is bang for the buck. I am quickly finding out that reading these things can become an expensive proposition. For example, today I read 30 Days of Night on the way home on the train. It was a good read and I enjoyed it, however, the […]
Some days having good friends just doesn’t pay. Case in point, I had been looking for a good new graphic novel, something Dann got me started reading with “The Watchmen”. He then suggests I check out The Walking Dead. Boy oh boy, I shoulda seen this one coming. I have long been a fan of […]
Automating Linux and Unix System Administration I was asked to make sure I wrote some reviews of my recent review material this time 🙂 so here ’tis: This book, from APress, Nate Campi and Kirk Bauer is pretty good. This book gives decent information and goes through a lot of the thralls of basic systems […]