LinuxWorld, San Francisco (August 5, 2004) – Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall PTR (AW/PH PTR), leading publishers of advanced technology books, today announced publication of the latest book from acclaimed UNIX/Linux Author Mark Sobell, a new security book within the Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series and anticipated Fall 2004 releases, including new books from Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller and Marcel Gagne to help assist with deployment of Linux on the desktop.
The Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR books making their debut at LinuxWorld include: Mark Sobell’s A Practical Guide to Red Hat® Linux®, Second Edition: Fedora™ Core & Red Hat Enterprise Linux , (http://www.phptr.com/title/0131470248) is the definitive start-to-finish book guide to working with Red Hat Linux, with in-depth coverage of topics including setting up Internet servers, security tips and sharing files and printers with Windows systems. In addition, the full Fedora Core 2 operating system is provided on four CDs packaged with the book.
Tony Howlett’s book, Open Source Security Tools: A Practical Guide to Security Applications, (http://www.phptr.com/title/0321194438) teaches readers how to secure both UNIX and Windows systems by providing the best open source tools designed to tackle such challenges. Howlett has done the hard work of researching the free and low-cost security solutions and has compiled the best ones in this book. An accompanying CD-ROM contains full versions of the tools for easy access and installation. Howlett’s book is part of the Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series.
Kirk McKusick and George Neville-Neil’s new book, The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System , (http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0201702452) arrives as the most updated, authoritative technical guide to the internal structure of open source FreeBSD. The authors explain key design decisions behind the operating system, provide detail on the concepts, data structures and algorithms used to implement the systems facilities, as well as provide updated information on performance improvements in the virtual memory system, the new symmetric multiprocessor support and the new jail facility to ease the hosting of multiple domains.
Information on a sampling of Fall, 2004 books includes :
“PHP 5 Power Programming†by Andi Gutmans, Stig Bakken and Derick Rethans (Prentice Hall PTR, copyright 2005, ISBN 013147149X- Oct. 2004). In this book, PHP 5’s co-creator and two leading PHP developers show the reader how to make the most of PHP 5’s industrial-strength enhancements in any project, regardless of size or complexity.
Visit: http://www.phptr.com/title/013147149X
“Moving to the Linux Business Desktop†by Marcel Gagne (Addison-Wesley, copyright 2005, ISBN 0131421921- Sept. 2004). Marcel Gagne provides the complete technical resource for migrating business desktops to Linux, administering them efficiently, and using them to drive cost savings throughout an organization. (A CD-ROM will include Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) thin-client software). Visit: http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0131421921
“UNIX Shells by Exampleâ€, Fourth Edition by Ellie Quigley (Prentice Hall PTR, copyright 2005, ISBN 013147572X- Sept. 2004). The #1 shell programming book has been fully updated for Linux. Visit: http://www.phptr.com/title/013147572X
“Point and Click Linux†by Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller (Prentice Hall PTR, copyright 2005, ISBN 0131488724—Nov., 2004). Editor-In-Chief for the Open Source Technology Group, Robin Miller has created the perfect book- with accompanying tutorial CD/DVD- for Windows users who are curious about Linux, but don’t know where to begin. Roblimo’s step-by-step instructions and how-to videos show the reader how to master everything, including word processing, the Web, email, instant messaging and CD burning. Visit: http://www.phptr.com/title/0131488724
For more information about AW/PH PTR and the titles mentioned in this release, visit www.awprofessional.com, www.phptr.com.
About Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR
Addison-Wesley (www.awprofessional.com) and Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference (PH PTR) (www.phptr.com) are respected publishers of quality computer science and engineering books and software for technical professionals. Both imprints are units of Pearson Technology Group, the world’s largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information technology, engineering and reference content. Pearson Technology Group is an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world’s leading educational publisher. Pearson Education is part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company.”
