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Join us for the 11th OSCON, happening July 20-24, 2009 in San Jose, CA. Now more than ever, open source technology is the smart choice for navigating uncertain economic waters. Register now!

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Linux Books

Many of our books are available as Ebook Bundles — your bookshelf on your devices! And don't forget, you can Buy 2 books, get the 3rd FREE! Use discount code: OPC10 See details.

Bestselling

Linux Pocket Guide
by Daniel J. Barrett
Print: $9.95
Ebook: $7.99
Bundle: $10.95

Unix in a Nutshell
by Arnold Robbins
Fourth Edition
Print: $34.95
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.45

Learning the bash Shell
by Cameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt
Third Edition
Print: $34.95
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.45

Learning Java
by Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen
Third Edition
Print: $44.95
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.45

Linux in a Nutshell
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Fifth Edition
Print: $44.95
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.45

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Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
by Bryan O'Sullivan
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $43.99

Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition (SitePoint)
by Kevin Yank
Fourth Edition
Print: $39.95

Pragmatic Version Control Using Git (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
by Travis Swicegood
Print: $34.95

Ubuntu Kung Fu (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
by Keir Thomas
Print: $34.95

The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse (No Starch)
by Norman Matloff, Peter Jay Salzman
Print: $39.95

Upcoming

Linux in a Nutshell
by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Sixth Edition
Print: $44.99

flex & bison
by John Levine
Print: $29.99

Ubuntu for Non-Geeks (No Starch)
Fourth Edition
Print: $34.95

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Linux Experts

Tyler Mitchell is the author of Web Mapping Illustrated - a book focused on teaching how to use popular Open Source Geospatial Toolkits. He works as the Executive Director of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, aka OSGeo.

Ted Wallingford is lead consultant and co-founder of Best Technology Strategy LLC, and is the author of O'Reilly Media's Switching to VoIP and VoIP Hacks.

Roger Weeks has over a decade of experience in systems and network administration. He's been building Linux systems at home and in the enterprise since 1998, and recommends that you check out FreeNetworks.org if you're interested in community wireless. Roger is a coauthor of Linux Unwired and Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition.

Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). One of the web sites he developed presented the world's first radio station licensed by the music copyright holders. In order to enable…

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Linux News & Commentary

Low End Linux Netbook Prices Continue To Drop

By Caitlyn Martin
June 29, 2009

It almost goes without saying that you won't find anything that runs Windows at anywhere near these prices. Oh, and no, that doesn't mean that Linux is somehow inferior as Windows fans would want you to believe. It is, however, free of charge.

Four short links: 12 June 2009

By Nat Torkington
June 12, 2009

New Media Challenges: Legal and Policy Considerations for Federal Use of Web 2.0 Technology (Center for American Progress) -- report on the issues around Web 2.0 use in Government, which include privacy, security, Public Records Act, advertising, etc. See also It's Not the Campaign Anymore: How the White House Is Using Web 2.0 Technology So Far from the same...

High Netbook Return Rate? Windows Is the Problem

By Caitlyn Martin
June 9, 2009

Note that the quoted story wasn't referring to netbooks running Linux. It was referring to all Intel Atom powered netbooks. I am assured over and over again by tech pundits like Mr. Weinberg that nowadays almost all those netbooks run Windows, not Linux. Did it ever occur to people that Windows might actually be the cause of the disappointment customers face and the high returns?

The MIPS Processor and the $150 Linux Netbook

By Caitlyn Martin
May 29, 2009

Last week I wrote about two different projections claiming that Linux will recapture 50% of the netbook market, either in three years or by next year. Compelling MIPS and ARM based systems are the reason I believe those projections are correct. Current versions of Windows won't run on ARM or MIPS processor based systems at all. [...] Lightweight, optimized versions of Linux are another matter entirely. They run just fine for many applications on the MIPS based systems released so far despite processor speeds ranging from 400 to 800 MHz. If that sounds slow please remember that the original Asus EeePC was underclocked to 600MHz and sold like proverbial hotcakes.

Linux To Regain 50% Netbook Market Share

By Caitlyn Martin
May 21, 2009

Stephen Lim, the General Manager of Taiwan based Linpus Technologies, made the surprising prediction that Linux will regain 50% market share from Windows on netbooks by next year.

Favorite Linux Book of All Time: Linux in a Nutshell

By Kathryn Barrett
May 1, 2009

The Linux Journal's annual Readers' Choice Awards take the pulse of the Linux community, allowing readers to choose their favorites in a number of categories, and write-ins also are accepted. This year, more than 6,000 individuals voted for their favorite Linux solutions—one of the biggest turnouts in in Linux Journal history. And Linux in a Nutshell won the award for Favorite Linux Book of All Time. Our thanks to everyone who voted for this book. We think it's a classic and we're glad that you do, too!

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Linux Online Certification

Linux/Unix System Administration Certificate Series

This course series targets both beginning and intermediate Linux/Unix users who want to acquire advanced system administration skills, and to back those skills up with a Certificate from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education.

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