How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know, 2nd EditionBy Brian WardNo Starch PressNovember 21, 2014, 392 pp.US$39.95 Print Book and E-Book (No Starch Press) $26.37 Paperback (Amazon)$31.95 ...

Ward combines theory with real-world examples to show both how to administer Linux and why each technique works. The author hass been working with Linux since 1993. He is the author of “The Linux ...

I'm interested in getting a better knowledge of how all the various kernels, modules, xservers, window managers, etc actually work and tie together to make Linux work. I am NOT referring to a how to ...

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Ever since Microsoft announced that PowerShell would be made open source, I have been really curious about what it would be like to run PowerShell on a Linux machine. Would it be like managing a ...

I am having a hard time understanding exactly how salting passwords works in linux, and was hoping someone can help me understand it better. I understand the general concept of cryptographic salt, but ...