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Degunking Linux
It may seem like this is all I’ve been doing for the past few months, but I have yet another book review that has made it on to the ‘free’ area of Free Software Magazine. This time it is Degunking Linux by Roderick W Smith. At its heart, this book…
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Linux Server Security
Frequently you will hear about how secure Linux is as an operating system. Although a lot of the security of the OS comes from the many eyes examining the code and the strong developer spirit that means software is frequently updated and improved,…
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Regular Expression Recipes, by Nathan Good
I’m a regular expression junkie – I think one of the main reasons I love Perl so much is because it’s just so darn easy to go ahead and regexp either with a substitution or match to get the information I want. It certainly makes certain parts of m…
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New Book Review Blog
I have a new blog totally dedicated to hosting book reviews and interviews. It takes the place of the books blog I had at LinuxWorld, which is obviously now defunct. The new site, The Writers Perspective will host all the reviews and interviews th…
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Unix Advanced Visual QuickPro, Chris Herborth
Unix Advanced Visual QuickPro is a step-by-step guide to configuring the finer points of your Unix machine from file sharing, Web sites, and e-mail through to virus scanning. I talk to the author and long-time friend, Chris Herborth, about the boo…
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Beginning MySQL Database Design and Optimization
Getting the design of your database right has a huge impact on a number of issues. Primarily performance, but it can also affect other areas like the flexibility of your database and how it integrates with the application-level solution, such as P…
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MCSE Windows Server 2003 Network Passport (Exam 70-293)
Microsoft’s MCSE exams are tough, and you need a guide to help you translate that list of requirements on their exams page into the various areas of the system that you need to know about. In this passport title, I cover (with the help of Chris Mc…
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Perl, CGI, JavaScript Complete
Perl, CGI, JavaScript Complete is a complete guide to programming and building websites using Perl, CGI and JavaScript. The chapter on developing a Perl/CGI based database web interface is one of mine. It gives you complete details on how to commu…
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Apache 2.0: The Complete Reference
Ryan Bloom, one of the developers of the Apache HTTPD server product, was the lead author on this project. I contributed a few of chapters in this title too, including those on testing Apache (with HTTPD-Test and Flood), keeping Apache up to date …
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Solaris 9 Complete Idiot’s Guide
Want to know how to process XML documents in Perl, Python or PHP? Ever wondered how you’d do it in Ruby, REBOL, Tcl or AppleScript? Want to learn how to execute remote procedures over the Internet using XML-RPC or SOAP? XML Processing with Perl, P…