We were fortunate to have the opportunity to talk with Jonathan Corbet of LWN.net about our new edition and the state of UNIX and Linux generally. It was an interesting discussion! At the moment, this interview requires subscriber access to the LWN.net site, but the article will be available free of charge after July 22.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the completely updated twentieth anniversary edition of the UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook! We have printed copies in hand, and the book should be generally available starting the week of July 18, 2010.
“As an author, editor, and publisher, I never paid much attention to the competition—except in a few cases. This is one of those cases. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against.”
— from the Foreword by Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media
“This is a comprehensive guide to the care and feeding of UNIX and Linux systems. The authors present the facts along with seasoned advice and real-world examples. Their perspective on the variations among systems is valuable for anyone who runs a heterogeneous computing facility.”
— Pat Parseghian
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About the book
This twentieth anniversary edition of the world's best-selling UNIX system administration book has been made even better by adding coverage of the leading Linux distributions: Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
This book approaches system administration from a practical perspective and is an invaluable reference for both new administrators and experienced professionals. It details best practices for every facet of system administration, including storage management, network design and administration, email, web hosting, scripting, software configuration management, performance analysis, Windows interoperability, virtualization, DNS, security, management of IT service organizations, and much more. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook reflects the current versions of these operating systems:
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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® |
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Oracle America® Solaris™ (formerly Sun Solaris) |
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News, reviews, and media coverage
Monday, July 12, 2010
LWN.net Interview
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Free Software Magazine Reviews Linux Administration Handbook, Second Edition
This review of our previous, Linux-specific, edition describes our general approach to the topic of system administration. Although there are several entirely new chapters in ULSAH4E and several others that have been rewritten from scratch, the general flow and structure remain similar to those of LAH2E.
