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   The official Ubuntu Server book
Rankin K., Hill B., Prentice Hall Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2013. 600 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-133017-53-3)

If you want to build a new Linux workstation, there is a fair chance that you would install an Ubuntu distribution or one of its variants such as Xubuntu. But to build a server, you would use a Red Hat distribution or a derivative like...
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Dec 2 2013  
  The official Ubuntu Server book
Rankin K., Hill B., Prentice Hall Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010. 592 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-137081-33-2)

Newcomers as well as experienced system administrators will benefit from reading and referencing this definitive guide to Ubuntu Server. I especially appreciate the significant emphasis given to the examples, which I found very useful....
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Mar 8 2011  
   The official Ubuntu book
Hill B., Helmke M., Burger C., Prentice Hall Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010. 448 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-137081-30-1)

Does a popular, free operating system with extensive online resources need a printed user guide? The book’s authors, who are deeply involved in the Ubuntu community, think so. After a careful review, readers may agree, albeit...
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Dec 9 2010  
  The official Ubuntu server book
Rankin K., Hill B., Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2009. 528 pp.  Type: Book (9780137021185)

This book not only teaches readers how to use the Ubuntu Server Edition operating system (OS), but also contains essential information for system administrators. The book claims to be the official description of the Ubuntu server, sinc...
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Dec 21 2009  
  The official Ubuntu book
Hill B., Burger C., Jesse J., Bacon J., Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2008. 512 pp.  Type: Book (9780137136681), Reviews: (2 of 2)

Before beginning this review, I must warn the reader that I am not an Ubuntu fan. This is meaningful because the book is not simply a guide for Ubuntu users; it is also a manifesto about Ubuntu, a book intended to promote this GNU/Linu...
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Nov 10 2009  

 
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