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Jenkins, Graham
Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
Melbourne, Australia
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| | Graham Jenkins has an ME and a BSc from the University of Adelaide. He taught mathematics at Canberra Institute, then worked at Telstra Research Labs in Melbourne for a number of years before moving to Mayne Nickless as a systems manager for an integrated transport booking and billing application. He moved subsequently to Cincinnati Bell Information Systems as a support specialist on telecommunications management systems, and later to a similar role with IBM Global Services Australia. In more recent times, Graham has worked as a Linux specialist on high-performance computing systems at Monash University and at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing. When he’s not at the keyboard, he can be found running with various groups around Melbourne in an ongoing battle to control his weight. |
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 Distributed computing pearls
Taubenfeld G., Morgan&Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, CA, 2018. 123 pp. Type: Book (978-1-681733-48-7)
In computer science, the term “synchronization” can relate to coordination between processors or to contention. So I was expecting to find some program examples using the open message passing interface (OpenMPI) or ...
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Feb 13 2019 |
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Linux hardening in hostile networks: server security from TLS to Tor
Rankin K., Addison-Wesley Professional, Boston, MA, 2017. 272 pp. Type: Book (978-0-134173-26-9)
The book’s preface notes that many of the available hardening guides were written some years ago. Its chapters are therefore intended to replace the outdated information found in those guides with recommendations that provide...
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Nov 15 2018 |
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Endless loop: the history of the BASIC programming language
Lorenzo M., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Philadelphia, PA, 2017. 190 pp. Type: Book (978-1-974277-07-0)
Ada Lovelace is widely regarded as the world’s first computer programmer. Did you know that her father was the poet Lord Byron, or that he separated from her mother shortly after Ada was born? Her mother then promoted Ada&...
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Jul 18 2018 |
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Stack frames: a look from inside
Di Cataldo G., Apress, New York, NY, 2016. 171 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484221-80-8)
Those of you who have written programs in C for Linux or Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) computers may well have wondered how your compiled programs are loaded into memory for execution, and perhaps why you might select options li...
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Jun 7 2017 |
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Wicked cool shell scripts: 101 scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX systems (2nd ed.)
Taylor D., Perry B., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2016. 368 pp. Type: Book (978-1-593276-02-7)
This is the second edition of a book originally published in 2004, and some new material has been added to address needs (like cloud storage access) that have emerged since that time. The authors observe that if you are using any kind ...
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Mar 23 2017 |
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The official Ubuntu book (9th ed.)
Helmke M., Joseph E., Rey J., Prentice Hall Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2016. 368 pp. Type: Book (978-0-134513-42-3)
This book has been revised and updated to cover Ubuntu 16.04, and comes with an installation DVD for the 64-bit (AMD64) desktop version thereof. The back cover promises that readers will “learn how to reliably install, custom...
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Nov 16 2016 |
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Introducing Linux distros
Castro J., Apress, New York, NY, 2016. 380 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484213-93-3)
The DistroWatch website now lists several hundred “active” Linux distributions, with a few new ones being added each week. How would a potential Linux user decide which of these he should use? To assist with this de...
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Sep 13 2016 |
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Practical Linux topics
Binnie C., Apress, New York, NY, 2015. 151 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484217-71-9)
If you manage Linux servers, you have probably picked up books that include screenshots showing graphical user interface (GUI) management tools for such servers. This is not one of those books....
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Mar 30 2016 |
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The book of PF (3rd ed.): a no-nonsense guide to the OpenBSD firewall
Hansteen P., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2014. 248 pp. Type: Book (978-1-593275-89-1)
PF is a packet filter developed originally on the OpenBSD operating system, and now also available on NetBSD, FreeBSD, and FreeBSD derivatives such as DragonFly BSD. It can be used to control access to your network, mitigate spam attac...
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Feb 6 2015 |
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Linux Mint essentials
LaCroix J., Packt Publishing, Birmingham, UK, 2014. 300 pp. Type: Book (978-1-782168-15-7), Reviews: (1 of 2)
For a Linux workstation installation, a novice user would choose a well-supported distribution like Ubuntu or Fedora, wouldn’t he? It seems that the authors of this book recognize this, and in chapter 1 they suggest that by b...
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Dec 3 2014 |
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