Books

Created by Linus Torvalds to manage development of the Linux kernel, Git has become the principal tool for distributed version control. Git permits an infinite variety of methods for development and collaboration, but its flexibility also means that some users don’t understand how to use it to their best advantage. In Version Control with Git, [...]

It used to be said that Linux was an operating system for geeks only. I enjoy refuting that by loading a bootable, Live Linux distribution like Knoppix, PCLos or Mepis into a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and letting a die-hard Windows user give it a test drive. Generally within minutes they’ve figured out how to [...]

Usually I prefer to review books one at a time. Since I like to not only read the book I’m reviewing but apply some of the suggestions, it makes to evaluate it from an average user’s point of view as well, trying to cover more than one book per review is difficult.
In the case of [...]

Most Linux distributions are built to meet a specific purpose; address a specific audience. There are USB-bootable versions, live disks, and versions geared toward scientific research or desktop publishing. Ubuntu Linux is one of the few distributions designed around a philosophy.
You may have heard about Ubuntu’s founder and first developer, Mark Shuttleworth.
Shuttleworth gained worldwide fame [...]