Operating systems

As one of the applications in Microsoft Office, Word is the dominant word-processing program for both Windows and Mac users.

With the growing popularity of Linux and the advent of Darwin, Unix has metamorphosed into something new and exciting.

The Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference puts within easy reach the commands that Oracle database administrators need most when operating in a Unix environment.

Essential System Administration,3rd Edition is the definitive guide for Unix system administration, covering all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64 and more.

With its highly developed capacity to detect patterns in data, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for biological data analysis.

Ubuntu Linux--the most popular Linux distribution on the planet--preserves the spirit embodied in the ancient African word ubuntu, which means both "e;humanity to others"e; and "e;I am what I am because of who we all are.

"e;Neither a "e;Starting Linux"e; book nor a dry reference manual, this book has a lot to offer to those coming to Fedora from other operating systems or distros.

It's no secret that the entire Ruby onRails core team uses OS X as their preferreddevelopment environment.

Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration gives Unix, Windows, and Mac administrators what they need to master every aspect of this server, from the command line to Apple's graphical tools.

Over the last few years, Linux has grown both as an operating system and a tool for personal and business use.

As an open operating system, Unix can be improved on by anyone and everyone: individuals, companies, universities, and more.

With the growing popularity of Linux and the advent of Darwin, Unix has metamorphosed into something new and exciting.

Already the industry standard for Python users, ProgrammingPython fromO'Reilly just got even better.

For people who create and modify text files, sed and awk are power tools for editing.

System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware?

If you've ever wondered how Linux carries out the complicated tasks assigned to it by the IP protocols -- or if you just want to learn about modern networking through real-life examples -- Understanding Linux Network Internals is for you.

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems.

qmail has quietly become one of the most widely used applications on the Internet today.

More often than not, the words "e;sendmail configuration"e; strike dread in the hearts of sendmail and system administrators--and not without reason.

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Windows XP Pocket Reference is a handy book for power users and system administrators who need a solid reference with quick answers, but not a lot of explanation.

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C# programmers all have one thing in common -- they're learning a new language.

The press has called Tekserve Corporation, the idiosyncratic Macintosh repair store in New York City, "e;The Epicenter of Mac Culture in NYC"e;, "e;The leader in Apple triage services"e; and "e;warm and eclectic - maybe even a little eccentric"e;.

With the spread of web-enabled desktop clients and web-server based applications, developers can no longer afford to treat security as an afterthought.

Windows XP can be a great tool, but it is all too easy to trip over Windows XP's annoying traits more often than you leverage its productivity.

GNU Emacs is the most popular and widespread of the Emacs family of editors.

The utility simply known as make is one of the most enduring features of both Unix and other operating systems.

In the world of Unix operating systems, the various BSDs come with a long heritage of high-quality software and well-designed solutions, making them a favorite OS of a wide range of users.

This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest and greatest server.

To the outside world, a "e;supercomputer"e; appears to be a single system.

The corporate market is now embracing free, "e;open source"e; software like never before, as evidenced by the recent success of the technologies underlying LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP).

The popularity of wireless networking has grown exponentially over the past few years, despite a general downward trend in the telecommunications industry.

The fact that Linux has more multimedia application choices than Mac OS X and Windows combined may come as a surprise to many, but not to those who know Linux well.

While computers and other devices identify each other on networks or the Internet by using unique addresses made up of numbers, humans rely on the Domain Name System (DNS), the distributed database that allows us to identify machines by name.

Bigger in size, longer in length, broader in scope, and even more useful than our original Mac OS X Hacks, the new Big Book of Apple Hacks offers a grab bag of tips, tricks and hacks to get the most out of Mac OS X Leopard, as well as the new line of iPods, iPhone, and Apple TV.

GNU Emacs is the most popular and widespread of the Emacs family of editors.

The utility simply known as make is one of the most enduring features of both Unix and other operating systems.

Today's system administrators deal with a vast number of situations, operating systems, software packages, and problems.

O'Reilly has once again updated its bestselling tutorial on ASP.

This guide is strikingly different from other books on Microsoft ADO.

As part of the Microsoft Office suite, Access has become the industry's leading desktop database management program for organizing, accessing, and sharing information.

Are you serious about network security?

System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware?

Still the top-selling software suite for Mac users, Microsoft Office has been improved and enhanced to take advantage of the latest Mac OS X features.

Windows 2000 Pro combines the friendly interface of Windows 98 with the famous stability of Windows NT.

A competent system administrator knows that a Linux server is a high performance system for routing large amounts of information through a network connection.

With Leopard, Apple has unleashed the greatest version of Mac OS X yet, and David Pogue is back with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover the operating system with a wealth of detail.

This easy-to-use introduction to Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is ideal for developers who want to learn to build services on a company network or as part of an enterprise system.

Written by key members of Juniper Network's ScreenOS development team, this one-of-a-kind Cookbook helps you troubleshoot secure networks that run ScreenOS firewall appliances.