Performance Tuning and Desktop Linux

PC Burn: Book Review – Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning
(Tips and Techniques)

[ Thanks to Chris
Bergeron for this link. ]

“This technical reference book covers similar subject matter to
Self Service Linux: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination
(which we recently reviewed). But where Self Service Linux was
tightly focused on debugging problems, Linux Debugging and
Performance Tuning takes a look at finding performance snags and
tweaking them out of a system.

“It’s target audience is developers and programmers, the people
responsible for debugging program and system code. Subjects covered
progress from system performance profiling with basic Linux tools
such as ‘time’ on through advanced topics such as using oprofile
and User Mode Linux in debugging performance issues…”

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Mad Penguin: For Beginners Only: A Review of Point & Click
Linux

[ Thanks to solidadr for
this link. ]

” If you are looking for a book that will help a timid beginner
explore Linux, your best choice is Point & Click Linux by Robin
“Roblimo” Miller. As the title of this review suggests, it is ONLY
for beginners. Intermediate users will not find all that much
useful information here, unless it is a breezy overview of some
features that you kinda knew existed, but weren’t sure what they
did or basically how to use them. But for newbies who might think
that the CD-ROM is a cup holder, this book will teach them the very
rudimentary basics of point and click linux. The title says it all.
WYSIWYG…”

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