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What’s New in the Newest Linux in a Nutshell?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 2009

“Stephen says that the most noticeable changes in the latest
Linux in a Nutshell are the git and virtualization chapters. He
says, “The git chapter was written by Avery Pennarun, who we think
did a great job matching the style of the other chapters.” He adds,
“The virtualization chapter offers an overview of setting up a
server for running multiple virtualized systems – KVM and Xen
are covered here, as well as the libvirt command-line tools used to
control them.”

“Because the server is so widely adopted, Stephen says that the
book authors also decided to cover VMware’s ESC server. He says,
“ESX has a Linux-based console. While most of the time you will use
a GUI to manage your ESX servers, the console offers useful
commands for analyzing and manipulating virtual guests.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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