How Linux Works Is an OS Mechanic's Mainstay | Linux Today

How Linux Works Is an OS Mechanic’s Mainstay

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Jack M. Germain
Dec 12, 2014

How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know offers an unglamorous view of the Linux operating system. It takes readers behind the graphical user interface into the bowels of command line operations.

This second edition of Brian Ward’s classic Linux reference book is completely revised, and it offers something for every Linux user.

JMG

Jack M. Germain

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