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How Linux Works Is an OS Mechanic’s Mainstay

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.

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