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bash Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for bash Users
Author(s): Carl Albing, JP Vossen, Cameron Newham
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Date Published: May 24 2007
Format: Paperback: 622 pages
List Price: $49.99
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Description: bash Cookbook teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft. It presents a variety of recipes and tricks for all levels of shell programmers so that anyone can become a proficient user of the most common Unix shell -- the bash shell -- and cygwin or other popular Unix emulation packages. Packed full of useful scripts, along with examples that explain how to create better scripts, this new cookbook gives professionals and power users everything they need to automate routine tasks and enable them to truly manage their systems -- rather than have their systems manage them.

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Foundations of GTK+ Development
Author(s): Andrew Krause
Publisher: Apress
Date Published: April 23 2007
Format: Paperback: 656 pages
List Price: $49.99
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Description: Foundations of GTK+ Development is aimed at C programmers and presents numerous real-life examples that you can immediately put to use in your projects. Some familiarity with C programming is assumed, as the book delves into new topics from the beginning. Topics like object inheritance are covered early on to allow for complete understanding of code examples later. And the provided examples are real-life situations that can help you get a head start on your own applications.

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Foundations of Qt Development
Author(s): Johan Thelin
Publisher: Apress
Date Published: August 3, 2007
Format: Paperback: 528 pages
List Price: $54.99
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Description: Foundations of Qt Development is based on Qt 4.2, and is aimed at C++ programmers who want to become proficient using this excellent toolkit to create graphical applications that can be ported to all major platforms. The book is focused on teaching you to write your own code in addition to using existing code. And common areas of confusion are identified, addressed, and answered. You'll learn everything you need to know to get up and running fast.

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Linux Pocket Guide
Author(s): Daniel J. Barrett
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
Date Published: March 1, 2004
Format: Paperback
List Price: $9.95
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Description: Linux Pocket Guide gets you up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use. It's organized the way you use Linux: by function, not just alphabetically. It's not the 'bible of Linux; it's a practical and concise guide to the options and commands you need most. It starts with general concepts like files and directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed overviews of the most essential commands, with clear examples. You'll learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and even the RPM package that installed it. The Linux Pocket Guide is tailored to Fedora Linux--the latest spin-off of Red Hat Linux--but most of the information applies to any Linux system. Throw in a host of valuable power user tips and a friendly and accessible style, and you'll quickly find this practical, to-the-point book a small but mighty resource for Linux users.

Practical Ruby for System Administration
Author(s): Andre Ben Hamou
Publisher: Apress
Date Published: June 25 2007
Format: Paperback: 239 pages
List Price: $44.99
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Description: Within the pages of Practical Ruby for System Administration, you'll learn the Ruby way to construct files, tap into clouds of data, build domain-specific languages, perform network traffic analysis, and more. This book will help you pick up practical tips on Ruby coding style, learn how to analyze and improve script performance, and make use of no-nonsense advice on scripting workflow, including testing and documentation.

Professional Linux Programming
Author(s): Jon Masters, Richard Blum
Publisher: Wrox
Date Published: March 12 2007
Format: Paperback: 465 pages
List Price: $39.99
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Description: Rather than focusing on a particular language or development technique, Professional Linux Programming looks at the different development environments within Linux—the kernel, the desktop, and the web—and then demonstrates best practices, tools, and techniques for integrating applications with the OS as a whole. This book is essential for understanding the nuances that differentiate programming for Linux from programming for any other platform. After beginning with simple shell scripts, the reader quickly moves on to the more advanced topics like software drivers and the graphical interface.

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