Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition: Covering 9.10 and 10.4 (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Andrew Hudson (Author), Paul Hudson (Author), Matthew Helmke (Author), Ryan Troy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672331098 | ISBN-13: 978-0672331091 | Publication Date: December 25, 2009 | Edition: 5

Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition presents comprehensive coverage of the

popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Windows users, Mac users, and Linux enthusiasts have been increasingly turning to Ubuntu for a user-friendly, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

This book provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering Ubuntu. You will learn how to set up a workstation or a server, and you will find complete details on Ubuntu’s easy-to-use desktop and productivity software.

Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition includes a range of coverage: From the software you need in your everyday work, such as the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, to how to configure your Linux desktop to run smoothly using multiple printers, shell scripts, and more.

For the hardcore Linux enthusiast, there is complete coverage of the

X Window system, Linux programming, web server administration, and network administration.

 

Ubuntu 9.10 on DVD

DVD includes the full Ubuntu 9.10 distribution for Intel x86 computers as well as the complete OpenOffice.org office suite and hundreds of additional programs and utilities.

 

Free Upgrade!

Purchase this book anytime in 2010 and receive a free Ubuntu 10.04 Upgrade Kit by mail (U.S. or Canada only) after Ubuntu 10.04 is released.

See inside back cover for details.

 

à                   Install and configure Ubuntu

à                   Get all your system’s devices and peripherals up and running

à                   Configure and use the X Window System

à                   Manage Linux services and users

à                   Run a printer server

à                   Connect to a local network and the Internet

à                   Set up and administer a web server with Apache

à                   Secure your machine and your network from intruders

à                   Learn shell scripting

à                   Share files with Windows users using Samba

à                   Get productive with OpenOffice.org

à                   Play games on Linux

à                   Use Linux multimedia programs

à                   Create and maintain a MySQL database

à                   Configure a firewall

à                   Set up an FTP server

à                   Use Ubuntu’s development and programming tools

à                   Tune your Ubuntu system for maximum performance

à                   Learn to manage and compile the kernel and modules

 

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Andrew Hudson is a freelance journalist who specializes in writing about Linux. He has significant experience in Red Hat and Debian-based Linux distributions and deployments and can often be found sitting at his keyboard tweaking various settings and config files just for the hell of it. He lives in Wiltshire, which is a county of England, along with his wife, Bernice, and their son, John. Andrew does not like Emacs. He can be reached at [e-mail].

 

Paul Hudson is a recognized expert in open-source technologies. He is also a professional developer and full-time journalist for Future Publishing. His articles have appeared in Mac Format, PC Answers, PC Format, PC Plus, and Linux Format. Paul is passionate about free software in all its forms and uses a mix of Linux and BSD to power his desktops and servers. Paul likes Emacs. Paul can be contacted through http://hudzilla.org.

 

Matthew Helmke is an active member of the Ubuntu Linux community as an Administrator and Forum Council member for the Ubuntu Forums (http://ubuntuforums.org), and coauthored the most recent editions of Prentice Hall's The Official Ubuntu Book. Matthew first used Unix in 1987 while studying Lisp on a Vax at the university. He is currently working on a master's degree in Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona while working as the senior technical writer for iPlant Collaborative, a project creating software to help biologists do genetic research.

 

Ryan Troy has more than 12 years of Unix/Linux system administration experience in industries ranging from web hosting to newspapers. He serves as technical administrator and chairman of the Ubuntu Forum Council and founded the Ubuntu Forums in 2004. He currently works for a Michigan based consulting company and specializes in Storage and Virtualization. You can find out more about Ryan at http://rtroy.com.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 5 edition (December 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672331098
• ISBN-13: 978-0672331091
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #720,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not specific to ubuntu 9.10, But General ubuntu / Linux book, January 2, 2010

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Sandooz Maradi (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition: Covering 9.10 and 10.4 (5th Edition) (Paperback)

This is not my full review of this book, only a preliminary review since I spent only a couple of hours to scan through it. I was mostly looking for new features that has been added to ubuntu 9.10. Sadly didn't find a lot of new features that are specific to ubuntu 9.10. Most of the material in this book are general Linux / ubuntu. Some of the content are old and not being used in ubuntu 9.10 & some new features in 9.10 are not even mentioned. For example, 9.10 uses GRUB2 which is the default boot loader. No where in this book ever mentioned about GRUB2. It is possible that this book is written a while ago, but ubuntu has added new features & author did not update this book.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS A LIE, February 9, 2010

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CustomerX "Linux | FOSS user" (~/) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition: Covering 9.10 and 10.4 (5th Edition) (Paperback)

after reading the negative comments on this page, I have first download a .pdf version of this book, to take a good look at it.
this book is a lie.
this is an old edition with a fallacious title (8.04 LTS with some new print screens and some updates here and there) but the underline doc is for 8.04:
a full chapter on the deprecated and xorg.conf (not present in 9.10); nothing about any of the changes in 9.10 as the new GDM (see: [...]) or GRUB2 (already mentioned in another comment); Print screens of the 8.04 LTS version (but for ONE single 9.10 GNOME desktop print screen); the list is long.
DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!
The book content itself is good though (what what it worth), but the publisher should be stoned to death for his lie. Imagine I sell you an old Amiga with an flashing new sticker "Updated for playing 1920 HD movie", that's what this book is all about: a big fat lie.

EDIT 2010-02-11: this book is such a swindle, I have contacted SAMS publishing & InformIT. I don't expect much, but will keep with an update. I still can't believe what I read in this manual. 100% old content (but some print-screens and mentions to "karmic-dev" here and there along the pages). Such a shame and a complete rip-off for those purchasing this book.

EDIT 2010-04-10: no answer from SAMS publishing, InformIT, or the author. I have read elsewhere, this series has some serious trouble keeping up with the pace of the Ubuntu updates (a nice touch to call an "editor's lie"). Let see how it goes with the 6th edition?

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Really not necessary, February 13, 2010

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G. Maxwell (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition: Covering 9.10 and 10.4 (5th Edition) (Paperback)

If you're new to Ubuntu Linux then this book may be of some help. But for those of us who have been using Ubuntu for a while, this book is totally unnecessary.

Ubuntu changes too fast for the publishers to keep up. And Ubuntu does have a lot of features which do stay from release to release. Given the fast development cycle of Ubuntu, most people are better off using online documentation of changes rather than buying a hefty tome (in weight and price).