Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition: Covering 14.10 and 15.04 (10th Edition) 10th Edition

by Matthew Helmke (Author)

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Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition is filled with unique and advanced information for everyone who wants to make the most of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by a long-time Ubuntu community leader to reflect the exciting new Ubuntu 14.10 while including tons of information that will continue to apply to future editions.

Former Ubuntu Forum administrator Matthew Helmke covers all you need to know about Ubuntu 14.10 installation, configuration, productivity, multimedia, development, system administration, server operations, networking, virtualization, security, DevOps, and more–including intermediate-to-advanced techniques you won’t find in any other book.

Helmke presents up-to-the-minute introductions to Ubuntu’s key productivity and Web development tools, programming languages, hardware support, and more. You’ll find new or improved coverage of Ubuntu’s Unity interface, various types of servers, software repositories, database options, virtualization and cloud services, development tools, monitoring, troubleshooting, Ubuntu’s push into mobile and other touch screen devices, and much more.

Detailed information on how to…

Configure and customize the Unity desktop
Get started with multimedia and productivity applications, including LibreOffice
Manage Linux services, users, and software packages
Administer and run Ubuntu from the command line
Automate tasks and use shell scripting
Provide secure remote access and configure a secure VPN
Manage kernels and modules
Administer file, print, email, proxy, LDAP, DNS, and HTTP servers (Apache, Nginx, or alternatives)
Learn about new options for managing large numbers of servers
Work with databases (both SQL and the newest NoSQL alternatives)
Get started with virtualization
Build a private cloud with Juju and Charms
Learn the basics about popular programming languages including Python, PHP, Perl, and new alternatives such as Go and Rust
Learn about Ubuntu’s work toward usability on touch-screen and phone devices

Ubuntu 14.10 on DVD

DVD includes the full Ubuntu 14.10 distribution for 64 bit computers (most desktop and notebooks systems today) as well as the complete LibreOffice office suite and hundreds of additional programs and utilities.

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About the Author

Matthew Helmke is an active member of the Ubuntu community. He served from 2006 to 2011 on the Ubuntu Forum Council, providing leadership and oversight of the Ubuntu Forums (www.ubuntuforums.org), and spent two years on the Ubuntu regional membership approval board for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has written about Ubuntu for several magazines and websites, is a lead author of The Official Ubuntu Book, and coauthored The VMware Cookbook. He works as a senior technical writer for Pearson North America’s Assessment Technology Engineering division, documenting assessment software. Matthew first used Unix in 1987 while studying LISP on a Vax at the university. He has run a business using only free and open source software, has consulted, and has a master’s degree in Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona. You can find out more about Matthew at matthewhelmke.com or drop him a line with errata or suggestions at matthew@matthewhelmke.com.

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 andy.hudson@gmail.com.

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 MacFormat, 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.

Series: Unleashed
Paperback: 912 pages
Publisher: Sams Publishing; 10 edition (December 1, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672338378
ISBN-13: 978-0672338373
Product Dimensions: 7 x 2.3 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 28 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #937,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #579 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Linux
- #829 in Books > Textbooks > Computer Science > Operating Systems

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The disc that comes with this book saved my bacon!

July 29, 2015

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This book served as both an introduction to the Ubuntu Linux graphical user interface/operating system and as a refresher on UNIX--now Linux--which I hadn't used since the late 1990s. The author covers a lot of the utilities that come with Ubuntu or can be had for either free or very low cost, typically available through the store link that can be accessed via the Launcher bar. As another reviewer commented, little of the book (about 150 pages) deals with the graphical user interface (i.e. using the Ubuntu windows environment) while the remainder (about another 650 pages) covers a lot of command-line information, some of which is largely administrator-type stuff. Granted, the author makes the argument early on--and I don't disagree--that there is much power to be found in the command-line environment. That being said, however, he could/should have spent more time acquainting people familiar with Microsoft Windows how to create icons on the desktop (go to /usr/share/applictions, right-click, copy then go to desktop and right-click, paste), which I had to search for on the Internet (and found conflicting answers).

When I was recently hunting around for a cut-rate laptop, I noticed that Dell was offering a 15-inch Inspiron with Ubuntu Linux as the operating system/windows environment. With a corporate discount, I got the laptop for slightly over 200 smackers and then I got this book. At one point, I used the "sudo apt-get update" command to upgrade my Ubuntu version from 14.X to 15.X (the software asked and I figured it was safe) and the update crippled my computer such that it was inoperable (for me). I stuck in the Ubuntu disc from the back of this book and it fixed everything right up. Thanks, Matthew!

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Hank Castello

and has happily continued using Office applications LibreOffice

June 7, 2015

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If you're wanting to learn serious Ubuntu/Linux OS & networking issues - i.e.: if you're a serious hobbiest or wannabe pro, then this book is for you. As a first-time Linux user, this book has given me the confidence to setup a sub-network with additional security firewall, a Virtual Machine, a LAMP server, mail server, proxy server and so much more. Full disclosure - I am a professional software developer who, due to security issues, had to quickly switch to Linux and learn network security.

But if all you want to do is switch from Windows to Linux, this book is too much. My wife took the dvd I burned from the free download, and installed Ubuntu two months ago. She has yet to need a terminal window, and has happily continued using Office applications LibreOffice, and photo management and editing apps - ALL FREE. The only info she's needed has come quickly and easily via Google. The only time she's needed help is when she thought her login wasn't working (caps-lock!).

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YI-HAO CHENG

Awesome !

February 4, 2015

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As I am a system/network administrator. This book to me is just like beginner Bible to Ubuntu world. It makes lot senses on build your knowledge knowing basic command lines. Recommend for newbie for those people and NO frustration & easy understand with those characters.

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HartOtex

...Enjoyable Reading & Very Informative...!!

May 10, 2016

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Enjoyable...Easy reading & great for basics... For understanding the mechanics of LINUX... !! "A little bit Windows & Apple" all rolled into one
complete manageable desktop interphase w/ very little security problems...!! Want to get AWAY from "P.I.T.A." MALWARE, VIRUS..and
the like that you have to deal w/ on (Microsoft) Windows ( & occasionally w/ Mac)...?? Try any form of latest version of "Red Hat", "Ubuntu",
"Fedora", "OpenSUSE", "Slackware", "Debian"...just to mention a few....(w/ many, many more available...and FREE mostly...)
-Good Luck & Happy Reading...
-HartOtex... ;)

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Dawn M Friedlund

Five Stars

April 17, 2017

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Lots of info included

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Israel Rosales

Five Stars

November 9, 2017

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great for class

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Kumaran

Very good for experienced developers

January 14, 2016

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I found this book very useful. This covers most of the required topics for someone to master Ubuntu and use that in desktop or server mode. The commands explained in this book as very good with practical examples for most of them. It also covers shell scripting and other language like Perl basics. Definitely a very good book for experienced professionals to start learning about Linux and Ubuntu.

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Mark

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June 29, 2015

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I am new to the OS and mostly interested in LAMP on Ubuntu. The book seems a good reference when combined with a lot of internet searches. I was able to get LAMP up and running from the graphical install without much trouble. Now to administer it...

I installed from the enclosed CD-ROM. Oh, and somehow, mysteriously there was even an Amazon icon on the launcher. I'm sure that had nothing to do buying it here though...

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