Preface
When we wrote the first edition of this book (about five years ago), Linux was just beginning to prove itself in the corporate world. We hoped that Linux Administration Handbook would help spread the news that Linux was a first-tier operating system capable of matching off against offerings from Sun, HP, and IBM.
Now Linux is IBM. For anyone awaiting an unambiguous signal that the Linux waters were safe for corporate swimmers, IBM’s 2004 announcement of Linux support across its entire server line must have been quite comforting. No one was ever fired for buying IBM; these days, Linux in general is an equally safe proposition.[1]
We set out to write a book that would be the professional Linux system administrator’s best friend. Where ...
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