UNIX System Administration Handbook, Third Edition
by Scott Seebass, Garth Snyder, Evi Nemeth, Trent R. Hein
Foreword
I am pleased to welcome Linux to the UNIX System Administration Handbook! The previous edition of this book described six variants of UNIX, all of which were proprietary. Reflecting real-world use, this edition covers only four systems, of which two (half!) are free. The UNIX scene has changed a lot in just five years.
Systems like Linux and FreeBSD have established beyond doubt the credibility of the open source model. These systems are as stable and full-featured as their commercial counterparts; better yet, their developer communities move quickly to fix bugs and to add support for popular features. How many traditional vendors can say that?
As this book shows, system administrators have often been ill-served by the traditional development ...
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