Computer professionals increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and other online information sources to relieve information pain. Now the second edition of O'Reilly's Unix CD Bookshelf gives you convenient online access to updates of your favorite books on your CD-ROM drive.The UNIX CD Bookshelf contains a powerhouse of UNIX Animal books from O'Reilly, plus the complete text and software from UNIX Power Tools--all readable with your web browser on a convenient CD-ROM. A bonus print copy of UNIX in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition, is also included.In addition to UNIX Power Tools, you'll find the complete text of the following books: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition;Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition (also new); sed &amp; awk, 2nd Edition; Learning the Korn Shell; and UNIX in a Nutshell, System V Edition.Never has it been easier to learn, or look up, what you need to know online. Formatted in HTML, The UNIX CD Bookshelf can be read by any web browser. The books are fully searchable and cross-referenced. In addition to individual indexes for each book, there's a master index for the entire library.

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Computers & Technology

Robbins, Arnold

Networking & Cloud Computing

O'Reilly Media

Why is Linux so efficient? Is it the right operating system for a particular application? What can be learned from looking at the kernel source code? These are the kinds of questions that Understanding the Linux Kernel takes in stride in this guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems.Linux is presented too often as a casual hacker experiment. It has increasingly become not only a mission-critical part of many organizations, but a sophisticated display of programming skill. It incorporates many advanced operating system concepts and has proven itself extremely robust and efficient for a wide range of uses.Understanding the Linux Kernel helps readers understand how Linux performs best and how it meets the challenge of different environments. The authors introduce each topic by explaining its importance, and show how kernel operations relate to the utilities that are familiar to Unix programmers and users.Major topics include:
<ul>
<li>Memory management, including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct Memory Access (DMA)</li>
<li>The Virtual File System and the Second Extended File System</li>
<li>Process creation and scheduling</li>
<li>Signals, interrupts, and the essential interfaces to device drivers</li>
<li>Timing</li>
<li>Synchronization in the kernel</li>
<li>Inter-Process Communication (IPC)</li>
<li>Program execution</li>
</ul>

Understanding the LINUX Kernel: From I/O Ports to Process Management

Marco Cesati

Daniel Pierre Bovet

Operating Systems

The beauty of open source is that it makes code freely available. The curse is that, without some method of organizing it, code development can devolve into chaos.CVS, the Concurrent Version System, is an open source tool for managing source code, designed to allow multiple users to work on the same file at the same time, using a shared directory. Under CVS, multiple users can check out files from a directory tree, make changes, and then commit those changes back into the directory.The CVS Pocket Reference is a quick reference guide to help administrators and users set up and manage source code development. This small book delivers the core concepts of version control along with a complete command reference and guide to configuration and repository set up. The book includes:
<ul>
<li>A version control primer that teaches the general concepts of version control and how it applies to CVS.</li>
<li>Instructions on how to install and configure CVS for Unix-like operating systems.</li>
<li>Administrator and user sections, with complete listings of their respective commands and options for configuring and using CVS.</li>
<li>Details on how to import files from RCS and SCCS directories into CVS.This Pocket Reference covers the latest version of CVS (1.10.8) and is the ultimate companion for open source developers.</li>
</ul>

CVS Pocket Reference

Purdy, Gregor N.

Web Development & Design

The wireless revolution has touched off a huge demand for Palm OS network applications. But information on how to connect a Palm is fragmented across dry function listings in the SDK documentation, a couple of book chapters, some sample code, and a few articles on the Palm web site (each of which assumes prior knowledge of network applications).Palm OS Network Programming pulls all the necessary elements together in the first complete guide to developing network applications for the Palm Computing Platform. The author assumes knowledge of Palm programming in C, but no network experience is required. You'll learn Palm network concepts such as transport protocols and client-server applications from the ground up, clearly illustrated with examples using Metrowerks CodeWarrior development environment.The Palm Net Library, essential to any network application development, gets the detailed treatment it deserves, with sample network applications demonstrating how to make the best use of this powerful system library.Palm OS Network Programming is the first complete developer's resource to building creative--and connected--applications for the fastest-growing platform of the 21st century.

Palm OS Network Programming: Writing Connected Applications for the Palm

Winton, Greg

Certification

Colliding billiard balls. Missile trajectories. Cornering dynamics in speeding cars. By applying the laws of physics, you can realistically model nearly everything in games that bounces around, flies, rolls, slides, or isn't sitting still, to create compelling, believable content for computer games, simulations, and animation. Physics for Game Developers serves as the starting point for those who want to enrich games with physics-based realism.Part one is a mechanics primer that reviews basic concepts and addresses aspects of rigid body dynamics, including kinematics, force, and kinetics. Part two applies these concepts to specific real-world problems, such as projectiles, boats, airplanes, and cars. Part three introduces real-time simulations and shows how they apply to computer games. Many specific game elements stand to benefit from the use of real physics, including:
<ul>
<li>The trajectory of rockets and missiles, including the effects of fuel burn off</li>
<li>The collision of objects such as billiard balls</li>
<li>The stability of cars racing around tight curves</li>
<li>The dynamics of boats and other waterborne vehicles</li>
<li>The flight path of a baseball after being struck by a bat</li>
<li>The flight characteristics of airplanes</li>
</ul>You don't need to be a physics expert to learn from Physics for Game Developers, but the author does assume you know basic college-level classical physics. You should also be proficient in trigonometry, vector and matrix math (reference formulas and identities are included in the appendixes), and college-level calculus, including integration and differentiation of explicit functions. Although the thrust of the book involves physics principles and algorithms, it should be noted that the examples are written in standard C and use Windows API functions.

Physics for Game Developers

Bourg, David M

Games & Strategy Guides

This book is for anyone who wants to support computer peripherals under the Linux operating system or who wants to develop new hardware and run it under Linux. Linux is the fastest-growing segment of the Unix market, is winning over enthusiastic adherents in many application areas, and is being viewed more and more as a good platform for embedded systems. Linux Device Drivers, already a classic in its second edition, reveals information that heretofore has been shared by word of mouth or in cryptic source code comments, on how to write drivers for a wide range of devices.Version 2.4 of the Linux kernel includes significant changes to device drivers, simplifying many activities, but providing subtle new features that can make a driver both more efficient and more flexible. The second edition of this book thoroughly covers these changes, as well as new processors and buses.You don't have to be a kernel hacker to understand and enjoy this book; all you need is an understanding of C and some background in Unix system calls. You'll learn how to write drivers for character devices, block devices, and network interfaces, guided by full-featured examples that you can compile and run without special hardware. Major changes in the second edition include discussions of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and locking, new CPUs, and recently supported buses. For those who are curious about how an operating system does its job, this book provides insights into address spaces, asynchronous events, and I/O.Portability is a major concern in the text. The book is centered on version 2.4, but includes information for kernels back to 2.0 where feasible. Linux Device Driver also shows how to maximize portability among hardware platforms; examples were tested on IA32 (PC) and IA64, PowerPC, SPARC and SPARC64, Alpha, ARM, and MIPS.Contents include:
<ul>
<li>Building a driver and loading modules</li>
<li>Complete character, block, and network drivers</li>
<li>Debugging a driver</li>
<li>Timing</li>
<li>Handling symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems</li>
<li>Memory management and DMA</li>
<li>Interrupts</li>
<li>Portability issues</li>
<li>Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)</li>
</ul>

Linux Device Drivers

Rubini, Alessandro

Corbet, Jonathan

Windows 2000 Pro combines the friendly interface of Windows 98 with the famous stability of Windows NT. Windows 2000, the successor to NT, introduces many technologies that weren't available in NT, including Plug-and-Play, support for USB devices, power management features, and more. It's 25% faster than Windows 98 and three times as stable. Unfortunately, despite all the enhancements, Microsoft forgot to address one of NT's most glaring omissions: Windows 2000 doesn't include a printed user's manual.In Windows 2000 Pro: The Missing Manual, bestselling Windows NT author Sharon Crawford provides the ideal (and desperately needed) user's guide for the world's most popular corporate operating system. The book covers:
<ul>
<li>Getting started. The early chapters cover using menus, finding lost files, reducing window clutter, and taming the wild Start menu.</li>
<li>What's what. A complete guide, this book explains the purpose of every Control Panel item, accessory program, and maintenance tool.</li>
<li>Mastering the network. Special chapters help you navigate the corporate network, dial in from the road, and even set up your own small-office (peer-to-peer) network, step by step.</li>
<li>Understanding security. User accounts, file encryption, and the NTFS file system keep your private files private, while still offering network access to coworkers you specify.</li>
<li>Flying the Net. This book demystifies the rich Internet suite of Windows 2000 Pro: its email, newsgroup, Web-browsing, and video conferencing programs.</li>
</ul>Windows 2000 Pro: The Missing Manual isn't for system administrators or OS theory geeks; it's for the novice or budding power user who wants to master the machine and get down to work. Windows 2000 Pro: The Missing Manual is the crystal-clear, jargon-free book that should have been in the box.

Windows 2000 Pro: The Missing Manual

Crawford, Sharon

Secure your computer network with SSH! With transparent, strong encryption, reliable public-key authentication, and a highly configurable client/server architecture, SSH (Secure Shell) is a popular, robust, TCP/IP-based solution to many network security and privacy concerns. It supports secure remote logins, secure file transfer between computers, and a unique "tunneling" capability that adds encryption to otherwise insecure network applications. Best of all, SSH is free, with feature-filled commercial versions available as well.SSH: The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide covers the Secure Shell in detail for both system administrators and end users. It demystifies the SSH man pages and includes thorough coverage of:
<ul>
<li> SSH1, SSH2, OpenSSH, and F-Secure SSH for Unix, plus Windows and Macintosh products: the basics, the internals, and complex applications.</li>
<li> Configuring SSH servers and clients, both system-wide and per user, with recommended settings to maximize security.</li>
<li> Advanced key management using agents, agent forwarding, and forced commands.</li>
<li> Forwarding (tunneling) of TCP and X11 applications in depth, even in the presence of firewalls and network address translation (NAT).</li>
<li> Undocumented behaviors of popular SSH implementations.</li>
<li> Installing and maintaining SSH systems.</li>
</ul>Whether you're communicating on a small LAN or across the Internet, SSH can ship your data from "here" to "there" efficiently and securely. So throw away those insecure .rhosts and hosts.equiv files, move up to SSH, and make your network a safe place to live and work.

SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide

Daniel J. Barrett

Richard Silverman

Virtually everything-not just computers, but every kind of device-is coming on board the Internet, and the two principal applications are the World Wide Web and email. The Pop3 model for online-only messaging is being taxed to its limit, and users clearly would like mail servers with more "oomph". More specifically, the demand is for email servers that take advantage of centralized resources to manage mail, rather than heap more tasks on end-user computers. This clamor has resulted in the Imap protocol being incorporated into virtually every major email server on the market. Those who haven't already installed Imap are probably planning to do so. Managing Imap is a movable feast of Imap help. It is a handy guide for everyday tasks common to most Imap servers as well as a concise reference to help navigate the sometimes sparsely and obtusely documented open source software. Whether the goal is more insight into the Imap server and client or utility software, or big-picture strategic suggestions to get off a legacy system, Managing Imap is here to help. This book is both a conceptual and a mechanical Imap road map. Managers, system integrators, and system administrators on the front lines of Internet messaging will find it a valuable tool for Imap system provision, maintenance and support. It is also useful if you're considering Imap for your messaging system. Managing Imap covers the Imap protocol, setting up a client, Imap security, performance monitoring, and tools. Several chapters are devoted specifically to two of the most popular servers: the University of Washington server and Cyrus, and detailed appendixes cover topics such as Tcl, procmail, Sieve, and sendmail.

Managing IMAP: Help for Email Administrators

Mullet, Dianna

Mullet, Kevin

No matter what language they're programming in, developers always wish things would run faster! Especially when writing mission-critical applications, no one wants to be limited by the programming environment.Java Performance Tuning provides all the details you need to know to "performance tune" any type of Java program and make Java code run significantly faster.Java Performance Tuning contains step-by-step instructions on all aspects of the performance tuning process, right from such early considerations as setting goals, measuring performance, and choosing a compiler. Extensive examples for tuning many parts of an application are described in detail, and any pitfalls are identified. The book also provides performance tuning checklists that enable developers to make their tuning as comprehensive as possible.Java Performance Tuning is a book to help you "roll up your sleeves" and examine your code in detail in order to apply different tuning techniques to produce the best possible result.The book shows you how to:
<ul>
<li>Create and plan a tuning strategy</li>
<li>Avoid performance penalties from inefficient code</li>
<li>Minimize the number of objects a program creates</li>
<li>Improve the behavior of loops and switches</li>
<li>Use threads effectively</li>
</ul>

Java Performance Tuning

Shirazi, Jack

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