How Linux Works, 3rd Edition: What Every Superuser Should Know

The third edition of the best-selling How Linux Works, by Brian Ward, provides an accessible guide to Linux internals, covering boot, kernel, processes, networking, interfaces, firewalls, and servers. It has been updated and expanded with coverage of LVM, virtualisation, and containers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 390 pages
Publication date: 25 March 2021
Publisher: No Starch Press,US

In this third edition of the best selling How Linux Works, author Brian Ward peels back the layers of this well-loved operating system to make Linux internals accessible. Readers learn how Linux boots, how the kernel manages devices and device drivers, and how processes, networking, interfaces, firewalls, and servers work. They also learn how Linux-based development tools work, how to use shared libraries, and how to write effective shell scripts.

This edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded with added coverage of Logical Volume Manager (LVM), virtualisation, and containers.

Dimension: 236 x 177 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781718500402