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  The Cathedral & The Bazaar

  Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

  by Eric S Raymond

  The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, "This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the Open Source Revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of... (more)
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  Moodle Magic: Make It Happen

  by Laurie Korte

  These are amazing times for the Internet and online learning. We are seeing a rapidly increasing commitment to internet-based learning from teachers, students, and institutions of all kinds. Online learning is being used to increase flexibility and communication within existing courses and to enable courses that could never exist before. Moodles have been implemented for users at all age levels. Online... (more)
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  Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (5th Edition)

  by Mark G. Sobell

  Praise for A Practical Guide to Red Hat® Linux®, Second Edition   “Since I’m in an educational environment, I found the content of Sobell’s book to be right on target and very helpful for anyone managing Linux in the enterprise. His style of writing is very clear. He builds up to the chapter exercises, which I find to be relevant to real-world scenarios a user or admin would encounter. An IT/IS student... (more)
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  Zenoss Core Network and System Monitoring: A step-by-step guide to configuring, using, and adapting this free Open Source network monitoring system - with ... Mark R. Hinkle, VP of Community Zenoss Inc.

  by Michael Badger

  In Detail For system administrators, network engineers, and security analysts, it is essential to keep a track of network traffic. At some point it will be necessary to read the network traffic directly instead of monitoring application level details. Network security audits, debug network configurations, and usage patterns analyzing can all require network traffic monitoring. This task can be achieved by... (more)
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  Hackers & Painters

  Big Ideas from the Computer Age

  by Paul Graham

  "The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. " --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age , by Paul Graham We are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who... (more)
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  OpenX Ad Server: Beginner's Guide

  by Murat Yilmaz

  Build and maintain professional advertising solutions for your web sites with OpenX Ad Server Develop a professional advertising solution for a web site that meets the business requirements by following the creation of an example site with the help of easy-to-follow steps and ample screenshots Initiate an advertising campaign and add banners using your creativity to develop an impressive web site ... (more)
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  Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

  by Sam Williams

  Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. Starting with how it all began--a desire for software code from Xerox to make the printing more efficient--to the continuing quest for free software that exists today. It is a movement that Stallman has at turns defined, directed and... (more)
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  Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

  by Christopher M. Kelty

  In Two Bits , Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software but also music, film, science, and education. Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation of software source code that is made openly and freely available through an unconventional use of copyright law.... (more)
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  Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development

  by Justus J. Randolph

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  Open Sources

  Voices from the Open Source Revolution

  by Brian Behlendorf, Scott Bradner, Jim Hamerly, Kirk McKusick, Tim O'Reilly, Tom Paquin, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Paul Vixie, Larry Wall, Bob Young

  Freely available source code, with contributions from thousands of programmers around the world: this is the spirit of the software revolution known as Open Source. In Open Sources , leaders of Open Source come together for the first time to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have created. The essays in this volume offer insight into how the open-source movement works, why it succeeds, and ... (more)