OpenSolaris Bible
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470385480 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1008 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the Back CoverMaster one of the most innovative new open source operating systemsThe latest version of OpenSolaris is here—and this comprehensive guide is your one-stop gateway to it all. You'll start with a basic crash course in OpenSolaris, including command lines and shells, the GNOME Desktop, systems administration, and other essential topics. Later chapters focus on application development, networking, virtualization, DTrace, and other topics that will transform you into a power user. Find practical tips, step-by-step tutorials, and exact command lines and screenshots you can use right away.Explore the OpenSolaris operating environment—from GNOME® to the bash shell, vim text editor, an
You’ll learn how to become a power user of OpenSolaris by maximizing the abilities of advanced features like Dtrace, the fault management architecture, ZFS, the service management facility, and Zones. After a beginning overview of the history of OpenSolaris, its open-source licensing, and the community development model, this book then goes on to highlight the aspects of OpenSolaris that differ from more familiar operating systems. Authors provide insider tips, unique tricks, and practical examples to help you stay sharp with the latest features of OpenSolaris.
Gerald Jelinek is an engineer on the Zones team at Sun and a core contributor to the OpenSolaris Zones community group.David Miner is an engineer at Sun, a co-lead for the OpenSolaris distribution, and architect of the Caiman installer.. Nicholas A. Solter is an engineer at Sun Microsystems and core contributor to the OpenSolaris HA Clubsters community group
Beyond excellent resource Eric W The OpenSolaris Bible is an excellent resource, beyond excellent. It caters to all levels, from "beginner to advanced", just as it says on the (back) cover. Few books are as versatile. You can pick this up, having no or only limited knowledge of Unix systems, you can be an expert with another Unix flavor, or you might even be a Solaris administrator looking to become aquainted with some of the newer features.I'm not new to Unix-type operating systems, I've been working on Unix systems fo. Paul Floyd said Impressive. I'm writing this as a long time Solaris user, and I've dabbled a bit with OpenSolaris OS and SXCE as well.I must say that I was impressed. The coverage is very extensive, and to a good depth. All of the major topics get covered: ZFS, DTrace, zones, xVM, SMF.. Dan Wilhelm said Outstanding clarity and content!. This book is written so well that the knowledge simply jumps from the pages and into your brain (well, at least for me). The breadth and detail of this book totally justifies its size. There is no "filler" here.The icon message inserts (NOTE, TIP, CAUTION, CROSS-REF) are extremely informative and helpful.As an added bonus, many of the topics presented in this book also apply to Solaris 10 (but definitely NOT package management). As an experienced Sun/Solaris system administrator, I fully