Self-Service Linux - Mastering the Art of Problem Determination is a part of the "Bruce Perens open source series". The very same Bruce Perens who gave the computing world the Open Source definition which has since been embraced by such popular projects as OpenOffice.org and Mozilla. He is one of the leaders in the Open Source movement and was instrumental as a Debian GNU/Linux Project leader in getting the system on to two U.S space shuttle flights. Prentice Hall and Bruce Perens has come together to bring a series of books under the banner "Bruce Perens Open Source Series" and this book falls in this category.

The Contents of the book at a glance

The book is divided into 9 independent chapters and 2 Appendices each of which covers a distinct topic invaluable to any programmer or system administrator in Linux.

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