Informatyka
Rob VandenBrink
With Linux gaining popularity, more network services are being deployed on it due to its cost-effectiveness and flexibility. If you are a networking professional or an infrastructure engineer involved with networks, in-depth knowledge of Linux networking is paramount.Linux for Networking Professionals, Second Edition, is a comprehensive guide to building a strong foundation of Linux networking concepts. From basic Linux network configurations to major distributions and picking the right distro for your specific needs – this book covers it all.As you progress through the chapters, you’ll also find insights into diagnosing network issues, setting up robust firewall protection, and using Linux as a host for network services. The book takes you through a wide range of network services, explains why they're important, and how to configure them in an enterprise environment. With real-world examples, you'll learn how to securely configure various services and safeguard them against common attacks.As you advance to the final chapters, you’ll be well on your way towards building the foundation for an all-Linux data center. By the end of this book, you'll be able to not only configure common Linux network services confidently, but also use tried-and-tested methodologies for future Linux installations.
Viorel Rudareanu, Daniil Baturin
Linux system administration is an essential aspect of maintaining and managing Linux servers within an organization. The role of a Linux system administrator is pivotal in ensuring the smooth functioning and security of these servers, making it a critical job function for any company that relies on Linux infrastructure.This book is a comprehensive guide designed to help you build a solid foundation in Linux system administration. It takes you from the fundamentals of Linux to more advanced topics, encompassing key areas such as Linux system installation, managing user accounts and filesystems, networking fundamentals, and Linux security techniques. Additionally, the book delves into the automation of applications and infrastructure using Chef, enabling you to streamline and optimize your operations.For both newcomers getting started with Linux and professionals looking to enhance their skills, this book is an invaluable hands-on guide with a structured approach and concise explanations that make it an effective resource for quickly acquiring and reinforcing Linux system administration skills. With the help of this Linux book, you’ll be able to navigate the world of Linux administration confidently to meet the demands of your role.
Viorel Rudareanu, Daniil Baturin
Linux system administration is an essential aspect of maintaining and managing Linux servers within an organization. The role of a Linux system administrator is pivotal in ensuring the smooth functioning and security of these servers, making it a critical job function for any company that relies on Linux infrastructure.This book is a comprehensive guide designed to help you build a solid foundation in Linux system administration. It takes you from the fundamentals of Linux to more advanced topics, encompassing key areas such as Linux system installation, managing user accounts and filesystems, networking fundamentals, and Linux security techniques. Additionally, the book delves into the automation of applications and infrastructure using Chef, enabling you to streamline and optimize your operations.For both newcomers getting started with Linux and professionals looking to enhance their skills, this book is an invaluable hands-on guide with a structured approach and concise explanations that make it an effective resource for quickly acquiring and reinforcing Linux system administration skills. With the help of this Linux book, you’ll be able to navigate the world of Linux administration confidently to meet the demands of your role.
Kaiwan N. Billimoria
The 2nd Edition of Linux Kernel Programming is an updated, comprehensive guide for those new to Linux kernel development. Built around the latest 6.1 Long-Term Support (LTS) Linux kernel, which is maintained until December 2026, this edition explores its key features and enhancements. Additionally, with the Civil Infrastructure Project extending support for the 6.1 Super LTS (SLTS) kernel until August 2033, this book will remain relevant for years to come.You'll begin this exciting journey by learning how to build the kernel from source. Step by step, you will then learn how to write your first kernel module by leveraging the kernel's powerful Loadable Kernel Module (LKM) framework. With this foundation, you will delve into key kernel internals topics including Linux kernel architecture, memory management, and CPU (task) scheduling. You'll finish with understanding the deep issues of concurrency, and gain insight into how they can be addressed with various synchronization/locking technologies (for example, mutexes, spinlocks, atomic/refcount operators, rw-spinlocks and even lock-free technologies such as per-CPU and RCU).By the end of this book, you'll build a strong understanding of the fundamentals to writing the Linux kernel and kernel module code that can straight away be used in real-world projects and products.
Linux Mint Essentials. A practical guide to Linux Mint for the novice to the professional
Jay LaCroix
A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
Linux. Programowanie systemowe
Robert Love
Wykorzystaj moc Linuksa i twórz funkcjonalne oprogramowanie systemowe! Jak zarządzać plikowymi operacjami wejścia i wyjścia? Jak zablokować fragmenty przestrzeni adresowej? Jak sterować działaniem interfejsu odpytywania zdarzeń? Dzisiaj systemu Linux nie musimy już nikomu przedstawiać, dzięki swojej funkcjonalności i uniwersalności stał się niezwykle popularny i szeroko wykorzystywany. Działa wszędzie ― poczynając od najmniejszych telefonów komórkowych, a na potężnych superkomputerach kończąc. Z Linuksa korzystają agencje wywiadowcze i wojsko, jego niezawodność doceniły również banki i instytucje finansowe. Oprogramowanie z przestrzeni użytkownika w systemie Linux może być uruchamiane na wszystkich platformach, na których poprawnie działa kod jądra. Czytając książkę "Linux. Programowanie systemowe", dowiesz się, jak utworzyć oprogramowanie, które jest niskopoziomowym kodem, komunikującym się bezpośrednio z jądrem oraz głównymi bibliotekami systemowymi. Opisany został tu sposób działania standardowych i zaawansowanych interfejsów zdefiniowanych w Linuksie. Po lekturze napiszesz inteligentniejszy i szybszy kod, który działa we wszystkich dystrybucjach Linuksa oraz na wszystkich rodzajach sprzętu. Nauczysz się budować poprawne oprogramowanie i maksymalnie je wykorzystywać. Programowanie systemowe Biblioteka języka C Kompilator języka C Interfejs odpytywania zdarzeń Zarządzanie procesami i pamięcią Użytkownicy i grupy Ograniczenia zasobów systemowych Zarządzanie plikami i katalogami Identyfikatory sygnałów Struktury danych reprezentujące czas Konwersje czasu Poznaj i ujarzmij potęgę Linuksa!
Linux. Programowanie systemowe. Wydanie II
Robert Love
Przewodnik po jądrze sytemu Linux! Jądro systemu Linux to jeden z największych projektów rozwijanych przez ogromną społeczność. Setki wolontariuszy dniami i nocami rozwijają najważniejszy element tego systemu operacyjnego. I robią to naprawdę skutecznie! Każde kolejne wydanie Linuksa zawiera dziesiątki nowinek oraz ulepszeń - jest coraz szybsze, bezpieczniejsze i po prostu lepsze. Jednak początkujący programiści mogą mieć problemy z wykorzystaniem usług dostarczanych przez kernel. Masz obawy, że nie odnajdziesz się w gąszczu możliwości współczesnego jądra systemu Linux? Ta książka rozwieje je w mig. Jest to wyjątkowa pozycja na rynku wydawniczym, zgłębiająca właśnie te tajemnice. W trakcie lektury nauczysz się tworzyć niskopoziomowe oprogramowanie, które będzie się komunikowało bezpośrednio z jądrem systemu. Operacje wejścia i wyjścia, strumienie, zdarzenia, procesy to tylko część elementów, które błyskawicznie opanujesz. Ponadto nauczysz się zarządzać katalogami i plikami oraz poznasz koncepcję sygnałów. Książka ta jest niezastąpionym źródłem informacji dla wszystkich programistów pracujących z jądrem Linuksa. Docenisz tę lekturę! Poznaj: metody zarządzania procesami zastosowanie sygnałów zaawansowane interfejsy wejścia i wyjścia jądro systemu od podszewki Poznaj jądro systemu od podszewki! Robert Love - od wielu lat jest użytkownikiem i współtwórcą systemu Linux. Rozwija środowisko graficzne GNOME oraz jądro systemu. Pracuje jako projektant oprogramowania w firmie Google, był też członkiem zespołu projektującego system operacyjny Android. Jest autorem licznych książek poświęconych programowaniu w systemie Linux.
Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp. The fastest way to learn Linux shell scripting
James K Lewis
Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp is all about learning the essentials of script creation, validating parameters, and checking for the existence of files and other items needed by the script.We will use scripts to explore iterative operations using loops and learn different types of loop statements, with their differences. Along with this, we will also create a numbered backup script for backup files.Further, you will get well-versed with how variables work on a Linux system and how they relate to scripts. You’ll also learn how to create and call subroutines in a script and create interactive scripts. The most important archive commands, zip and tar, are also discussed for performing backups. Later, you will dive deeper by understanding the use of wget and curl scripts and the use of checksum and file encryption in further chapters.Finally, you will learn how to debug scripts and scripting best practices that will enable you to write a great code every time! By the end of the book, you will be able to write shell scripts that can dig data from the web and process it efficiently.
Clif Flynt, Sarath Lakshman, Shantanu Tushar
The shell is the most powerful tool your computer provides. Despite having it at their fingertips, many users are unaware of how much the shell can accomplish.Using the shell, you can generate databases and web pages from sets of files, automate monotonous admin tasks such as system backups, monitor your system's health and activity, identify network bottlenecks and system resource hogs, and more.This book will show you how to do all this and much more.This book, now in its third edition, describes the exciting new features in the newest Linux distributions to help you accomplish more than you imagine. It shows how to use simple commands to automate complex tasks, automate web interactions, download videos, set up containers and cloud servers, and even get free SSL certificates.Starting with the basics of the shell, you will learn simple commands and how to apply them to real-world issues. From there, you'll learn text processing, web interactions, network and system monitoring, and system tuning.Software engineers will learn how to examine system applications, how to use modern software management tools such as git and fossil for their own work, and how to submit patches to open-source projects.Finally, you'll learn how to set up Linux Containers and Virtual machines and even run your own Cloud server with a free SSL Certificate from letsencrypt.org.
Linux Shell Scripting for Hackers. Automate and scale your hacking process with bash scripting
Valentine G. Nachi, Donald A. Tevault
Linux shell scripting is a foundational skill for ethical hackers and penetration testers who want to automate repetitive tasks and build powerful command-line tools. This practical guide shows you how to use bash scripting for cybersecurity automation, helping you streamline reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation workflows on Linux systems.You’ll progress from advanced bash techniques to real-world penetration testing applications, learning how to automate reconnaissance processes, parse logs, extract indicators, and develop custom exploitation utilities. Using tools such as awk, sed, grep, and regular expressions, you’ll manipulate data efficiently and craft scripts that solve real security challenges.A dedicated section on network scripting demonstrates how to build scripts that interact with remote systems, perform scanning tasks, and gather actionable information. You’ll also explore system hardening automation and learn best practices for writing secure, modular, and maintainable shell scripts.By the end of this book, you’ll have the confidence to integrate Linux shell scripting into your ethical hacking toolkit, scale your penetration testing workflow, and build reusable security tools tailored to real-world cybersecurity scenarios.
Linux. The Comprehensive Guide
Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc, Michael Kofler
This guide begins with Linux fundamentals, including an overview of its history, distributions, and installation methods. Readers learn to install Linux on various hardware configurations while understanding open-source licensing and partitioning. The book then introduces desktop environments like GNOME and KDE, showing how to navigate and customize them for productivity.Building on this foundation, readers develop command-line proficiency, mastering terminal usage and shell scripting with Bash and Zsh. The book covers file and process management, network tools, and package management, giving readers confidence to optimize and secure their systems. Later chapters dive into system administration topics such as kernel compilation, bootloader configuration, and virtualization with VirtualBox and QEMU.Finally, the book focuses on server installation, secure shell configuration, web and mail server setup, and file sharing via Samba. It also addresses backup strategies, firewall setup, and security enhancements with SELinux and AppArmor, preparing readers to maintain reliable, secure Linux environments in professional or personal contexts.
Colin Holgate, Joel W Gerdeen
The ideal reader for this book would be someone who already knows LiveCode, is interested in creating mobile apps, and wants to save the many hours it took for me to track down all of the information on how to get started! Chapter 1, LiveCode Fundamentals, will help those of you who know programming but are not familiar with LiveCode. The knowledge you've acquired should be enough for you to benefit from the remainder of the book.
Colin Holgate
LiveCode is a tool for developing mobile apps designed for those who don't want to use Objective-C, C++ or Java. Although it is a tool full of rich features to create apps it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and build interactive and fun apps. Using this book, you can develop various apps and this book guides you through till you upload the apps in the appstore.LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide will explain how to create applications with the easiest, most practical cross platform framework available, Livecode Mobile and upload the apps to the appstore with minimal effort.Throughout the book, you'll learn details that will help you become a pro at mobile app development using LiveCode. You begin with simple calculator application and quickly enhance it using LiveCode Mobile. Start by learning the interface controls for videos and images of LiveCode's environment. Dig into configuring devices, building user interfaces, and making rich media applications, then finish by uploading the mobile applications to App Stores. You will learn how to build apps for devices such as iPhone, Android with the recently developed LiveCode Mobile through sample applications of increasing complexity.
LLM Design Patterns. A Practical Guide to Building Robust and Efficient AI Systems
Ken Huang
This practical guide for AI professionals enables you to build on the power of design patterns to develop robust, scalable, and efficient large language models (LLMs). Written by a global AI expert and popular author driving standards and innovation in Generative AI, security, and strategy, this book covers the end-to-end lifecycle of LLM development and introduces reusable architectural and engineering solutions to common challenges in data handling, model training, evaluation, and deployment.You’ll learn to clean, augment, and annotate large-scale datasets, architect modular training pipelines, and optimize models using hyperparameter tuning, pruning, and quantization. The chapters help you explore regularization, checkpointing, fine-tuning, and advanced prompting methods, such as reason-and-act, as well as implement reflection, multi-step reasoning, and tool use for intelligent task completion. The book also highlights Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), graph-based retrieval, interpretability, fairness, and RLHF, culminating in the creation of agentic LLM systems.By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge and tools to build next-generation LLMs that are adaptable, efficient, safe, and aligned with human values.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Paul Iusztin, Maxime Labonne, Julien Chaumond, Hamza...
Artificial intelligence has undergone rapid advancements, and Large Language Models (LLMs) are at the forefront of this revolution. This LLM book offers insights into designing, training, and deploying LLMs in real-world scenarios by leveraging MLOps best practices. The guide walks you through building an LLM-powered twin that’s cost-effective, scalable, and modular. It moves beyond isolated Jupyter notebooks, focusing on how to build production-grade end-to-end LLM systems.Throughout this book, you will learn data engineering, supervised fine-tuning, and deployment. The hands-on approach to building the LLM Twin use case will help you implement MLOps components in your own projects. You will also explore cutting-edge advancements in the field, including inference optimization, preference alignment, and real-time data processing, making this a vital resource for those looking to apply LLMs in their projects.By the end of this book, you will be proficient in deploying LLMs that solve practical problems while maintaining low-latency and high-availability inference capabilities. Whether you are new to artificial intelligence or an experienced practitioner, this book delivers guidance and practical techniques that will deepen your understanding of LLMs and sharpen your ability to implement them effectively.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Valentina Alto
Duże modele językowe (LLM) stały się technologicznym przełomem. Ich wszechstronność i funkcjonalność sprawiły, że coraz częściej mówi się o nowej erze inteligentnie działających urządzeń i aplikacji. Umiejętność zastosowania LLM we własnych projektach już dziś jest koniecznością dla wielu projektantów i programistów. Dzięki tej książce opanujesz podstawowe koncepcje związane z użyciem LLM. Poznasz unikatowe cechy i mocne strony kilku najważniejszych modeli (w tym GPT, Gemini, Falcon). Następnie dowiesz się, w jaki sposób LangChain, lekki framework Pythona, pozwala na projektowanie inteligentnych agentów do przetwarzania danych o nieuporządkowanej strukturze. Znajdziesz tu również informacje dotyczące dużych modeli podstawowych, które wykraczają poza obsługę języka i potrafią wykonywać różne zadania związane na przykład z grafiką i dźwiękiem. Na koniec zgłębisz zagadnienia dotyczące ryzyka związanego z LLM, a także poznasz techniki uniemożliwiania tym modelom potencjalnie szkodliwych działań w aplikacji. Najciekawsze zagadnienia: architektura dużych modeli językowych unikatowe funkcje LLM komponenty służące do koordynacji sztucznej inteligencji, w tym tworzenia frontendu użycie wiedzy nieparametrycznej i wektorowych baz danych dostrajanie dużych modeli językowych do własnych potrzeb odpowiedzialność i etyka w systemach korzystających z LLM Odkryj, jak łatwo model generatywnej AI zintegruje się z Twoją aplikacją! O książce w mediach: Eksperyment Myślowy - recenzja książki
LLVM Code Generation. A deep dive into compiler backend development
Quentin Colombet, Kristof Beyls
The LLVM infrastructure is a popular compiler ecosystem widely used in the tech industry and academia. This technology is crucial for both experienced and aspiring compiler developers looking to make an impact in the field. Written by Quentin Colombet, a veteran LLVM contributor and architect of the GlobalISel framework, this book provides a primer on the main aspects of LLVM, with an emphasis on its backend infrastructure; that is, everything needed to transform the intermediate representation (IR) produced by frontends like Clang into assembly code and object files.You’ll learn how to write an optimizing code generator for a toy backend in LLVM. The chapters will guide you step by step through building this backend while exploring key concepts, such as the ABI, cost model, and register allocation. You’ll also find out how to express these concepts using LLVM's existing infrastructure and how established backends address these challenges. Furthermore, the book features code snippets that demonstrate the actual APIs.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a deeper understanding of LLVM. The concepts presented are expected to remain stable across different LLVM versions, making this book a reliable quick reference guide for understanding LLVM.