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Ken VanDine, Alan Pope
Ubuntu 24.04 brings powerful new features, but most users barely scratch the surface of its potential. This book transforms you from a basic user into an Ubuntu power user by guiding you through setup, security, and development workflows step by step. Ken VanDine reveals insider knowledge and proven strategies that turn Ubuntu into a stable, secure, and productive development platform.Starting with Ubuntu’s mission, release lifecycles, and what’s new in 24.04, you’ll learn how to install the system, customize your desktop, and use the command line to work more efficiently. The book shows you how to apply updates, activate Ubuntu Pro, configure firewalls, and secure data with full disk encryption before covering topics often overlooked by desktop users. Moving into advanced territory, this book covers container-based development using LXD, working with virtual machines through Multipass, and setting up Kubernetes with MicroK8s. Whether you’re building cloud-native apps or data science projects, you’ll benefit from reliable and repeatable Ubuntu workflows. Beyond the technical skills, you'll discover how to tap into Ubuntu's global community for ongoing support and opportunities to contribute. This book is ideal for both newcomers eager to accelerate their Linux journey and seasoned professionals seeking to maximize their Ubuntu expertise.
The Ultimate Zoom Cookbook. Over 100 recipes to enhance and engage communication with Zoom
Patrick Kelley
The last few years have completely changed the way we collaborate and communicate. Whether it’s internally with coworkers at a large enterprise or externally with prospective clients and customers, Zoom has created a new way to interact with people in real-time as well as asynchronously.This cookbook delves into all aspects of Zoom, moving beyond just meetings. You’ll get started by exploring key areas such as audio, video, chat, webinars, advanced reporting, and analytics. Next, you’ll progress from discovering simple Zoom video and audio calls to understanding features such as whiteboards, hardware integration, and phone capabilities. Gradually, you'll discover advanced techniques for effective content presentation, while configuring users and features from the admin portal. The last set of chapters cover advanced features on security and privacy as well as how to make the most of AI Companion to reach out to your audience with better content, clarity, and expertise.By the end of this Zoom book, you’ll be well-versed with the entire Zoom app and all the modalities available.
Hulbert Footner
The Under Dogs", published in 1925, is the first novel about Rosika Storey, told by her trusty secretary, Bella Brickley. Beautiful, intelligent Madame Rosika Storey, a respected investigator, becomes interested in the case of a young girl accused of jewel robbery. Although Melanie is desperate, she rejects Mme. Storeys help, because the gang that is after her is ruthless and, she thinks, unstoppable. When Melanie is kidnapped, Mme. Storey goes undercover herself, and walks into the clutches of the gang, where she works to find its mysterious leader and to free the imprisoned Melanie.
Edgar Wallace
The Undisclosed Client is a collection of short stories published between 1904 and 1929 from the British Mysteries master Edgar Wallace, directly from the Golden Era of the genre. Edgar Wallace was an English novelist, journalist and playwright, who was an enormously popular writer of detective, suspense stories, and practically invented the modern thriller. His popularity at the time was comparable to that of Charles Dickens. The stories are fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual criminal scheme and a little romance. These genuine mystery stories take the reader from one exciting adventure to another with all the adroitness and ingenuity of Mr. Wallaces previous successful books. The book highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle.
The Undying Fire. A Contemporary Novel
Herbert George Wells
Dedicated to all schoolmasters and schoolmistresses and every teacher in the world, this re-interpretation of the Book of Job is one of the authors finest discussion novels. Written in 1918, this is the story of Job Huss, the headmaster of a progressive school. It is saturated with the ideas of educational reform and of the teaching of world history as the basis for a common civilization and is one of his most ambitious dialogue narratives. Essentially it is a modernized parody of the book of Job, a prose poem which Wells greatly admired, though not particularly religious, as can be seen from his logical Science Fiction writing. In The Undying Fire, Wells give us an updated Book of Job, focusing on the tribulations of an actual descendant of the biblical Job. The various characters from the Biblical narrative are all there, in updated form.
The Universal Service Desk (USD). Implementing, controlling, and improving service delivery
IT Governance Publishing, Brian Johnson, Léon-Paul de...
This book is your go-to guide to mastering the Universal Service Desk (USD) for improving service management. The reader will understand USD's role in enterprises, delve into its design process, and learn how to use it for effective customer service and business operations. With practical examples and industry case studies, this book offers deep insights into the application of the USD for organizational success.The book begins by introducing the USD concept, highlighting its importance in streamlining service delivery and enhancing customer satisfaction. It outlines how a demand-oriented approach can be implemented across various business environments, optimizing workflows from front-office interactions to back-office coordination. Through the chapters, readers will learn to adapt USD to meet the evolving needs of enterprises.The final chapters focus on advanced practices such as improving service quality, managing virtual USD platforms, and aligning service desk operations with business goals. By following the structured approach outlined, you’ll gain the tools to create a USD that delivers measurable value, fosters seamless communication, and aligns with organizational priorities.
The University of Criminals. The Janowska Camp in Lviv 1941-1944
Michał Maksymilian Borwicz
The book by Michał Maksymilian Borwicz (1911-1987), reissued for the first time after 68 years, is an unusual testimony of a prisoner of the Janowska Camp in Lviv, where even 200,000 Galician Jews might have died, according to historians. Borwicz’s book is written in the form of a historical short story. Reading it brings to mind associations with the famous book by Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, though all Borwicz’s characters are real. The book consists of two parts – The university of criminals and an extensive appendix, including four texts: an introduction (by Eleonora Bergman), Borwicz’s biography (by Edyta Gawron), an outline of the history of the Lviv Jews (by Leon Perlman) and the history of the Janowska Camp (by Adam Redzik).
H.A. Cody
This is a story about a young pastor who decides to go to his newly appointed ward in disguise, to find out what factors in the community repel all pastors working there before they leave the community. As the secret is revealed, we meet many citizens of the community and become familiar with their problems and misfortunes. The pastor becomes an integral part of the community he seeks to serve when he is accepted.