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--- Dustin Puryear, Founder & Technology Strategist My direct number: 225-304-6402 Main: 225-706-8414 | Fax: 800-613-5731 | www.puryear-it.com<http://www.puryear-it.com> Puryear IT, LLC - We see IT differently. Baton Rouge IT Support<http://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/baton-rouge/> & New Orleans IT Support<http://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/new-orleans/> Cloud, Windows, Exchange, SQL Server, Linux, UNIX 2013 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses<http://www.lsu100.com/> 2012 Honoree of the Silicon Bayou 100<http://siliconbayounews.com/2012/12/24/2012-silicon-bayou-100-group-4/> From: Fox, Heather [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:25 PM To: Heather Fox Cc: [email protected] Subject: Linux User Group // Jan '14 Publisher Offer- New Releases from Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall & SAMS Hello LUG Leader, I hope your 2014 is off to an excellent start! I'm writing now to offer review copies of relevant new products for the benefit of your Linux User Group. NEW RELEASE OFFERS (we also have new titles on web dev topics including JavaScript, jQuery, HTML & CSS- please let me know if these would likewise interest your group): -- (PRINT bundled with DVD) New 7th Edition, "A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux" by Mark Sobell (Pearson/Prentice Hall Professional, Jan. 2014, ISBN 9780133477436<http://www.informit.com/store/practical-guide-to-fedora-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9780133477436>); *Summary: In this comprehensive guide, one of the world's leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge and real-world insights needed to master and succeed with today's versions of Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (coverage of Fedora 19 and RHEL 7 (beta). Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills readers actually need as a user, programmer, or administrator. 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Author Matt Helmke exhaustively covers installation, configuration, productivity, multimedia, development, system administration, server operations, networking, virtualization, security, DevOps, and more. Helmke served from 2006 to 2011 on the Ubuntu Forum Council, providing leadership and oversight of the Ubuntu Forums, and has written about Ubuntu for several magazines and websites, as well as being the lead author of "The Official Ubuntu Book". Publisher page: http://www.informit.com/store/ubuntu-unleashed-2014-edition-covering-13.10-and-14-9780672336935 Sample Chapters: "Introduction" & Chp #9, "Managing Software": http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780672336935/samplepages/0672336936.pdf -- (VIDEO) "Linux System Administration LiveLessons" presented by Ben Whaley (Pearson/Prentice Hall Professional, Dec. 2013, ISBN 9780133551310); *Summary: Ben Whaley provides novice Linux users with 5+ hours of step-by-step training covering essential system administration responsibilities and skills. The content comprises (9) video lessons featuring command-line examples and conceptual discussion. The video tutorials offer practical advice for real world system administration, such as encouraging the use of shell shortcuts and automation to reduce tedious manual tasks and improve administrative efficiency. Ben is a co-author of the UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (a latter edition of the original classic Evi Nemeth text) He has been managing Linux systems since 1999 and is a Red Hat Certified Engineer. Publisher page inc. sample clips: http://www.informit.com/store/linux-system-administration-livelessons-video-training-9780133551310 -- (PRINT) "The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering" by Capers Jones (Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional, Dec. 2013, ISBN 9780321903426); *Summary: Pioneering practitioner Capers Jones has written the definitive history of this world-changing industry. Drawing on several decades as a leading researcher and innovator, he illuminates the field's broad sweep of progress and its many eras of invention. Decade by decade, Jones examines trends, companies, winners, losers, new technologies, productivity/quality issues, methods, tools, languages, risks, and more. Inspired by Paul Starr's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Social Transformation of American Medicine, Jones' new book is a tour de force-a compelling read for anyone who wants to understand how software became what it is today. Publisher page: http://www.informit.com/store/technical-and-social-history-of-software-engineering-9780321903426; Sample Chapter #1: "Prelude: Computing from Ancient Times to the Modern Era": http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321903426/samplepages/0321903420.pdf Please reply indicating which of the above you wish to receive! REMINDER: If your shipping address has changed in the past several months, please make note! 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