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Product Description The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition is your guide to getting the most out of Linux. Organized by general task (such as working with text, managing files, and manipulating graphics), each section contains a series of step-by-step recipes that help you to get your work done quickly and efficiently, most often from the command line. Nearly 50 percent larger than the first edition, this new edition includes hundreds of new recipes as well as new sections on package management; file conversion; multimedia; working with sound files (including OGG and MP3); Vi text editing; advanced text manipulation; and more. Perfect as an introduction to Linux, or as a desktop reference for the seasoned user. Covers the major Linux distributions. "Definitely to be kept close at hand if you're not a Linux wizard" -- Network World, November 29, 2004 http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/112904gearhead.html "Unless you're expert at everything, you'll find helpful material. There are pointers to esoteric utilities you've probably never heard of." -- PCUnix.com, October 2004 "Well worth getting." -- ;login: December 2004 A fact-filled book that's well composed and easy to reference... You should have a copy close at hand. -- Lockergnome, July 4, 2005 Michael Stutz's acclaimed Linux Cookbook now appears in its updated second edition, packing in tips and techniques for everyday applications. -- Midwest Book Review, December, 2004 Stutz' Linux Cookbook ... doubled in size from 402 to over 800 pages. -- ;login:, December 2004 This book contains an amazing amount of hard to find information on specific Linux commands. -- Security Forums Dot Com, October 31, 2004