Source Code Path to Programming Linux

This book has been prepared for beginners to help them understand the fundamentals of Linux Admin. It will specifically be useful for Linux administration professionals. After completing this book, you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise from where you can take yourself to the next levels. Before you go ahead with this book, we assume that you have a basic knowledge of Linux and Administration fundamentals.Linux was designed based on the Unix philosophy of "small, precise tools chained together simplifying larger tasks." Linux, at its root, does not have large single-purpose applications for one specific use a lot of the time. Instead, there are hundreds of basic utilities that when combined offer great power to accomplish big tasks with efficiency. Unique amongst business class Linux distributions, CentOS stays true to the open-source nature that Linux was founded on. This book gives a complete understanding on Linux Admin and explains how to use it for benefit.