Month: December 2013
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my open Raspberry Pi questions
Should I use a USB-attachable external disk for swapping? (I do have a few “spare” ones) … To be continued …
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O’Reilly Media book: Python Pocket Reference
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028338.do Updated to cover Python 2.7 and 3.4, this compact reference is the perfect on-the-job tool for developing applications with this versatile programming language. By covering the core language as well as commonly-used libraries, this small but potent book both serves as an ideal complement to Python tutorials. This fifth edition includes specific built-in types…
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PacktPub book: Raspberry Pi Networking Cookbook
http://www.packtpub.com/raspberry-pi-networking-cookbook/book
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O’Reilly Media book: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920031000.do Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past four challenges: syncing with iOS, transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around OS…
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The Pragmatic Bookshelf: Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby 2
Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby 2: Speak directly to your system. With itssimple commands, flags, and parameters, a well-formed command-lineapplication is the quickest way to automate a backup, a build, or adeployment and simplify your life. With this book, you’ll learnspecific ways to write command-line applications that are easy touse, deploy, and maintain, using…
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Debian Linux: administration, package management, …
The “Raspberry Pi” is my second encounter with Debian, ASUS’s early “Eee PC” was the first. I need to refresh and extend my knowledge there. wiki.debian.org – as always: prefer the wiki over “offline maintained documentation“ wiki.debian.org/SystemAdministration wiki.debian.org/Locale … http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ … http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html : Debian package management: dpkg-*, *-apt-*, aptitude, synaptic, … … http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/ http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/refcard.en.pdf … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool – the…
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O’Reilly Media book: Jump Start Sinatra
Jump Start Sinatra: This short SitePoint book provides readers with a fun and yet practical introduction to Sinatra, a framework that makes web development with Ruby extremely simple. It’s not intended to be a completely comprehensive guide to the framework or an in-depth Ruby tutorial, but will quickly get you up to speed with Sinatra…
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The Pragmatic Bookshelf: Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks
Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks: Your software needs to leverage multiple cores, handle thousands of users and terabytes of data, and continue working in the face of both hardware and software failure. Concurrency and parallelism are the keys, and Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks equips you for this new world. See how emerging…