Application Book Reviews

Applications drive computer usage, the other sections of this site deal a lot with applications dealing with coding tools, languages, network, and cyber security. So, this section may seem a little bare but it is being used to contain the main applications that don't fit elsewhere.

Application Book Reviews

The Book of Postfix: The Book of Postfix is an excellent on the Postfix mail server. If you have to administer a Postfix Mail server this is the book you want by your side. The Book of Postfix delves deep into Postfix and ancillary applications, allowing you to build, trouble shoot and maintain a Postfix Mail server.
The PostgreSQL Reference Manual Server Administration Guide: The PostgreSQL Reference Manual Server Administration Guide (Volume 3), is the third volume in the PostgreSQL Reference Manual (printed edition of the official reference documentation for PostgreSQL version 8.2.4). The documentation is available online, but it is nice to have a printed version the various administration tasks that PostgreSQL offers, and a donation is made to the PostgreSQL project for each copy sold.
Lighttpd: Lighttpd is one of the few books on the web server Lighttpd, most books that cover Lighttpd tend to do so an aside. Lighttpd focuses squarely on the Lighttpd web server. Lighttpd the book is quite slender, but is packed with useful information that on the whole is expressed in a very organised, concise, and lucid fashion. Lighttpd is an engorssing and enjoyable read, especially if you work through the information as it's presented. Lighttpd is highly recommended for those wishing to know more about the excellent lite weight web server Lighttpd.
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termcap and terminfo: termcap and terminfo is quite an old book from O'Reilly, but a very useful one for anyone who deals with consoles or terminals. The information contained is relatively hard to find elsewhere and as the command line is the fastest method of controlling a computer system knowing how to configure terminals, physical and virtual is a skill that is often in demand at the oddest moment. termcap and terminfo does a good of explaining how to manage there two databases of terminal information.
Apache the Definitive Guide
Google Hacks
The Whole Internet
Pro OpenSSH
Apache Pocket Reference
Dance Music Manual
Rosegarden Companion
Domino 4.5 Unleashed