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Joomla! Accessibility

by Joshue O Connor - full review - buy

This book concentrates mainly on making websites accessible, particularly to the visually impaired. These techniques are then used, more briefly, to explain how to make Joomla! sites accessible. The book’s author, Joshue O Connor, is clearly an expert on accessibility and has covered these areas well.

Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment

by David Richards - full review - buy

Thin client solutions bring together the display features of a personal computer and the low support requirements of dumb terminals. The client machine handles the user interface, while the servers provide the processing power for the applications. Thin clients offer considerable savings in staffing and capital costs. GNU/Linux lends itself to thin clients for reasons that are explored in this book. The book’s author, David Richards, clearly has experience of explaining and implementing thin client solutions.

The Linux Cookbook, Second Edition

by Michael Stutz - full review - buy

Though four years, this is a superb reference book for anyone wanting to get to grips with the Linux operating system. The book concentrates on the command line side of things. It is constantly coming off my shelf to give me solutions.