Discover how to get the most out of Ubuntu for work, home, and play.  Learning a new operating system can feel daunting, especially if you’re used to Windows or OS X. If you’ve been afraid to try Ubuntu because you don’t know where to start, this book introduces you to a wide selection of software and settings that will make your computer ready to work for you.

In this age of cybernation, Citrix XenApp® has emerged as a prolific application virtualization product. This powerful solution enables users or enterprises to have centrally hosted and managed applications on corporate servers that can be accessed remotely from a wide range of computer and mobile devices. To deliver shared hosted virtual desktops and applications, XenApp® synchronizes with Citrix® tools such as NetScaler Gateway™. You will start off by assessing your desktop environment and understanding its design needs. You will proceed to efficiently design and optimize your server infrastructure and customize your Access layer for quality performance. You will understand why XenApp® is considered among the leaders of virtual application delivery by exploring methods to design your Application Delivery layer and its virtual image delivery. Finally, you will gain hands-on experience in using XenApp®-compatible components such as MS SQL and move on to successfully implement your own XenApp® solution.

Vagrant is an open source software used to create and manage virtual development environments. It can be considered a wrapper around virtualization software such as VirtualBox and configuration management software such as Chef, Ansible, and Puppet.

This course-tested textbook describes the design and implementation of operating systems, and applies it to the MTX operating system, a Unix-like system designed for Intel x86 based PCs. Written in an evolutional style, theoretical and practical aspects of operating systems are presented as the design and implementation of a complete operating system is demonstrated. Throughout the text, complete source code and working sample systems are used to exhibit the techniques discussed. The book contains many new materials on the design and use of parallel algorithms in SMP. Complete coverage on booting an operating system is included, as well as, extending the process model to implement threads support in the MTX kernel, an init program for system startup and a sh program for executing user commands.

Master the booting procedure of various operating systems with in-depth analysis of bootloaders and firmware. The primary focus is on the Linux booting procedure along with other popular operating systems such as Windows and Unix.

The increasing adoption of the Cloud has led to enterprises having a heterogeneous IT environment that consists of both private and public cloud infrastructures, and in most cases existing virtualized infrastructures as well. As building and managing such a diverse IT infrastructure is a major challenges, Red Hat CloudForms provides a unified, consistent, and comprehensive management platform. With features like cloud intelligence dashboard, self-service portal, lifecycle management, policy-based governance, quotas, capacity management, monitoring and reporting, Red Hat CloudForms lets you manage your hybrid cloud infrastructure from a single pane of glass.