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Kyle Rankin, a senior systems administrator and DevOps engineer, is president of the North Bay Linux Users Group and is an award-winning columnist for Linux Journal. Rankin speaks frequently on open source software at SCALE, OSCON, Linux World Expo, Penguicon, and many Linux user groups. His other show more books include The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Knoppix Hocks, Second Edition; Knoppix Pocket Reference; and Linux Multimedia Hacks. He is also coauthor of Ubuntu Hacks. show less
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Works by Kyle Rankin

Knoppix Pocket Reference (2005) 28 copies
Infestation [2009 Film] (2009) — Director/Screenwriter; Director — 8 copies
Run Hide Fight [2020 Film] (2021) — Director — 4 copies

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Kyle Rankin is a system administrator who enjoys troubleshooting, problem solving, and system recovery. He is also the author of Knoppix Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks, and Ubuntu Hacks for O'Reilly Media. He has been using Linux in many different forms since 1998, and has used live CDs to demo Linux and troubleshoot machines -- from DemoLinux to the LinuxCare bootable toolbox to Knoppix.

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Everyone who owns and/or uses a computer should have this book and the live Knoppix cd that comes with it. It shows you exactly how to use Knoppix to clean up Windows problems, like viruses, root kits, etc. Backup anything from outside the system with no expensive software to buy. Neat trick: cruise the internet from a live cd and avoid the adware, viruses, trojans, etc that plague Windows installations. If I could only have one computer book, this would be it.

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