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Convert O’reilly Stand-Alone iPhone Books to epub Format
O’reilly are a great publisher of books related to technology/programming. They offer their books in a few formats besides the classic print. PDF, epub, or as a standalone iPhone App.
The great thing about the standalone option, is that it much cheaper than the epub or PDF version (why?). Still, you don’t want your iPhone screen full of book icons scattered everywhere (especially if you have a large number of books).
The trick is to buy the book @ AppStore as a standalone app, unpack it, pack it again as epub, and upload to any eReader (e.g. Stanza). Now you’ll have all your books centralized in one location, and you’ll keep free space on your screen for other applications.
Here’s how to do it:
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Free Programming Books
A great collection of freely available programming books in various languages (Bash, C, C++, Java, Perl, Python and more) is available in this link via stackoverflow.com
Enjoy 
4 Free and Great Programming Ebooks
These are 4 Ebooks which I had looked at recently and had a very good impression about. It’s needless to say that I’m planning to read them all (So why do I say this if it’s needless?) 
These are direct links to PDFs, just click and save.
1.Linux 101 Hacks: Nice Bash and Linux tips. Small commands which make difference.
2.Python 2.1 Bible: Though they’ve been a few python releases since 2.1, still I think this book is a must for starting writing python. I just started reading, and it’s a very joyful experience.
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Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference – A Free Ebook
From the Book’s website:
- Focuses on core competencies and background knowledge needed to be an expert Ubuntu user;
- Readable, accessible, and easy to understand—even if you’ve never used Linux before;
- 100% new and original! Written from the ground-up to cover Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10.
You can get it here (for free)
Credits: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com
Enjoy!
About Me
My name is Amir Watad. I have a BSc. in biomedical engineering from The Biomedical Engineering school , Technion , Israel, and a BSc. in electrical engineering from The Electrical Engineering school , Technion , Israel.
I'm a Verification Engineer in Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
I love Linux, the Command Line and the OpenSource Community.
I used to write Poems (Arabic) when I was able to find time for this.
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