Apache Desktop Reference
Apache Desktop Reference is a free online apache book. It is divided into the following topics: Introduction, Apache Functionality, Building Apache, Configuring Apache, Running Apache and Apache Resources.
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Evaluating Java for Game Development
Evaluating Java for Game Development can be downloaded in pdf format for free.
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Vector Math for 3D Computer Graphics
This is a tutorial on vector algebra and matrix algebra from the viewpoint of computer graphics. It covers most vector and matrix topics needed to read college-level computer graphics text books. Most graphics texts cover these subjects in an appendix, but it is often too short. This tutorial covers the same material at greater length, and with many examples.
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http://chortle.ccsu.edu/VectorLessons/vectorIndex.html
The Complete Wargames Handbook
This free online book includes chapters: Introduction, What is a Wargame, How to Play Wargames, Why Play the Games, Designing Manual Games, History of Wargames, Computer Wargames, Designing Computer Games, Who Plays the Games and Wargames at War.
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PSX: The Guide to the Sony Playstation
The complete guide to the Sony Playstation. Collector info, interviews, history of the PSX, prototypes, images, everything you could want. Free pdf download.
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So You Want to be a Computer Game Developer
This free online game programming book include Do You Have What it Takes to be a Computer Game Developer?, Getting Started, Working With Other People, The Business of Games, Writing Your First Game, Tips for Self Promotion and What to Do Next.
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Game programming with DirectX
This free online book include topics on Introduction to DirectX, A little background on game programming, A simple DirectDraw sample, A simple Direct3D sample, Miscellaneous. About conv3ds.exe; PutPixel with DirectDraw.
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Grokking the GIMP
This free online book about GIMP provides powerful explanations for how to do advanced tasks. It goes beyond the glitz and flash of the latest whiz-bang image filter and provides invaluable, fundamental concepts of image manipulation and correction.
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Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats, 2nd Edition
It's all about graphics file formats. As any graphics programmer or illustrator knows, there are many different file formats used for storing graphics data -- data such as vector graphics, ray tracing, black-and-white photographs, truecolor images, animation data, motion video, and multimedia data. The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats is the definitive reference to all of these formats--from major, standardized formats, like GIF, TIFF, TGA, and BMP, to newer or specialized formats, like PNG, SPIFF, SGI YAODL, and Facesaver.
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Simulating Humans: Computer Graphics, Animation, and Control
This book is intended for human factors engineers interested in understanding how a computer-graphics surrogate human can augment their analyses of designed environments. It will also inform design engineers of the state of the art in human figure modeling, and hence of the human-centered design central to the emergent concept of concurrent engineering. In fulfilling these goals, the book additionally documents for the entire computer graphics community a major research effort in the interactive control of articulated human figures.
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http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~badler/book/book.html
Action Arcade Adventure Set
As you read this book, keep in mind it is pretty old. Some of the opinions expressed in it are no longer relevant. In particular, size optimizations are not the issue they used to be. And I have come to believe programming in C++ is probably a pretty good idea. Marketing issues have changed considerably. And I do not believe low resolution DOS games will sell as well as Windows games in today's environment.
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http://www.fastgraph.com/makegames/sidescroller/
NVIDIA GPU Programming Guide
This free game programming book includes chapters on How to Optimize Your Application, General GPU Performance Tips, GeForce 6 Series, GeForce 7 Series, and Quadro FX Programming Tips, GeForce FX Programming Tips, NVIDIA SLI Technology and more.
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The Art of Computer Game Design
This free book contains topics: What is a Game?, Why Do People Play Games?, A Taxonomy of Computer Games, The Computer as a Game Technology, The Game Design Sequence, Design Techniques and Ideals, The Future of Computer Games and etc.
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http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Coverpage.html
Programming The Nintendo Game Boy Advance
This unique and highly-anticipated book was not released in book stores due to legal problems with Nintendo. As a result, the e-book edition is available for free as a downloadable PDF e-book.
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Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques
This free online book provides an overall organization to material on computer animation and then link to appropriate material provided by a variety of computer animators and researchers.
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http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/animation/rick_parent/Outline.html
Designing Arcade Computer Game Graphics
An introductory to intermediate level tutorial in designing arcade computer game graphics, focusing on the development of quality 2D graphics. Topics covered include game design and documentation, fonts, graphics tools, color usage, and more.
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Graphics Programming Black Book
Free book Graphics Programming Black Book by Michael Abrash is a compilation of Michael's writings on assembly language and graphics programming. The full text of the book is available in PDF format.
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Managing Projects with GNU make, 3rd Edition
This is a free linux book from O'Reilly Open Books Project. Topics include How to write a Simple Makefile, Rules, Variables and Macros, Functions, Commands, Managing Large Projects, Portable Makefiles, C and C++, Java, Improving the Performance of make, Example Makefiles and Debugging Makefiles.
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Beyond Linux From Scratch
Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) is a project that continues where the LFS book finishes. It assists users in developing their systems according to their needs by providing a broad range of instructions for installing and configuring various packages on top of a base LFS system.
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Linux From Scratch
Linux From Scratch allows users to build custom Linux systems from the ground up, customizing each aspect of the system to the users specifications.
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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable/
Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition
This is an excellent book to learn Linux. Topics covered: How to be a competent Linux user, familiar with the command line, key utilities like "sed," and important related skills like C programming, shell scripting, and regular expression creation. There's coverage of server software--notably HTTPd, Sendmail, and Exim--and coverage of the PostgreSQL server.
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Learning Debian GNU/Linux
Learning Debian GNU/Linux is a free linux book to learn Debian Linux from O'Reilly Open Books Project.
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Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 2nd Edition
This is a free linux book from O'Reilly Open Books Project. It covers many topics related to linux network administration
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Securing & Optimizing Linux: Red Hat Edition
This book shows you how to build a secure, reliable and clean network from the ground up, with optimizations and security, using RedHat Linux 7.x as a base OS.
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Securing & Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution
This book provides a comprehensive collection of Linux security products and explains in the most simple and structured manner how to safely and easily configure and run many popular Linux-based applications and services, including Exim, Qmail, Apache 2, DHCP, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Anti-Relaying, ProFTPD, and many others.
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GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
The GNU autoconf, automake, and libtool "autotools" are powerful tools that simplify writing software on different platforms. GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool is a technically adept and expert guide to using these utilities effectively.
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http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/
GTK+/Gnome Application Development
This book is for the reader who is conversant with the C programming language and UNIX/Linux development. It provides detailed and solution-oriented information designed to meet the needs of programmers and application developers using the GTK+/Gnome libraries.
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Maximum RPM
The complete reference for the RPM software package that is the heart of the Red Hat Linux distribution. Designed for both the novice and advanced users, Maximum RPM enables anyone to take full advantage of the benefits of building software packages with the Red Hat Package management tools.
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http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/index.html
Advanced Linux Programming
This book will help you to: Develop GNU/Linux software that works the way users expect it to, Write more sophisticated programs with features such as multiprocessing, multi-threading, interprocess communication, and interaction with hardware devices, Improve your programs by making them run faster, more reliably, and more securely, Understand the preculiarities of a GNU/Linux system, including its limitations, special capabilities, and conventions.
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Free for All
Free for All: How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans is available in various formats. Peter Wayner's Free for All explores the history of open-source programming, its emerging threat to Microsoft, and its struggle to retain its ideals in the face of big money.
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http://www.wayner.org/books/ffa/
Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition
This is the online version of Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman. Individual chapters can be downloaded in pdf format.
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http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
Linux in the Workplace
Linux in the Workplace introduces Linux users to the desktop capabilities of Linux and the K Desktop Environment (KDE) graphical user interface. Includes information on how to use email and surf the Internet; perform general office-related tasks; work with the command line; and much more.
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The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use
The Linux Cookbook is a good guide for beginners who want to learn about the standard commands that are available on all systems.
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http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_toc.html
