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Learn Linux fast! With Linux Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on configuring and using the most popular Linux OS distributions available today - in a single weekend! Linux Weekend Crash Course consists of 30 sessions that teach you the core concepts of Linux over the course of a single weekend (from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon). Naturally, you can adapt this learning pace to whatever schedule meets your needs. Coverage crosses a broad range of topics, including: installing Linux; using Linux for the first time; configuring the X Window System; installing and troubleshooting a printer; multimedia applications; and monitoring systems.

Table of Contents:
Preface. Acknowledgments. FRIDAY. PART I: Friday Evening. Session 1: Getting Ready to Install Linux. Session 2: Partitioning the Hard Drive. Session 3: Installing Linux. Session 4: Running Linux for the First Time. SATURDAY. PART II: Saturday Morning. Session 5: Configuring the X Window System. Session 6: Installing a Printer. Session 7: Linux File and Directory Structure. Session 8: --The Command Shell. Session 9: Linux Commands. Session 10: Linux Text Editors. PART III: Saturday Afternoon. Session 11: Configuring a Modem. Session 12: Connecting to the Internet Session 13--Setting Up Internet Services. Session 14: Networking in Linux. Session 15: Setting up a Workgroup Server. Session 16: Accessing Windows and DOS Files. PART IV: Saturday Evening. Session 17: Customizing the GNOME and KDE Desktops. Session 18: Screen Savers and Playing Games. Session 19: Multimedia Applications. Session 20: GNOME and KDE Office Tools. SUNDAY. PART V: Sunday Morning. Session 21: Understanding How Linux Boots. Session 22: Building Software Packages from Source Files. Session 23: Installing Software Packages. Session 24: Building a New Kernel. Session 25: Scheduling Jobs in Linux. Session 26: Backing Up and Restoring Files. PART VI: Sunday Afternoon. Session 27: Performing Basic System--Administration Tasks. Session 28: Monitoring System Performance. Session 29: Maintaining System Security. Session 30: Getting Help from Available Resources. Appendix A: Answers to Part Reviews. Appendix B: What's on the CD--ROMs? Index. End User License Agreement. GNU General Public License. CD--ROM Installation Instructions.

About the Author :
About the Author Naba Barkakati is an expert programmer and a successful computer--book author who has experience in a wide variety of systems ranging from MS--DOS and Windows to UNIX and the X Window System. He bought his first personal computer - an IBM PC--AT - in 1984 after graduating with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland. White pursuing a full--time career in engineering, Naba dreamed of writing software for the emerging PC software market. As tuck would have it, instead of building a software empire like Microsoft, he ended up writing successful computer books. Over the past 12 years, Naba has produced 25 computer books on topics ranging from C++ programming to Linux. He has written several best--selling titles, such as The Waite Group's Turbo C++ Bible, Object--Oriented Programming in C++, X Window System Programming, Visual C++ Developer's Guide, and Borland C++ 4 Developer's Guide. His books have been translated into many languages: Spanish, French, German, Polish, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Naba's most recent books are the best--selling Red Hat Linux Secrets, Third Edition and Red Hat Linux 7 Weekend Crash Course, also published by Hungry Minds, Inc. Naba lives in North Potomac, Maryland, with his wife, Leha, and their children, Ivy, Emily, and Ashley.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780764535932
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0764535935
  • Publisher Date: 15 May 2001
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 737 gr


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