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Once a little-known productivity boost for personal computers, Linux is now becoming a central part of computing environments everywhere. This operating system now serves as corporate hubs, Web servers, academic research platforms, and program development systems. All along it's also managed to keep its original role as an enjoyable environment for personal computing, learning system administration and programming skills, and all-around hacking. This book, now in its third edition, has been widely recognized for years in the Linux community as the getting-started book people need. It goes into depth about configuration issues that often trip up users but are glossed over by other books. A complete, UNIX-compatible operating system developed by volunteers on the Internet, Linux is distributed freely in electronic form and at a low cost from many vendors. Developed first on the PC, it has been ported to many other architectures and can now support such heavy-duty features as multiprocessing, RAID, and clustering. Software packages on Linux include the Samba file server and Apache Web server; the X Window System (X11R6); TCP/IP networking (including PPP, SSH, and NFS support); popular software tools such as Emacs and TeX; a complete software development environment including C, C++, Java, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and Python; libraries, debuggers, multimedia support, scientific and database applications, and much more. Commercial applications that run on Linux range from end-user tools like word processors and spreadsheets to mission-critical software like the Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and IBM DB/2 database management systems. Running Linux explains everything you need to understand, install, and start using the Linux operating system. This includes a comprehensive installation tutorial, complete information on system maintenance, tools for document development and programming, and guidelines for network, file, printer, and Web site administration. New topics in the third edition include: KDE, a desktop that brings the friendliness and ease-of-use of Windows or the Macintosh to Linux Samba, which turns Linux into an office hub that serves files and printers to Microsoft systems PPP, the most popular software for logging into remote systems over phone lines Revised instructions for installation and configuration, particularly covering the Red Hat, SuSE and Debian distributions

Table of Contents:
Preface. Chapter 1. Introduction to Linux About This Book A Brief History of Linux Who's Using Linux? System Features Software Features About Linux's Copyright Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux Differences Between Linux and Other Operating Systems Hardware Requirements Sources of Linux Information Getting Help. Chapter 2. Preparing to Install Linux Distributions of Linux Preparing to Install Linux. Chapter 3. Installation and Initial Configuration Installing the Linux Software Post-Installation Procedures Running Into Trouble. Chapter 4. Basic Unix Commands and Concepts Logging In Setting a Password Virtual Consoles Popular Commands Shells Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work Typing Shortcuts Filename Expansion Saving Your Output What Is a Command? Putting a Command in the Background Manual Pages File Ownership and Permissions Changing the Owner, Group, and Permissions Startup Files Important Directories Programs That Serve You Processes. Chapter 5. Essential System Management Running the System Booting the System System Startup and Initialization Single-User Mode Shutting Down the System The /proc filesystem Managing User Accounts. Chapter 6. Managing Filesystems, Swap, and Devices Managing Filesystems Managing Swap Space Device Files. Chapter 7. Upgrading Software and the Kernel Archive and Compression Utilities Upgrading Software Using RPM Building a New Kernel Loadable Device Drivers Loading Modules Automatically. Chapter 8. Other Administrative Tasks Making Backups Scheduling Jobs Using cron Managing System Logs Managing Print Services Setting Terminal Attributes What to Do in an Emergency. Chapter 9. Editors, Text Tools, Graphics, and Printing Editing Files Using vi The Emacs Editor Text and Document Processing Graphics Printing. Chapter 10. Installing the X Window System X Concepts Hardware Requirements Installing XFree86 Configuring XFree86 Filling in Video Card Information Running XFree86 Running Into Trouble. Chapter 11. Customizing Your X Environment Basics of X Customization The fvwm Window Manager The\ K\ Development Environment X Applications. Chapter 12. Windows Compatibility and Samba Sharing Files Sharing Programs. Chapter 13. Programming Languages Programming with gcc Makefiles Shell Programming Using Perl Programming in Tcl and Tk Java Other Languages. Chapter 14. Tools for Programmers Debugging with gdb Programming Tools. Chapter 15. TCP/IP and PPP Networking with TCP/IP Dial-up PPP PPP over ISDN NFS and NIS Configuration. Chapter 16. The World Wide Web and Electronic Mail The World Wide Web Electronic Mail Appendix A. Sources of Linux Information. Appendix B. The GNOME Project. Appendix C. Installing Linux on Digital/Compaq Alpha Systems. Appendix D LinuxPPC: Installing Linux on PowerPC Computers. Appendic E Installing Linux/m68k on Motorola 68000-Series Systems. Appendix F. Installing Linux on Sun SPARC Systems Appendix G. LILO Boot Options Appendix H. Zmodem File Transfer. Glossary. Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781565924697
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media
  • Publisher Imprint: O'Reilly Media
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1070 gr
  • ISBN-10: 156592469X
  • Publisher Date: 07 Sep 1999
  • Binding: Book
  • Height: 233 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 177 mm


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