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Author:   Stefan Strobel ,  Robert Bach ,  Rainer Maurer ,  Stefan Middendorf
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 3rd ed. 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780387948799

ISBN 10:   0387948791
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   16 April 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1.1 Historical perspectives on Linux.- 1.2 Versions.- 1.3 Features.- 1.4 UNIX development and standards.- 1.5 The Free Software Foundation.- Features.- New Features in Linux 2.0.- Hardware.- 4.1 Required hardware.- 4.2 Supported hardware.- Basic Installation.- 5.1 Overview.- 5.2 Booting for installation.- 5.3 Partitioning.- The Installation Program.- 6.1 Language.- 6.2 Partitioning.- 6.3 Swap partition.- 6.4 File system partition.- 6.5 X11 configuration.- 6.6 Products.- 6.7 Network adapter selection.- 6.8 Installation.- 6.9 Reboot.- 6.10 Launching a shell.- 6.11 Aborting installation.- The Boot System.- 7.1 Boot options.- 7.2 The Linux Universe boot manager.- 7.3 Boot variants.- Fundamentals of Linux.- 8.1 First things first.- 8.2 Accessing and removing the Linux Universe CD.- 8.3 Accessing other file systems.- 8.4 Linux identifiers.- 8.5 Users and groups.- 8.6 Files under Linux.- 8.7 Essential commands.- 8.8 Redirection of input and output.- 8.9 Piping commands.- 8.10 Accessing floppy disk drives.- 8.11 Virtual consoles.- 8.12 Automatic path extension.- 8.13 Compressed files.- 8.14 Printing.- 8.15 Background commands.- 8.16 Help and documentation.- 8.17 Fundamentals of X11.- Administration.- 9.1 What is administration?.- 9.2 xadmin.- 9.3 Software management.- 9.4 Configuration of the file systems.- 9.5 Setting the keyboard type.- 9.6 Processes.- 9.7 Shutting down the Linux system.- 9.8 Kernel modules.- 9.9 Utilities.- 9.10 The appointment calendar cron.- 9.11 User management.- 9.12 User groups.- 9.13 Adding and removing shells with xadmin.- 9.14 Message of the day.- 9.15 Boot message.- 9.16 Formatting floppy disks.- 9.17 Copying floppy disks.- 9.18 Setting date and time.- 9.19 Backups.- 9.20 Environment variables.- 9.21 Printer configuration.- 9.22 Setting the modem port.- 9.23 Network.- 9.24 Kernel compilation.- 9.25 X11 configuration.- 9.26 Configuration of X applications.- 9.27 The source code CD.- Reference.

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