Linux Companion : The Essential Guide for Users and System Administrators
by
Mark F. Komarinski
Paperback, 191 pages
Published by Prentice Hall Computer Books
Publication date: August 1996
Dimensions (in inches): 9.25 x 7.40 x .98
The publisher, Prentice-Hall ECS Professional:
A comprehensive guide to using and administering Linux Systems. Linux concepts are presented in terms of their DOS and Windows counterparts.
Synopsis From Amazon.com:
Linux is a flavor of UNIX that is freely available and becoming very popular with programmers, power users and software developers. This basic guide to using and administering Linux offers DOS and Windows a helping hand in getting started.
Card catalog description
If you're a DOS or Windows user, you'll need help taking full advantage of your new LINUX environment. LINUX Companion is written especially for you. It explains LINUX from beginning to end. You'll learn exactly how the LINUX architecture compares to DOS
and Windows - and why so many power users prefer LINUX. Understand how to install a LINUX system and make peripherals work with LINUX. Walk through the basic LINUX commands you need to know - and how they compare to the DOS commands you already know. If y
ou don't have LINUX yet, LINUX Companion shows where you can get it free, or at very low cost. You'll also learn about sources for LINUX software, and online sites where you can get more information and support for you LINUX system.
- Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What is Linux?
2. DOS vs. Linux
3. Using the System
4. The Linux Environment
5. The Multi-User System
6. User Programs
7. Extra Programs
8. What Happens When Linux Boots?
9. Fun with Shells
10. Handling Devices
11. Development Tools
12. System Administrator
13. Handling Users
14. Printer and Other Device Support
15. Networking
16. The X-Window System
Appendix A. Additional Linux Resources
Appendix B. Commercial Linux Packages
Index
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