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In a Nutshell (o'Reilly) Ser.: LINUX : A Desktop Quick Reference by Stephen Spainhour, Ellen Siever, Jessica P. Hekman and Stephen Figgins (2000, Trade Paperback)

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This revised edition is a complete reference to the core commands available on common Linux distributions, containing all user, programming, administration, and networking commands with options. Includes common techniques for customizing the X Window System and the GNOME and KDE desktops, the Debian package manager and more.

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Publisher
O'reilly Media, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0596000251
ISBN-13
9780596000257
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1700484

Product Key Features

Author
Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Spainhour, Stephen Figgins, Ellen Siever
Publication Name
Linux : a Desktop Quick Référence
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
In a Nutshell (O'reilly) Ser.
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
816 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
2.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
33.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Qa76.76.O63l54595
Edition Number
3
Table of Content
Preface; Other Resources; Conventions; We'd Like to Hear from You; Acknowledgments;Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Excitement of Linux; 1.2 Distribution and Support; 1.3 Commands on Linux; 1.4 What This Book Offers; 1.5 Sources and Licenses; 1.6 Beginner's Guide;Chapter 2: System and Network Administration Overview; 2.1 Common Commands; 2.2 Overview of Networking; 2.3 Overview of TCP/IP; 2.4 Overview of Firewalls and Masquerading; 2.5 Overview of NFS; 2.6 Overview of NIS; 2.7 Administering NIS; 2.8 RPC and XDR;Chapter 3: Linux Commands; 3.1 Alphabetical Summary of Commands;Chapter 4: Boot Methods; 4.1 The Boot Process; 4.2 LILO: The Linux Loader; 4.3 Loadlin: Booting from MS-DOS; 4.4 Dual Booting Linux and Windows NT/2000; 4.5 Boot-time Kernel Options; 4.6 initrd: Using a RAM Disk;Chapter 5: Red Hat and Debian Package Managers; 5.1 The Red Hat Package Manager; 5.2 The Debian Package Manager;Chapter 6: The Linux Shells: An Overview; 6.1 Purpose of the Shell; 6.2 Shell Flavors; 6.3 Common Features; 6.4 Differing Features;Chapter 7: bash: The Bourne-Again Shell; 7.1 Overview of Features; 7.2 Invoking the Shell; 7.3 Syntax; 7.4 Variables; 7.5 Arithmetic Expressions; 7.6 Command History; 7.7 Built-in Commands; 7.8 Job Control;Chapter 8: csh and tcsh; 8.1 Overview of Features; 8.2 Invoking the Shell; 8.3 Syntax; 8.4 Variables; 8.5 Expressions; 8.6 Command History; 8.7 Command-Line Manipulation; 8.8 Job Control; 8.9 Built-in csh and tcsh Commands;Chapter 9: Pattern Matching; 9.1 Filenames Versus Patterns; 9.2 Metacharacters, Listed by Linux Program; 9.3 Metacharacters; 9.4 Examples of Searching;Chapter 10: The Emacs Editor; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Typical Problems; 10.3 Summary of Commands by Group; 10.4 Summary of Commands by Key; 10.5 Summary of Commands by Name;Chapter 11: The vi Editor; 11.1 Review of vi Operations; 11.2 vi Command-Line Options; 11.3 ex Command-Line Options; 11.4 Movement Commands; 11.5 Edit Commands; 11.6 Saving and Exiting; 11.7 Accessing Multiple Files; 11.8 Interacting with the Shell; 11.9 Macros; 11.10 Miscellaneous Commands; 11.11 Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode; 11.12 Syntax of ex Commands; 11.13 Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands; 11.14 vi Configuration;Chapter 12: The sed Editor; 12.1 Conceptual Overview; 12.2 Command-Line Syntax; 12.3 Syntax of sed Commands; 12.4 Group Summary of sed Commands; 12.5 Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands;Chapter 13: The gawk Scripting Language; 13.1 Conceptual Overview; 13.2 Command-Line Syntax; 13.3 Patterns and Procedures; 13.4 gawk System Variables; 13.5 Operators; 13.6 Variable and Array Assignments; 13.7 Group Listing of gawk Commands; 13.8 Alphabetical Summary of Commands;Chapter 14: CVS and RCS; 14.1 Basic Concepts; 14.2 The CVS Utility; 14.3 CVS Administrator Reference; 14.4 CVS User Reference; 14.5 The RCS Utility; 14.6 Overview of RCS Commands; 14.7 Basic RCS Operations; 14.8 General RCS Specifications; 14.9 Alphabetical Summary of RCS Commands;Chapter 15: GNOME; 15.1 Desktop Overview; 15.2 The Panel; 15.3 The Main Menu; 15.4 The GNOME Control Center;Chapter 16: KDE; 16.1 Desktop Overview; 16.2 The Panel and Taskbar; 16.3 The KDE Control Center;Chapter 17: An Alternative Window Manager: fvwm2; 17.1 Running fvwm2; 17.2 Configuration Files; 17.3 A Modular Approach; 17.4 How to Implement Window Manager Customizations; 17.5 A Quick Tour of the fvwm Environment; 17.6 Specifying Click-to-Type Focus; 17.7 Raising the Focus Window Automatically; 17.8 Changing the Size of the Desktop; 17.9 Having Multiple Desktops; 17.10 Making the Same Window Appear on Every Page; 17.11 Starting Windows on Different Desktops and Pages; 17.12 If It's Too Hard (or Easy) to Move the Pointer Between Pages; 17.13 Adding Keyboard Shortcuts; 17.14 Customizing Menus; 17.15 The FvwmWinList: Switching the Focus;Colophon;
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Operating Systems / Linux, General
Lccn
00-047876
Dewey Decimal
005.4/469
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Computers

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