Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition of the best-selling Linux: The Complete Reference is the most complete source of Linux information available. From detailed instructions on installing Caldera's OpenLinux to troubleshooting references, Linux: The Complete Reference is your one-stop guide for realizing the full power and flexibility of this popular and often complicated-UNIX clone.

Renowned author Richard Petersen captures Linux in one comprehensive volume featuring: complete, up-to-date instructions on every Linux task--from obtaining, installing, and configuring Linux on standalone PCs and networks to configuring Internet servers (Ftp, Web, Gopher, and Wais); new chapters on window managers and desktops with interfaces similar to Windows 95, Next, and OpenLook (Fvwm, fvwm95, Xview, AfterStep, LessTif, and Looking Glass); easy to use X-windows and ISP setup tools (XF86Setup and ExPPP); and TeX typesetting with LaTeX and Ghostscript; unprecedented coverage of the BASH and TCSH shells, Internet tools, file management, and systems administration.

Includes a CD-ROM featuring a free, full-featured version of OpenLinux by Caldera, a leading vendor of Linux software, including a full set of easily installed Linux software applications for graphics, communications, publishing, editing, and even games.

Contents

Part I: Introduction to Linux. The Linux Operating System. Installing Linux. Linux Startup and Setup. Windows Managers and Desktops: X Windows.

Part II: Linux Operations. Shell Operations. The Linux File Structure. File Management Operations.

Part III: Electronic Mail. Usenet and Newsfeaders. Internet Tools. The World Wide Web. Internet Servers. Remote Access.

Part IV: Shells. Filters and Regular Expressions. The Bourne Again Shell (BASH). The TCSH Shell.

Part V: Editors and Utilities. The Vi Editor.

Part VI: Administration. Systems Administration. Network Administration. Configuring the X-Windows System. Typesetting: TeX, LaTeX, and Ghostscript. Compilers and Lilbraries: gcc, g++, and gdb. Perl. Tcl, Tk, and Expect. gawk.

Part VII: Appendices:
A: Hardware Parameters.
B: Software Packages Index.
C: XFree86-Supported Chipsets for X-Windows.
D: About the CD-ROM.

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