Learning Debian GNU/Linux
Learning Debian GNU/Linux By Bill McCarty
September 1999
Pages: 360

| Table of Contents | Index | Online Book | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Why Run Linux?

    1. Linux at Home and at Work

    2. What is Linux?

    3. Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux

    4. Linux Resources on the Internet

  2. Chapter 2 Preparing to Install Linux

    1. Minimum Hardware Requirements

    2. Collecting Information About Your System

    3. Preparing Your Hard Disk

  3. Chapter 3 Installing Linux

    1. Installing the Operating System and Applications

    2. Getting Help

  4. Chapter 4 Issuing Linux Commands

    1. The System Use Cycle

    2. Working with the Linux Command Prompt

    3. How Linux Organizes Data

    4. Working with Devices

    5. Useful Linux Programs

  5. Chapter 5 Installing and Configuring the X Window System

    1. What is X?

    2. Installing X

    3. Configuring X

    4. Starting and Stopping X

  6. Chapter 6 Using the X Window System

    1. Keyboard Operations

    2. Mouse Operations

    3. Window Managers

    4. Desktops

    5. Using GNOME

    6. Using GNOME Applets and Applications

    7. Configuring GNOME

  7. Chapter 7 Configuring and Administering Linux

    1. User and Group Administration

    2. Filesystem Administration

    3. Starting and Stopping the System and Services

    4. Viewing System Messages and Logs

    5. Setting the System Time and Time Zone

  8. Chapter 8 Using Linux Applications and Clients

    1. Linux Desktop Applications

    2. Other Approaches to Desktop Computing

  9. Chapter 9 Playing Linux Games

    1. A Survey of Linux Games

    2. Closeups of Some Popular Games

  10. Chapter 10 Setting Up a Linux-Based LAN

    1. Introduction

    2. Network Administration

    3. Samba

    4. Samba Client Configuration and Use

  11. Chapter 11 Getting Connected to the Internet

    1. Connecting to the Internet

    2. Configuring Your Modem

    3. Using wvdial

    4. PPP Client

    5. Web Browser

    6. gFTP FTP client

    7. Using minicom and seyon

    8. Making a PPP Connection Manually

  12. Chapter 12 Setting Up a Linux-Based WAN

    1. An FTP Server

    2. Installing and Configuring a Web Server

    3. Using a Mail Server

    4. Configuring a Secure Shell Server

    5. Configuring a Dial-In Shell Server

  13. Chapter 13 Conquering the BASH Shell

    1. The Linux Shell

    2. Using the Shell

    3. Understanding Shell Scripts

  1. Appendix A Linux Directory Tree

  2. Appendix B Principal Linux Files

  3. Appendix C The Debian Package Management Utilities

    1. Packages

    2. The Package Management Tools

    3. Using dpkg

    4. Using dselect

    5. Using apt-get

    6. Package Contents and Installation Commands

  4. Appendix D Managing the Boot Process

    1. Booting Linux

    2. Boot Disks

    3. The lilo Loader

    4. The loadlin Loader

    5. Boot Parameters

    6. Using Loadable Ethernet Drivers

  5. Appendix E Linux Command Quick Reference

  6. Appendix F Open Publication License

    1. I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS

    2. II. COPYRIGHT

    3. III. SCOPE OF LICENSE

    4. IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS

    5. V. GOOD-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

    6. VI. LICENSE OPTIONS

  7. Glossary

  8. Colophon

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