Index_B

B

background

desktop, 40

backtick approach, Perl, 561, 562

backups , 499. See also archives

candidates for, 500

CD-ROMs, 501

creating, 502

definition, 499

file storage, 501, 502

frequency, 506, 507

hard disk, 501

incremental, 507

magnetic tapes, 501

network, 501

overview, 499

removable disks, 501

restoring

from CD-ROM, 506

saving to CD-ROM, 504

configuring CD writer, 504

ISO9660 image, 505, 506

tar application, 499

tar archive

creating, 502, 503

restoring from, 503, 504

balsa package, 309

Bash, 212

bashrc file, 237

binary files, 172

block devices, files, 171

Bluecurve theme, 75

boot disk

creating, 28

installation and, 4

boot loader

dual boot machine, 29

initial boot up, 29, 30, 32, 34

installation options, 20

booting

boot loader and, 29

initial boot up, 29, 30, 32, 34

from CD

installation and, 6

from DVD

installation, 6

kernel, VPNs and, 461, 462

Born Again shell, 212

Bourne shell, 212

broadband routers, Internet connection and, 98, 99

browsers. See also Web browsers

hardware browser, 63, 64, 65

brute force attacks, passwords, 260

BSD license, 590

bug tracker, 581, 582

Bugtraq mailing list, 481

building applications, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319

from source code, 515, 516, 517, 518

built-in programs, shell, 214

burning CDs, 156, 157, 158