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Running Linux, 5th Edition
By Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Matt Welsh
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: December 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00760-4
Pages: 972

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Preface
			Organization of This Book
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Using Code Examples
			How to Contact Us
			Safari® Enabled
			Acknowledgments
		Part I:  Enjoying and Being Productive on Linux
			Chapter 1.  Introduction to Linux
				Section 1.1.  About This Book
				Section 1.2.  Who's Using Linux?
				Section 1.3.  System Features
				Section 1.4.  About Linux's Copyright
				Section 1.5.  Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
				Section 1.6.  Sources of Linux Information
				Section 1.7.  Getting Help
			Chapter 2.  Preinstallation and Installation
				Section 2.1.  Distributions of Linux
				Section 2.2.  Preparing to Install Linux
				Section 2.3.  Post-Installation Procedures
				Section 2.4.  Running into Trouble
			Chapter 3.  Desktop Environments
				Section 3.1.  Why Use a Graphical Desktop?
				Section 3.2.  The K Desktop Environment
				Section 3.3.  KDE Applications
				Section 3.4.  The GNOME Desktop Environment
				Section 3.5.  GNOME Applications
			Chapter 4.  Basic Unix Commands and Concepts
				Section 4.1.  Logging In
				Section 4.2.  Setting a Password
				Section 4.3.  Virtual Consoles
				Section 4.4.  Popular Commands
				Section 4.5.  Shells
				Section 4.6.  Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work
				Section 4.7.  Typing Shortcuts
				Section 4.8.  Filename Expansion
				Section 4.9.  Saving Your Output
				Section 4.10.  What Is a Command?
				Section 4.11.  Putting a Command in the Background
				Section 4.12.  Remote Logins and Command Execution
				Section 4.13.  Manual Pages
				Section 4.14.  Startup Files
				Section 4.15.  Important Directories
				Section 4.16.  Basic Text Editing
				Section 4.17.  Advanced Shells and Shell Scripting
			Chapter 5.  Web Browsers and Instant Messaging
				Section 5.1.  The World Wide Web
				Section 5.2.  Instant Messaging
			Chapter 6.  Electronic Mail Clients
				Section 6.1.  Using KMail
				Section 6.2.  Using Mozilla Mail & News
				Section 6.3.  Getting the Mail to Your Computer with fetchmail
				Section 6.4.  OpenPGP Encryption with GnuPG
			Chapter 7.  Games
				Section 7.1.  Gaming
				Section 7.2.  Quake III
				Section 7.3.  Return to Castle Wolfenstein
				Section 7.4.  Unreal Tournament 2004
				Section 7.5.  Emulators
				Section 7.6.  Frozen Bubble
				Section 7.7.  Tux Racer
			Chapter 8.  Office Suites and Personal Productivity
				Section 8.1.  Using OpenOffice
				Section 8.2.  KOffice
				Section 8.3.  Other Word Processors
				Section 8.4.  Synching PDAs
				Section 8.5.  Groupware
				Section 8.6.  Managing Your Finances
			Chapter 9.  Multimedia
				Section 9.1.  Multimedia Concepts
				Section 9.2.  Kernel and Driver Issues
				Section 9.3.  Embedded and Other Multimedia Devices
				Section 9.4.  Desktop Environments
				Section 9.5.  Windows Compatibility
				Section 9.6.  Multimedia Applications
				Section 9.7.  Multimedia Toolkits and Development Environments
				Section 9.8.  Solutions to Common Problems
				Section 9.9.  References
		Part II:  System Administration
			Chapter 10.  System Administration Basics
				Section 10.1.  Maintaining the System
				Section 10.2.  Managing Filesystems
				Section 10.3.  Managing Swap Space
				Section 10.4.  The /proc Filesystem
				Section 10.5.  Device Files
				Section 10.6.  Scheduling Recurring Jobs Using cron
				Section 10.7.  Executing Jobs Once
				Section 10.8.  Managing System Logs
				Section 10.9.  Processes
				Section 10.10.  Programs That Serve You
			Chapter 11.  Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions
				Section 11.1.  Managing User Accounts
				Section 11.2.  File Ownership and Permissions
				Section 11.3.  Changing the Owner, Group, and Permissions
			Chapter 12.  Installing, Updating, and Compiling Programs
				Section 12.1.  Upgrading Software
				Section 12.2.  General Upgrade Procedure
				Section 12.3.  Automated and Bulk Upgrades
				Section 12.4.  Upgrading Software Not Provided in Packages
				Section 12.5.  Archive and Compression Utilities
			Chapter 13.  Networking
				Section 13.1.  Networking with TCP/IP
				Section 13.2.  Dial-Up PPP
				Section 13.3.  PPP over ISDN
				Section 13.4.  ADSL
				Section 13.5.  Cable Modems
				Section 13.6.  Network Diagnostics Tools
			Chapter 14.  Printing
				Section 14.1.  Printing
				Section 14.2.  Managing Print Services
			Chapter 15.  File Sharing
				Section 15.1.  Sharing Files with Windows Systems (Samba)
				Section 15.2.  NFS Configuration and NIS
			Chapter 16.  The X Window System
				Section 16.1.  A History of X
				Section 16.2.  X Concepts
				Section 16.3.  Hardware Requirements
				Section 16.4.  Installing X.org
				Section 16.5.  Configuring X.org
				Section 16.6.  Running X
				Section 16.7.  Running into Trouble
				Section 16.8.  X and 3D
			Chapter 17.  System Start and Shutdown
				Section 17.1.  Booting the System
				Section 17.2.  System Startup and Initialization
				Section 17.3.  Single-User Mode
				Section 17.4.  Shutting Down the System
				Section 17.5.  A Graphical Runlevel Editor: KSysV
			Chapter 18.  Configuring and Building the Kernel
				Section 18.1.  Building a New Kernel
				Section 18.2.  Loadable Device Drivers
				Section 18.3.  Loading Modules Automatically
			Chapter 19.  Text Editing
				Section 19.1.  Editing Files Using vi
				Section 19.2.  The (X)Emacs Editor
			Chapter 20.  Text Processing
				Section 20.1.  TeX and LaTeX
				Section 20.2.  XML and DocBook
				Section 20.3.  groff
				Section 20.4.  Texinfo
		Part III:  Programming
			Chapter 21.  Programming Tools
				Section 21.1.  Programming with gcc
				Section 21.2.  Makefiles
				Section 21.3.  Debugging with gdb
				Section 21.4.  Useful Utilities for C Programmers
				Section 21.5.  Using Perl
				Section 21.6.  Java
				Section 21.7.  Python
				Section 21.8.  Other Languages
				Section 21.9.  Introduction to OpenGL Programming
				Section 21.10.  Integrated Development Environments
			Chapter 22.  Running a Web Server
				Section 22.1.  Configuring Your Own Web Server
			Chapter 23.  Transporting and Handling Email Messages
				Section 23.1.  The Postfix MTA
				Section 23.2.  Procmail
				Section 23.3.  Filtering Spam
			Chapter 24.  Running an FTP Server
				Section 24.1.  Introduction
				Section 24.2.  Compiling and Installing
				Section 24.3.  Running ProFTPD
				Section 24.4.  Configuration
		Part IV:  Network Services
			Chapter 25.  Running Web Applications with MySQL and PHP
				Section 25.1.  MySQL
				Section 25.2.  PHP
				Section 25.3.  The LAMP Server in Action
			Chapter 26.  Running a Secure System
				Section 26.1.  A Perspective on System Security
				Section 26.2.  Initial Steps in Setting Up a Secure System
				Section 26.3.  TCP Wrapper Configuration
				Section 26.4.  Firewalls: Filtering IP Packets
				Section 26.5.  SELinux
			Chapter 27.  Backup and Recovery
				Section 27.1.  Making Backups
				Section 27.2.  What to Do in an Emergency
			Chapter 28.  Heterogeneous Networking and Running Windows Programs
				Section 28.1.  Sharing Partitions
				Section 28.2.  Emulation and Virtual Operating Systems
				Section 28.3.  Remote Desktop Access to Windows Programs
				Section 28.4.  FreeNX: Linux as a Remote Desktop Server
		Appendix A.  Sources of Linux Information
			Section A.1.  Linux Documentation Project
			Section A.2.  FTP Sites
			Section A.3.  World Wide Web Sites
		About the Authors
		Colophon
		Index