Chapter 1. What Is Linux?

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1. What Is Linux?

Motivation

Prerequisites

Objectives

Presentation

Section 1.1.  Computer Systems

Section 1.2.  Hardware

Section 1.3.  Operating System

Section 1.4.  Software

Section 1.5.  Sharing Resources

Section 1.6.  Communication

Section 1.7.  Utilities

Section 1.8.  Programmer Support

Section 1.9.  Standards

Section 1.10.  Linux Lineage

Section 1.11.  Linux Packaging

Section 1.12.  The Linux and UNIX Philosophy

Section 1.13.  Linux Features

Section 1.14.  The Rest of This Book

Chapter Review