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Debian GNU/Linux For Dummies

Debian GNU/Linux For Dummies

Michael Bellomo

384 pages, parution le 22/07/2000

Résumé

This friendly guide will help you join the rapidly growing community of Open Source operating system users. The text is packed with pointers covering everything from installing this popular Linux distribution to applying expert troubleshooting techniques. With these hot tips, you'll have your system up and running in no time!

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book
Who Should Read This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Typing commands
Keystrokes with less hassle
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Getting Up and Running with Debian
Part II: Interfacing with Debian
Part III: Using Debian as Your Workstation
Part IV: The Part of Tens
Part V: Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here

Part I: Getting Up and Running with Debian

Chapter 1: Meet Debian GNU/Linux: Operating System on the Move

Linux's Big Brother: Unix
Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation
Linux today
Checking out what Linux can do for you
Why Debian?
Who supports Debian?
Understanding free software
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: But Why?

Chapter 2: Discovering Your Hardware

Knowing Your Hardware
Dealing with networking hardware
Figuring out if your hardware can handle Debian
Finding Out What Hardware You Have
Getting hardware information from Windows 95/98
Getting hardware information from MS-DOS or Windows 3.1

Chapter 3: Preparing to Install Debian

Making Boot Disks
Skipping all this boot disk gibberish and booting from the CD
Making an installation boot disk with Windows or MS-DOS
Making a boot disk without Windows or MS-DOS
Prepping Your Hard Drive for a Debian Installation
Defragging your hard drive
Using FIPS when you want to keep another operating system

Chapter 4: Installing Debian

What's Involved: The Big List o' Steps
Stage 1: Getting Started with Installation
Booting from the installation media
Selecting your display type
Configuring your keyboard
Stage 2: Partitioning Your Hard Drive with cfdisk
Choosing a hard drive to partition
Partitioning your hard drive for Debian
Setting up a swap partition
Initializing and mounting partitions
Stage 3: Installing Debian
Installing the Linux kernel
Configuring device driver modules
Configuring a network
Installing the base system

Chapter 5: Configuring Debian

Setting the Root Password and Settling Accounts
Choosing a Software Profile
Installing Applications
Getting access
Switching consoles to mount CD-ROMs
Updating, selecting, and installing
Configuring Debian for Printing
There's no winning with Winprinters
Adding a printer to your system

Part II: Interfacing with Debian

Chapter 6: Boot Problems, Logging In, and Root (Oh, My!)

Dealing with Boot-up Problems
Driver loading errors
Installation media error
Log in, Log out, Shut down
Logging in
Logging out
Shutting down
Understanding the Root Account
What's mine is mine: Root ownership
Becoming superuser (or root) when there are no telephone booths handy

Chapter 7: Using Debian from the Command Line

The Debian CLI: Less GUI, and It Won't Stick to Your Teeth
Getting to Know bash
Commanding a presence at the command line
Comprehending the command prompt
Checking out command options
Checking Out Some Basic bash Commands
Getting funky with files
Dealing with directories
Finding files with the find command
Getting wise with the history command
It's in the "man"ual: The man command
Process manipulation commands
Getting wacky with wildcards
Executing Commands Remotely
Chapter 8: File This: Checking Out Debian's File System
Dealing with the Directory Tree
The root (/) directory
There's no place like /home
Following in the footsteps of Linux: The path
Mucking about with File Systems
Saddle up your file systems with mount
Viewing mounted file systems
Unmounting a file system with umount
fsck: Mr. Fixit for file systems

Chapter 9: Configuring (and Fixing) X Windows

Setting Up X
Configuring X with xf86config
Starting X
Shutting X Down
Bashing X into Shape if It Doesn't Work
Chapter 10: There's No Business Like GNOME Business
Setting Up GNOME
Checking Out the GNOME Desktop
The desktop
The Home directory
The Panel
Navigating GNOME with the Main Menu Button
Getting to Know the GNOME Windowing System
Coming to Xterms with your Debian terminals
Comprehending active windows
Checking out the Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons
Reducing windows to title bars
Getting Help in GNOME
Navigating the Help toolbar
Using the Help Index hyperlinks
Managing Files with the File Manager
Viewing file properties
The file system setup
Browsing the file system in the GNOME File Manager
Creating new directories in the File Manager
Copying and moving files
Renaming files
Deleting files and directories
Configuring GNOME with the GNOME Control Center
Desktop configuration
Configuring your screen saver
Selecting a desktop theme
Configuring Your Window Manager
Working with GNOME Applets
An applet a day keeps the doctor away: The Clock applet
Print me an applet: The Printer applet

Part III: Using Debian as Your Workstation

Chapter 11: Working with Text: vi and gnotepad+

vi: Your One-Stop for Text Editing and Scripting
Starting vi and creating a new file
Moving around in vi
Editing text
Saving and quitting
Bang, banging around
Printing documents
Going with gnotepad+
Starting gnotepad+
Creating a new document
Opening an existing document
Cutting, copying, and pasting
Undo and Redo
Finding stuff
Saving a document
Printing a document
Exiting gnotepad+

Chapter 12: Connecting Debian to the Internet

Getting an ISP
Setting up the PPP Connection in GNOME
Making the Connection to Your ISP
Setting Up the PPP Connection in the Linux Terminal
Starting, Verifying, and Ending Your PPP Connection
Browsing the Web. . .
Chapter 13: Web Browsing, E-Mail, and Newsgroups
Setting Up Your Web Surfboard
Starting Netscape Communicator
Starting Netscape Communicator from GNOME
Starting Netscape Communicator from the Command Line
The Mysterious URL
How Can I Find Stuff on the Web?
The Postman Always Rings Three Times: Sending E-Mail in Debian
Configuring Netscape Communicator to Use Your ISP's Mail Server
Using Netscape Messenger to Send and Receive E-Mail
Using mailx to Send E-Mail
Using mutt to Send and Receive E-Mail
Reading News over the Internet
This just in . . . newsgroup postings
Configuring Netscape to handle news
Subscribing to newsgroups

Chapter 14: Securing Your Debian System

Getting Physical: Your Debian System's Physical Security
Physical locks
Screen locks
Setting Up a Secure Password System
Tales from the Encrypt, or how automatic encryption works in Debian
Me and my shadow file
Choosing uncrackable passwords
Editing passwords
Changing passwords
Handling File Permissions: Keeping Others In or Out
Changing file permissions
Changing a file's owner
Changing a file's group ownership
Viewing file permissions and ownership in GNOME
Changing file permissions in GNOME
Changing the file's user and group ownership in GNOME
Haggling with User Accounts
Comprehending the shadow (or passwd) file
Adding user accounts
Deleting an account versus disabling an account
Grouping users
Adding a user to, or removing a user from, a group
Creating or deleting groups

Part IV: The Part of Tens

Chapter 15 : Ten Troubleshooting Tips

Dealing with Hanging Programs in the Linux Terminal
Dealing with Hanging Programs on the GNOME Desktop
Killing Hung Linux Terminals
Killing Spawning Telnet Sessions
Removing Cores (and I Don't Mean from Apples)
Reading Microsoft Word Files in Linux
What to Do if You Can't Eject the Floppy Disk
The Dreaded Media Error
What to Do if a User Forgets Her Password
Finding Disk Space Hogs
Chapter 16: Ten Really Cool Web Sites for Debian Users
Debian.org: The Mother of all Debian Sites
Visiting the Corel Community
Storming into Stormix
RedHat.com
Newbie Administrator Guide
Linux Online
LinuxStart.com
Cut! Print it!
Linux in the Public Eye
We're DOOMed, DOOMed, I Tell You!
Chapter 17: Ten Places to Get More Software or Information
When the Writing Is on the Wall: Get a Better Word Processor!
Applixware
WordPerfect Office 8 for Linux
StarOffice Suite
When You Need a Program That Does Julienne Fries . . .
Like, let's totally go to the mall!
The Sunsite Directory
When You're Just Looking for Some Helpful Linux Information
Linux.com
LinuxToday.com
Slashdot: News for Nerds
Asking "How do I . . . ?" at Tucows.com
The GNOME Project

Chapter 18: Ten Programs That Every GNOME User Can Use

The GNOME CD Player
XPaint
Calendar
GnomeCard
gnotepad+
gEdit
GIMP
Gnumeric Spreadsheet
GHex
Netscape Communicator

Part V: Appendixes

Appendix A: A Summary of Linux Terms and Commands

Some Basic Linux Terms
Linux Commands
Your most basic operational commands
Common Linux commands
Process control commands
Basic administrative commands

Appendix B: The Most-Requested vi Commands

Appendix C: GNU/Linux System Components and Applications

Appendix D: About the CD

System Requirements
Using the CDs
Linux
Windows 95 or 98
What You'll Find on the CDs
The Debian/GNU Linux OS
Applications
Security
Games
If You've Got Problems (of the CD Kind)

Index

IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement

GNU License Agreement

Installation Instructions

Book Registration Information

L'auteur - Michael Bellomo

Michael Bellomo (Burlingame, CA) holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification and has worked for the Ares Corporation, a project and risk management firm that works with the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of Energy.

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Éditeur(s) IDG
Auteur(s) Michael Bellomo
Parution 22/07/2000
Nb. de pages 384
Format 18,8 x 23,6
Couverture Broché
Poids 663g
Intérieur Noir et Blanc
EAN13 9780764507137

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