Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours

Learn how to...

• Install Linux quickly and easily
  
• Make Linux work for you
  
• Optimize and personalize your system
  
• Identify the differences between Linux distributions and choose one that's right for you
  
• Connect to the Internet and configure your system to distribute mail and news messages
  
• Write and modify your own configuration files
  
• Use the Linux command line
  
• Troubleshoot problems and maintain your system
  
• Put Linux applications to work

Sommaire

Part I: Take the Linux Plunge
Hour 1: Gearing Up for the Installation
Hour 2: Installing Linux-Mandrake
Hour 3: Security Is Job 1
Hour 4: Understanding the Linux Operating System

Part II: Learn the Ropes
Hour 5: Getting Acquainted with the Shell
Hour 6: Looking at the Command Line
Hour 7: Moving Around the Filesystem
Hour 8: Text Editing with vi

Part III: System Administration
Hour 9: Hooking Up Hardware Devices
Hour 10: Backing Up and Restoring the Filesystem
Hour 11: Printing Files
Hour 12: Sharing Files with Other Users on the System
Hour 13: Working with Processes
Hour 14: System Maintenance
Hour 15: Installing Software
Hour 16: Updating the Linux Kernel
Hour 17: Automating System Administration Tasks

Part IV: Get a GUI
Hour 18: Installing the X Window System
Hour 19: Installing a Window Manager

Part V: Network Administration
Hour 20: Talking to Users over a Network
Hour 21: Connecting to the Internet
Hour 22: Merging onto the Information Superhighway

Part VI: Entertainment
Hour 23: Playing Games
Hour 24: The Home Entertainment System

Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A: Getting Started with the KDE Desktop Environment
Appendix B: Introducing GNOME and LinuxConf
Index