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Synopsis
Demonstrates Linux fundamentals, offers a cost-benefit analysis of Linux versus Windows, and covers installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
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About the Author
DAVID ELBOTH leads the Open Source Linux department at Ecsoft in Norway, and is Editor-in-Chief for the Norwegian Open Source Linux magazine. He has authored two previous books on Linux and three books on UNIX.
From the Back Cover
- Practical guidance for every beginning- to intermediate-level Linux user and sysadmin
- User management, file systems, backup/restore, printing, and much more
- Linux networking and integration for Windows, Mac, and DOS systems
The complete, vendor-neutral guide to installing, configuring, and running Linux!
How do you find the right Linux book? They're either too technical, too superficial, or they cover the wrong distribution. Finally, there's a book that offers the perfect balance: The Linux Book. It'll never insult your intelligence, nor will it make you wade through 1,000 pages of technical gibberish! You'll find the information you really need to install, configure, and maintain any current version of Linux (and integrate it seamlessly with your existing computers. If you don't need it, it's not here. If you do need it, it is. It's that simple!
- Step-by-step installation and configuration
- Linux files, directories, and file systems
- System administration, from boot-up to backup
- Managing passwords and user access
- Running the X Window system
- Networking and integrating Windows, DOS, and Macintosh systems
- File and print sharing with Network File System (NFS) and Samba (smb)
- Shell scripting, system commands, kernel management, and much more
- Cost/benefit analysis connected to choosing Linux versus Windows
The Linux Book even presents a chapter-length cost-benefit analysis for any organization considering Linux. Whether you plan to run your desktop or your entire network with Linux, you won't find a more useful, practical guide!
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Foreword
This book will serve both as an introduction for newcomers to Linux and as a reference for professionals. The book starts with the basics and goes through the most important Linux commands. If you are an IT manager wondering if Linux would make a good client or server operating system for your company, you will find it very valuable to read Chapter 25, "Cost/Benefit Analysis."
I started with Unix 15 years ago and have written three books on UNIX3: UNIX: From User to System Administrator, UNIX: An Introduction, and UNIX Commands by Example: A Desktop Reference for Solaris, UnixWare, and SCO UNIX. In the past four years, I have also written two books on Linux: Linux Installation and Configuration, and Introduction to Red Hat Linux 7.0.
I was first introduced to UNIX in 1985, when the operating system was called Microsoft XENIX (a UNIX clone). At that time the machine hardware was based on a PC with a 4.77 MHz Intel CPU, 640 KB RAM, and a 10-MB hard disk. Later I worked with both BSD and System V-based solutions like SCO XENIX, SCO UNIX, ISC UNIX, Novell UnixWare, Solaris 1.x, Solaris 2.x, IBM AIX, SCO UnixWare, NCR Unix V.4, and of course, Linux.
Early in 1997 I started working on an Intranet/WEB-development project for a Norwegian company called Telenor Marlink. In this project, the development platform was based on Sunsoft Solaris 2.5. A colleague named Knut Ranheim was also working on this project and wanted us to use Linux and PC hardware as the workstation platform. Since then I have been hooked on the Open Source model and Linux.
Today, I work as a project leader for different Linux software projects. In my part time, I am Contributing Editor for the Norwegian Linux magazine, Open Source Linux Magazine. I also write books and am a well-known lecturer. If you would like to know what I use Linux for, check my homepage: home.c2i/delboth— David Elboth
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