Hands-On Linux: Featuring Caldera Openlinux Lite, Netscape Navigator Gold, and Netscape Fasttrack Server on Two Cds - Softcover

Sobell, Mark G.; Caldera Inc.

9780201325690: Hands-On Linux: Featuring Caldera Openlinux Lite, Netscape Navigator Gold, and Netscape Fasttrack Server on Two Cds

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ISBN 10: 0201325691 ISBN 13: 9780201325690

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1998

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This practical guide to Linux takes the reader from the process of logging in to more elaborate procedures, such as writing complex shell programs, using software development tools, and administering a system. The work can also serve as a reference guide to 85 plus Linux utilities. Topics include C programming, debugging, source code management, and graphical user interfaces. The package includes two CD-ROMS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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The Linux operating system has grown out of a free Unix-compatible kernel written by Linus Torvalds. Free means the user is free to run, copy, distribute, study, change, sell, and improve the software as long as the source code is always included in the next release, which means that those who follow are able to do the same. Since Linux is multitasking and processing, it supports multiple users doing multiple actions. And because Linux is designed for running on cheap, slightly out-of-date hardware, Linux has proven valuable to libraries of all sizes who can not afford constant, costly upgrade fees for new software. If you are interested in exploring Linux, these three books serve as a great combined-use package. The Sobell book is voluminous?it includes his original book from last year, A Practical Guide to Linux (LJ 9/1/97), along with a copy of Caldera OpenLinux Lite and much more on the CD-ROMs. The IDG books will be invaluable late-night resources in those magical moments when things go wrong. For a really nice introduction to Linux in libraries, check out On the Cheap: Linux at and consider subscribing to linux4lib, a majordomo discussion list at .
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