LINUX Unleashing the Workstation in Your PC

UNIX achieved its widespread propagation, its penetration of the UNIX history university domain, and its reach into research and industry due to its early dissemination by AT&T to all interested parties at almost no cost and as source code. UNIX's present functionality emanated not just fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Strobel, Stefan, Uhl, Thomas (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 11.4 Word processing
  • 11.5 Games
  • 11.6 Other applications
  • Network Applications
  • 12.1 Electronic mail
  • 12.2 News
  • 12.3 Gopher
  • 12.4 IRC
  • 12.5 Archie
  • 12.6 WWW and Mosaic
  • Overview of /etc files
  • Overview of /etc subdirectories
  • Configuration of the kernel
  • Further reading
  • 7.2 Booting
  • 7.3 Shutdown
  • 7.4 The Linux directory tree
  • 7.5 Users and groups
  • 7.6 Shells
  • 7.7 User information
  • 7.8 Backups
  • 7.9 File system management
  • 7.10 Updates
  • 7.11 Boot diskette
  • Support and Help
  • 8.1 man, xman
  • 8.2 Info
  • 8.3 Newsgroups
  • 8.4 FAQs and HOWTOs
  • 8.5 Mailing lists
  • 8.6 Other documents
  • 8.7 Other sources
  • X Window System
  • 9.1 Features
  • 9.2 Structure
  • 9.3 Resources
  • 9.4 Window manager
  • 9.5 Toolkits
  • 9.6 Interface builder
  • 9.7 The XFree86 server
  • 9.8 Practice
  • 9.9 Memory optimization
  • Languages & Tools
  • 10.1 Languages
  • 10.2 C/C++ compiler
  • 10.3 Pascal, Simula, and Modula-2
  • 10.4 Lisp/Prolog
  • 10.5 Tel
  • 10.6 awk, gawk
  • 10.7 Perl
  • 10.8 Editors
  • 10.9 GNU Debugger (GDB)
  • 10.10 Make utility
  • 10.11 Version control
  • 10.12 XWPE
  • 10.13 Example
  • 10.14 Porting software
  • 10.15 Interface builder
  • Applications
  • 11.1 Working environment G.R.E.A.T
  • 11.2 Editors
  • 11.3 Graphic programs
  • 1.1 Historical perspectives
  • 1.2 UNIX history and standards
  • 1.3 The Free Software Foundation
  • 1.4 An overview of Linux features
  • The Basics
  • 2.1 Multi-user operation
  • 2.2 Multitasking
  • 2.3 Memory management
  • 2.4 Shell model
  • 2.5 File systems
  • 2.6 Devices
  • 2.7 Shells
  • 2.8 Daemons
  • 2.9 Overview of commands
  • Networking
  • 3.1 Network hardware
  • 3.2 TCP/IP
  • 3.3 Berkeley r-utilities
  • 3.4 NFS
  • 3.5 RPC
  • 3.6 NTS
  • 3.7 Other network services
  • Linux Features
  • 4.1 Virtual consoles
  • 4.2 Linux file systems
  • 4.3 Data exchange
  • 4.4 Emulators
  • 4.5 Alternative shells
  • 4.6 Extended commands
  • Installation
  • 5.1 Linux distributions
  • 5.2 Sources
  • 5.3 Hardware
  • 5.4 Installation of the system
  • 5.6. The boot manager (LILO)
  • Configuration
  • 6.1 General configuration
  • 6.2 The kernel
  • 6.3 Daemons
  • 6.4 Streamers and CD-ROMs
  • 6.5 Network configuration
  • 6.6 X Window System configuration
  • Administration
  • 7.1 The Administrator