Teach Yourself Linux

A graduate in engineering and computer science from Cambridge University, Robert Billing MA has spent over twenty-five years working on software for applications as diverse as banking, offshore safety and digital television, specialising in Linux for the last six years.

Part 1 The basics: introduction; backgound - what is Linux?; Linux distributions; how and where to obtain a distribution; installing Linux; what to do if installation fails; getting support; Linux on laptops. Part 2 The alternatives: Debian; SuSE; non-intel platforms. Part 3 Using Linux: logging in; the command line interface; file systems; X-Windows; the GUI. Part 4 Software that runs on Linux: Office applications; graphical tools; some other interesting applications. Part 5 More powerful features: basic scripting; using cron; printing; emulating other environments. Part 6 Linux and networking: TCP/IP basics; Internet access; file sharing; exporting files with NFS; interworking with Microsoft systems; interworking with classical UNIX; Telnet RSH and SSH. Part 7 Network management and servers: PPP; PLIP; Linux servers; network security; network catching. Part 8 Maintaining the system: installing, configuring and removing packages; making backups; recovering from disasters; common problems. Part 9 Inside Linux: teh setup and shutdown sequences; modules and drivers. Part 10 Programming for beginners: basic development tools; tricks with the parallel port; serial interface; TLC, TK and TIX; Perl. Part 11 Carrers with Linux: certification; career development. Part 12 Advanced topics: embedded Linux; configuring and compiling the kernel; writing kernel modules; creating packages.