"With Linux, a system has become available to the computing community that lives in the tradition and true spirit of Unix." From the foreword by J. Gulbins

• 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.- 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.- 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.

"With Linux, a system has become available to the computing community that lives in the tradition and true spirit of Unix." From the foreword by J. Gulbins

• 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.- 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.- 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.