Linux Unleashing the Workstation in Your PC: Unleashing the Workstation in your PC, 2nd edition, revised and enhanced 1996 - Softcover

Strobel, Stefan

 
9780387946016: Linux Unleashing the Workstation in Your PC: Unleashing the Workstation in your PC, 2nd edition, revised and enhanced 1996

Synopsis

This book introduces the concepts and features of Linux and explains how to install and configure the system. It describes the features and services of the Internet which have been instrumental in the rapid development and wide distribution of Linux and focuses on its graphical interface, network capability, and its extended tools. This updated second edition also gives a helpful overview of the wide range of shareware applications available for this powerful system. Highlights include: - new chapter on Emacs configuration and use - new reference section which describes the most common Linux commands - completely updated and expanded chapter on networking/tcpip - explanation of Linux as a server for MS-Windows.

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"Strobel and Uhl...bring together in a single, coherent volume the knowledge that a new user needs to acquire Linux, install it on a computer, and become acquainted with the wide range of applications that are either included with most Linux distributions or available (usually free) over the Internet." Computing Reviews

Synopsis

Introducing the concepts and features of Linux (the public domain UNIX system for PCs), this study explains how to install and configure the system. It describes the features and services of the Internet which have been instrumental in the rapid development and wide distribution of Linux and focuses on the Linux graphical interface, its network capability and its extended tools. It also gives a helpful overview of the range of shareware applications available for Linux. This edition allows the reader to take advantage of the range of shareware applications, utilities, and high-performance of Linux. Highlights of the edition include a: new chapter on Emacs configuration and use; new command reference section which describes the most commonly used Linux commands; and an explanation of Linux as a server of MS-Windows.

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