Linux in a Nutshell – A Desktop Quick Reference 3e - Softcover

Siever, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596000251 ISBN 13: 9780596000257

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2000

Synopsis

"Linux in a Nutshell" covers the core commands available on common Linux distributions. It provides a complete reference to all user, programming, administration, and networking commands. Contents include: programming, system administration, and user commands with complete lists of options; LILO and Loadlin (boot) options; shell syntax and variables for the bash, csh, and tcsh shells; pattern matching; Emacs and vi editing commands; sed and gawk commands; common configuration tasks for the GNOME and KDE desktops and the fvwm2 window manager; and Red Hat and Debian package managers. New material in the third edition includes common configuration tasks for the GNOME and KDE desktops and the fvwm2 window manager, the dpkg Debian package manager, an expanded investigation of the rpm Red Hat package manager and CVS, and many new commands. "Linux in a Nutshell" delivers everything needed for common, day-to-day use. It also covers a wide range of GNU tools for Unix users who have GNU versions of standard Unix tools.

About this title

About the Author

Ellen Siever is a writer at O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. In addition to Linux in a Nutshell, she has co-authored Perl in a Nutshell and the Perl Modules Reference for the Unix edition of the Perl Resource Kit. She was a programmer for many years until she decided that writing about computers was more fun. Jessica Perry Hekman lives in Arlington, Massachusetts. She ventured into the real world in 1995 with a degree in Medieval History and Literature. She has put it to good use at O'Reilly & Associates (as a production assistant, assistant system administrator, author, and developer working on online books), at ZDNet (as a developer), and Curl Corporation (where she is currently programming and vesting). Stephen Figgins is an editor with the O'Reilly Network. For five years before becoming an editor, Stephen answered O'Reilly customer's technical questions. It was a technician's dream job: getting paid to read O'Reilly books and talk about them with people. Linux is his operating system of choice. Stephen Spainhour is a writer for O'Reilly & Associates. He coauthored the first edition of Webmaster in a Nutshell, as well as Perl in a Nutshell, and has contributed to many other O'Reilly titles.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596000251
• ISBN 13: 9780596000257
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 816