Running Linux,9780596007607

Running Linux

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780596007607
ISBN10: 0596007604
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-12-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

Because this classic book contains everything that beginning to intermediate users need to understand, install, and start using the Linux operating system, Running Linux is recommended by knowledgeable users more than any other Linux guide. The fifth edition is greatly expanded to present Linux as an all-around system for everyday use, including such new topics as the OpenOffice.org and KOffice office suites, cross-platform application use with Wine and FreeNX, image processing through the Gimp, secure mail with GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), instant messaging, and games. There is also expanded and modernised material on the use of the GNOME and KDE desktops, system administration, audio, mail, package management on several systems, and software upgrade services. Networking topics including Samba and NFS file- sharing, CUPS printing, and simple LAMP web publishing are covered as well.

Author Biography

Matthias Kalle Dalheimer is the President & CEO of Klaralvdalens Datakonsult AB, a Sweden-based consultancy specializing in platform-independent software solutions. He is also a founding member of the KDE project and the current president of the KDE foundation. Kalle has written numerous books for O'Reilly, both in English and in his native German, including "Running Linux" and "Programming with Qt". In his spare time, he enjoys cross-country skiing and reading history books. Kalle lives with his wife Tanja and his two sons Jan and Tim in the middle of the forest near Hagfors in the Swedish province of Varmland.

Matt Welsh is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. His current research focuses on wireless sensor networks, including operating systems design, distributed systems, networking, and parallel computing. Matt is a long-time Linux advocate and developer, a role in which he has fielded questions from thousands of Linux users over the years. He was the original coordinator of the Linux Documentation Project and author of the original "Linux Installation and Getting Started" guide. He completed his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Part I. Enjoying and Being Productive on Linux
Introduction to Linux
3(31)
About This Book
5(1)
Who's Using Linux?
6(2)
System Features
8(14)
About Linux's Copyright
22(3)
Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux
25(5)
Sources of Linux Information
30(2)
Getting Help
32(2)
Preinstallation and Installation
34(33)
Distributions of Linux
34(3)
Preparing to Install Linux
37(12)
Post-Installation Procedures
49(4)
Running into Trouble
53(14)
Desktop Environments
67(35)
Why Use a Graphical Desktop?
67(1)
The K Desktop Environment
68(11)
KDE Applications
79(9)
The GNOME Desktop Environment
88(6)
GNOME Applications
94(8)
Basic Unix Commands and Concepts
102(33)
Logging In
103(1)
Setting a Password
104(1)
Virtual Consoles
105(1)
Popular Commands
105(5)
Shells
110(1)
Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work
111(1)
Typing Shortcuts
112(2)
Filename Expansion
114(2)
Saving Your Output
116(3)
What Is a Command?
119(1)
Putting a Command in the Background
120(1)
Remote Logins and Command Execution
121(2)
Manual Pages
123(2)
Startup Files
125(2)
Important Directories
127(1)
Basic Text Editing
128(1)
Advanced Shells and Shell Scripting
129(6)
Web Browsers and Instant Messaging
135(14)
The World Wide Web
135(7)
Instant Messaging
142(7)
Electronic Mail Clients
149(18)
Using KMail
150(6)
Using Mozilla Mail & News
156(1)
Getting the Mail to Your Computer with fetchmail
157(2)
OpenPGP Encryption with GnuPG
159(8)
Games
167(27)
Gaming
167(1)
Quake III
168(5)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
173(4)
Unreal Tournament 2004
177(5)
Emulators
182(6)
Frozen Bubble
188(2)
Tux Racer
190(4)
Office Suites and Personal Productivity
194(83)
Using OpenOffice
194(46)
KOffice
240(8)
Other Word Processors
248(2)
Synching PDAs
250(4)
Groupware
254(6)
Managing Your Finances
260(17)
Multimedia
277(58)
Multimedia Concepts
278(5)
Kernel and Driver Issues
283(7)
Embedded and Other Multimedia Devices
290(1)
Desktop Environments
290(2)
Windows Compatibility
292(1)
Multimedia Applications
292(36)
Multimedia Toolkits and Development Environments
328(2)
Solutions to Common Problems
330(2)
References
332(3)
Part II. System Administration
System Administration Basics
335(49)
Maintaining the System
336(4)
Managing Filesystems
340(19)
Managing Swap Space
359(4)
The /proc Filesystem
363(3)
Device Files
366(3)
Scheduling Recurring Jobs Using cron
369(5)
Executing Jobs Once
374(1)
Managing System Logs
375(3)
Processes
378(4)
Programs That Serve You
382(2)
Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions
384(17)
Managing User Accounts
384(10)
File Ownership and Permissions
394(3)
Changing the Owner, Group, and Permissions
397(4)
Installing, Updating, and Compiling Programs
401(39)
Upgrading Software
401(2)
General Upgrade Procedure
403(10)
Automated and Bulk Upgrades
413(7)
Upgrading Software Not Provided in Packages
420(9)
Archive and Compression Utilities
429(11)
Networking
440(44)
Networking with TCP/IP
440(20)
Dial-Up PPP
460(8)
PPP over ISDN
468(9)
ADSL
477(1)
Cable Modems
478(1)
Network Diagnostics Tools
479(5)
Printing
484(38)
Printing
484(8)
Managing Print Services
492(30)
File Sharing
522(49)
Sharing Files with Windows Systems (Samba)
523(39)
NFS and NIS Configuration
562(9)
The X Window System
571(19)
A History of X
571(1)
X Concepts
572(1)
Hardware Requirements
573(2)
Installing X.org
575(1)
Configuring X.org
576(8)
Running X
584(1)
Running into Trouble
584(2)
X and 3D
586(4)
System Start and Shutdown
590(18)
Booting the System
590(8)
System Startup and Initialization
598(6)
Single-User Mode
604(1)
Shutting Down the System
605(1)
A Graphical Runlevel Editor: KSysV
606(2)
Configuring and Building the Kernel
608(19)
Building a New Kernel
609(12)
Loadable Device Drivers
621(5)
Loading Modules Automatically
626(1)
Text Editing
627(30)
Editing Files Using vi
627(11)
The (X)Emacs Editor
638(19)
Text Processing
657(24)
TeX and LaTeX
658(5)
XML and DocBook
663(5)
Groff
668(4)
Texinfo
672(9)
Part III. Programming
Programming Tools
681(87)
Programming with gcc
682(11)
Makefiles
693(11)
Debugging with gdb
704(17)
Useful Utilities for C Programmers
721(22)
Using Perl
743(8)
Java
751(3)
Python
754(6)
Other Languages
760(2)
Introduction to OpenGL Programming
762(4)
Integrated Development Environments
766(2)
Running a Web Server
768(8)
Configuring Your Own Web Server
768(8)
Transporting and Handling Email Messages
776(21)
The Postfix MTA
778(9)
Procmail
787(7)
Filtering Spam
794(3)
Running an FTP Server
797(12)
Introduction
797(1)
Compiling and Installing
797(3)
Running ProFTPD
800(1)
Configuration
800(9)
Part IV. Network Services
Running Web Applications with MySQL and PHP
809(19)
MySQL
811(8)
PHP
819(5)
The LAMP Server in Action
824(4)
Running a Secure System
828(22)
A Perspective on System Security
828(2)
Initial Steps in Setting Up a Secure System
830(4)
TCP Wrapper Configuration
834(3)
Firewalls: Filtering IP Packets
837(12)
SELinux
849(1)
Backup and Recovery
850(15)
Making Backups
850(9)
What to Do in an Emergency
859(6)
Heterogeneous Networking and Running Windows Programs
865(42)
Sharing Partitions
867(4)
Emulation and Virtual Operating Systems
871(16)
Remote Desktop Access to Windows Programs
887(15)
FreeNX: Linux as a Remote Desktop Server
902(5)
Appendix: Sources of Linux Information 907(6)
Index 913

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