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.

1.1 Historical perspectives on Linux.- 1.2 Versions.- 1.3 Features.- 1.4 UNIX development and standards.- 1.5 The Free Software Foundation.- 1.6 An overview of Linux features.- 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 Search patterns.- 2.9 Daemons.- 2.10 Overview of commands.- Linux Features.- 3.1 Virtual consoles.- 3.2 Linux file systems.- 3.3 Data exchange.- 3.4 Loadable Modules.- 3.5 Sound.- 3.6 Alternative shells.- 3.7 Extended commands.- Emulators.- 4.1 DOS emulator.- 4.2 WINE.- 4.3 iBCS2 emulator.- 4.4 HP48 emulator (X48).- 4.5 IBM 3270 emulator.- 4.6 Macintosh emulator.- Installation.- 5.1 Linux distributions.- 5.2 Sources.- 5.3 Hardware.- 5.4 Installation.- 5.5 Creating a boot diskette.- 5.6 Boot manager.- Configuration.- 6.1 General configuration.- 6.2 Kernel.- 6.3 Daemons.- 6.4 Serial login.- 6.5 Fax.- 6.6 Streamers and CD-ROM.- 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 Upgrades.- 7.11 Boot diskettes.- X Window System.- 8.1 Features.- 8.2 Structure.- 8.3 X resources.- 8.4 Window managers.- 8.5 Toolkits.- 8.6 XI1 server.- 8.7 Linux as X terminal.- 8.8 X11 configuration.- 8.9 Configuration of X applications.- Networking.- 9.1 Network hardware.- 9.2 TCP/IP.- 9.3 IP.- 9.4 Serial Connections.- 9.5 PPP.- 9.6 Parallel connection.- 9.7 TCP and UDP.- 9.8 Host names.- 9.9UUCP.- 9.10 RPC.- 9.11 NIS.- 9.12 NFS.- 9.13 LAN manager.- 9.14 PC/NFS.- 9.15 Columbia Appletalk (CAP).- 9.16 ISODE.- 9.17Novell.- Network Applications.- 10.1 Network daemons.- 10.2 Internet daemon (inetd).- 10.3 Telnet.- 10.4 FTP.- 10.5 Archie.- 10.6 Berkeley r-Utilities.- 10.7 Mail.- 10.8 News.- 10.9 IRC.- 10.10 Gopher.- 10.11 World Wide Web.- 10.12 Network management.- Support & Help.- 11.1 man, xman.- 11.2 Info.- 11.3 Newsgroups.- 11.4 FAQs and HOWTOs.- 11.5 WWW.- 11.6 Mailing lists.- 11.7 Other documents.- 11.8 Other sources.- Applications.- 12.1 Desktop environment.- 12.2 Editors.- 12.3 Graphic programs.- 12.4 Word processing.- 12.5 Multimedia environment Andrew.- 12.6 Databases.- 12.7 Mathematical applications.- 12.8 Simulations.- 12.9 Games.- GNU Emacs.- 13.1 Overview.- 13.2 Basic terms.- 13.3 Operation.- 13.4 Documentation and help.- 13.5Modes.- 13.6 Packages and enhancements.- 13.7 Emacs Lisp.- 13.8 Configuration.- Languages & Tools.- 14.1 Languages.- 14.2 C compilers.- 14.3 Pascal, Fortran, Simula, and Modula-2.- 14.4 Lisp and Prolog.- 14.5 Tcl.- 14.6 Interface builders.- 14.7 Metacard.- 14.8 awk, gawk.- 14.9 Perl.- 14.10 Editors.- 14.11 GNU Debugger (GDB).- 14.12 Make utility.- 14.13 Imake.- 14.14 RCS.- 14.15 xwpe.- 14.16 Example.- 14.17 Porting software.- Reference.- A. 1 Overview of /etc files.- A.2 Overview of /etc directories.- A.3 Configuration of the kernel.- A.4 Further reading.