This guide was created as an overview of Linux,
geared toward new users as an exploration tour and
getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. For
more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection
of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network
administration.
The book explores a wide range of topics including:
Files and the file system, describing the layout of a
Linux file system, file management, link types, file permissions, lost
and hidden
files
Processes, learn about multi-user processing,
multi-tasking, process types and attributes, how to control and
schedule processes
I/O redirection - the powerful mechanism of
redirecting input, output and errors
Using Text editors including a section on Vim
/home
Printers
and printing: Learn how to format documents, preview, documents, print
files, check on printer status, choose a good printer, troubleshooting
printing problems
Backup techniques: Make, query and unpack
file archives, write media, make incremental backups, create Java
archives, encrype data
Networking
Multimedia including playing CDs, copying CDs, video
and television, and recording sound
Everybody working on a UNIX or UNIX-like system who
wants to make life
easier on themselves, power users and sysadmins alike, can benefit from
reading this book.
Given the technology that is already available, we
should have cars that drive us around, in absolute safety, while we
lounge in the back and
sip champagne. All we need is a video camera on the roof, plugged into
a PC, right? We have all the necessary hardware, and have had it for
years, but do not yet have robot-driven cars because we do not have the
software.
This book explains how we can build better software and
all get our own high-tech chauffeur. It scrutinises
why free software is superior, implications for Google, the Java
mess, patents and copyright, Vista, remaining challenges for free
software, and many other things.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a book on software
engineering methods, based on the author's observations of the Linux
kernel
development process and his experiences managing an open source
project, fetchmail.
The book contrasts two different free software
development models:
The Cathedral model of most of the commercial world
The Bazaar model of the Linux world
Over the years, this work has had a profound influence
on many existing open source projects adopting a Bazaar-style
development
model.
10. Free
for All: How LINUX and the Free Software Movement Undercut the
High-Tech Titans
Like Eric Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Free
for All
outlines the arguments for leaving software source code open and free
for anyone to tinker with. But Wayner's account delves deeper into the
politics of the movement, reading like a high-tech soap opera.
