Last Updated on August 22, 2023
The Ultimate Linux Newbie eBook Edition
Let’s kick off with a good introduction to Linux. The Ultimate Linux Newbie eBook Edition is aimed at both beginners and veteran computer users alike. It seeks to help you choose, install, and use Linux. It’s particularly good at demystifying the Linux jargon.
Chapters cover:
- What is Linux – this chapter explains what’s an operating system, what is UNIX, and how Linux differs from UNIX.
- Why Linux – What are the Benefits?
- Choosing a Linux Distribution – discusses distributions including live distributions and offers a few handy links to places where you can find out information about others.
- Preparing to Install Linux – deals with determining what you need to do to prepare for installation of Linux, including ensuring all your hardware will work with Linux. It also covers how different distributions work with package management.
- Installing Linux (Ubuntu) – offers a complete step-by-step guide to installing Ubuntu, a popular Linux distribution.
- How do I get software for Linux? – explains how software is distributed, dependencies, using binary packages, and obtaining software that comes with the distribution.
- How do I install software? – covers installing .RPM, .DEB packages and tar.gz files. It shows the reader how to install software with the Synaptic Package Manager, and using apt-get and yum at the command line.
- Using Linux Every Day – find out how to do all the things you want to do with your computer. From listening to music, watching TV, using office software and even playing games, this chapter covers all the standard desktop uses of a home or small office PC.
The book then moves on to a selection of tips. The author’s website offers many more tips.
- How to put a Linux ISO onto a USB stick and make it bootable on a Mac.
- How to mount a USB stick as a non-root user with write permission.
- Convert images at the command line with ImageMagick.
- What is X, XFree, XOrg, or X Windows?
- How to automatically make your Windows drives become available to Linux on startup.
- How to read and write to Windows NTFS drives as any user.
- How to use a Mac to create a Linux Live USB Stick and Boot it.
- How to install Linux on a Macintosh computer.
- SysAdmin Tips.
- Command Line Interface.
- Files, Directories and the Linux Filing System.
- How to Mount Windows or Samba Shares.
- Disable logging in with the root account.
- Quick tip: Add a user to the sudoers group.
- Adding users to groups.
- How to set up SSH keys.
- SysAdmin Tips: ViM text editor 101 guide.
- What is Docker (and Linux containers?)
- Running a command against every line in a text file.
- Monitoring network bandwidth, CPU and memory effectively.
- How to tar files up, excluding certain files or directories.
- Analyzing system performance with ‘top’.
What the book lacks in typesetting quality it compensates with its content and clarity.
Author: Alistair J. Ross
Pages: 154
Format: PDF
License: Not published under an open source license.
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Seems like this book is no longer free. This links to a oreilly page but not to where you can download this book. There are links to buy the book. But not to download it. Seems like is not free anymore.
We’ve contacted the publisher about the 2 O’Reilly books. When any information is received, we’ll update accordingly.