Table of Contents
- Introduction to Operating Systems
- This section provides an introduction to basic operating system
principles from a Linux perspective. We talk
about processes, files and directories and the basics of how a user
interacts with the system.
- Linux Basics
- This section provides an overview of Linux as an operating system and as
a product. We discuss the key components
of what goes into the Linux operating system, as well as the key packages
that make up the more common distributions.
- Working With the System
- In this section we talk about user interaction with the system,
primarily from the command line. We go into the basics
of how the system perceives the input and how it reacts.
- Shells and Utilities
- Here we talk in detail about the traditional way users interact with the
system: the shell. We discuss some of the more
common utilities and how they can interact with the shell.
- Editing Files
- This section covers four of the most common methods of editing or
manipulating files: the vi editor, awk, sed and perl.
- Basic Administration
- In this section we talk about the basics of system administration. We
discuss user accounts, printing, starting and
stopping the system, making backups and other basic administrative
- The Operating System
- This section is a more detailed description of the Linux operating
system. We go into the internal of the kernel,
files and filesystems, and device nodes.
- The X Windowing System
- Here we go into the basics of the X Windowing System. This forms the
basis of all GUIs, such as KDE and Gnome.
- The Computer Itself
- This section talks about the computer hardware and peripherals. We also
cover how Linux interacts with the hardware.
- This section covers general network principles, including how TCP/IP
works. We also go into DNS, NFS and Samba.
- System Monitoring
- In this section, we talk about the various tools to find out about how
your system is configured and what it is doing
at the moment.
- Solving Problems
- Here we go through many different aspects of solving problems on your
systems. We cover the whole spectrum, from
solving problems yourself, to getting help from other sources.
- In the security section, we talk about protecting your system. This
ranges from making sure you use good passwords,
to official laws and guidelines.
- Installing and Upgrading
- Although newer distributions are typically "start-n-go" in terms of
installation, this section talks about many of the
issues that you can encounter, which would give you problems during an
install or upgrade.
- Linux and Windows
- This section discusses the topics concerning Linux and Windows
together. This includes information which helps you upgrade from Windows systems to Linux,
dual-booting Windows and Linux, sharing resources, virtual machines and remote display and beyond.
A quick introduction to using this site
This site is intended as a tutorial, not as step-by-step instructions or a place
to provide you links to every other Linux site on the Internet.
The material here is based on my book Linux User's Resource,
with a great many additions and I continue to add to the site almost daily.
Considering the scope of this information, it is possible (if not likely) that
there are mistakes in here. I am working on this site pretty much alone and when
time permits. I would greatly appreciate any corrections or comments you might
have. Even if you have something to say about the layout, appearance,
navigation, or anything else on the system,
let me know what you think!
Sometimes the spacing of paragraphs doesn't look right. This typically will
happen when there is a "Did You Know" entry right next to a short paragraph.
I am working on ways to avoid this, but
in the meantime some paragraphs may look at little odd. Sorry.
There seems to be a problem with Netscape 4.x and Overlib. In fact, there seems to be a
problem with Netscape, in general. Some of the things I could correct. However, the popups
don't seem to work correctly with Netscape. I am working on it.
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