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Tables of Contents for Linux for Dummies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
8
About This Book
1
1
Foolish Assumptions
2
1
Conventions Used in This Book
2
2
Typing code
2
1
Keystrokes and such
3
1
How This Book Is Organized
4
2
Part I: Introducing Linux
5
1
Part II: Installing Linux
5
1
Part III: Using Linux
5
1
Part IV: Maintaining Your System
5
1
Part V: Going Online
5
1
Part VI: The Part of Tens
6
1
Part VII: Appendixes
6
1
What You're Not to Read
6
1
Icons in This Book
6
1
Where to Go from Here
7
2
Part I: Introducing Linux
9
22
Chapter 1: Linux and You
11
6
Free as in Freedom
11
2
Using Linux in Different Ways
13
4
Personal workstation
13
1
File and print server
14
1
Internet/intranet service provider
14
1
Three-tier client/server
15
1
Turnkey system
16
1
Chapter 2: Accessorizing Linux
17
14
Distributions and Compendiums
17
2
Free or Not?
19
2
Character-Cell or Graphical?
21
1
Text Editors
22
3
Character-cell text editors
22
1
Graphical text editors
23
1
Commercial text editors
24
1
Mail Interfaces
25
4
Character-cell interfaces
25
2
Graphical mail interfaces
27
1
Commercial mail interfaces
27
2
Multimedia Programs
29
2
Part II: Installing Linux
31
96
Chapter 3: Discovering What's in Your System
33
18
Hardware Supported by Linux
34
2
Finding Out What You Have
36
1
The Information You Need to Know
37
3
Disk controllers
38
1
Disk drives
38
2
Getting Information from Windows 95
40
6
Getting Information from MS-DOS or Windows 3.1
46
3
Leave a Trail of Bread Crumbs
49
2
Chapter 4: Making Room for Linux
51
12
Installing from a CD-ROM
51
3
Making boot and supplemental disks in MS-DOS
52
1
Making boot and supplemental disks in Linux
53
1
Move Over and Make Room for Linux
54
9
Nondestructive repartitioning
54
1
Defragmenting
55
2
FIPS
57
2
Destructive repartitioning
59
4
Chapter 5: Installation: Down to the Final Stretch
63
44
Beginning the Installation
63
6
Choosing a Disk Partitioning Tool
69
16
Slicing and dicing your disk with the Disk Druid
71
4
Making life difficult with fdisk
75
1
Viewing partitions
76
1
Deleting partitions
77
1
Creating a partition
78
2
Creating multiple partitions
80
1
Changing partition types
80
3
Changing the boot designation
83
2
Saving the partition table and exiting fdisk
85
1
Making the Perfect File System
85
17
Formatting partitions
86
1
Installing Linux components
87
1
Configuring your mouse
88
1
Configuring X Window System
89
5
Configuring your system for networking
94
1
Setting the system clock
95
1
Setting up services for Linux
96
1
Installing a printer
97
3
Choosing a creative root password
100
1
Creating a boot disk
101
1
Pulling Linux Up by the Bootstraps
102
2
Tada! Completing the Installation
104
3
Chapter 6: Solving Problems with the X Window System Installation
107
12
Discovering Your Hardware's True Identity
107
2
Running SuperProbe
109
1
Configuration Conflagration
110
5
Start Your Engines
115
2
It Worked!
117
1
Shutting Down the System
117
2
Chapter 7: Using Linux for the First Time
119
8
Giving Linux the Boot
119
1
Power Incarnate
120
2
Creating a General Account with X Window System
122
3
Creating a General Account without X Window System
125
1
Ending Your First Session
126
1
Part III: Using Linux
127
102
Chapter 8: Working with Files and Commands
129
22
Linux File Facts
129
4
Files 101
130
1
File types
130
2
Files and directories
132
1
Directories and subdirectories
132
1
The root directory
132
1
What's in a name?
132
1
Home again
133
1
Getting Around with pwd and cd
133
3
Where am I?
133
1
Every directory has a parent and lots of relatives
134
1
Changing your working directory
135
1
Going home
136
1
Using cat to Create and Add to Files
136
3
Manipulating Files and Directories
139
4
Creating directories
139
1
Moving and copying files and directories
140
2
Removing files
142
1
Removing directories
143
1
I Grant You Permission
143
2
Making Your Own Rules
145
2
Have It Your Way
147
2
Oh Danny Boy, the Pipes
149
2
Chapter 9: Working with Editors
151
18
Text Editor Basics
151
2
Two for one
152
1
Saving yourself
153
1
Working with ed
153
6
Some ed commands
155
2
ed tu, Brutus?
157
2
Here's vi
159
5
Moving around in a file
161
1
Deleting and moving text
162
1
Controlling the environment
163
1
Some vi commands
163
1
xedit, the Simple Editor
164
4
What about emacs?
168
1
Chapter 10: Avoiding Shell Shock
169
28
Bashing Ahead!
170
10
Linux is at your command
171
1
Regular expressions: wildcards and one-eyed jacks
171
1
I command you
172
3
History, herstory
175
1
Bang-bang
176
1
Back to the future
177
1
Do what I want, not what I said
177
3
Your Wish Is My Command
180
4
From the Simple to the Sublime
184
10
Passing information to your shell
187
3
First, the conditions
190
1
Putting your ideas together
191
3
Multitasking
194
3
Chapter 11: Windows on the World
197
16
The Amazing X Window System
197
3
But I don't do windows!
198
1
With these smarts, why should I play dumb?
199
1
Now the good stuff!
199
1
Two interfaces in one
200
1
Starting X Window System
200
4
Window Tricks
204
4
Moving day
205
1
Resizing to your heart's content
206
1
Making a molehill out of a mountain
207
1
Making a mountain out of a molehill
207
1
Virtual Work on Your Virtual Desk
208
4
Bye, Window
212
1
Stopping X Window System
212
1
Chapter 12: Calendars, Calculators, and Music Makers
213
16
Your Linux Calendar
213
3
Your Linux Calculator
216
3
Your Sound System
219
10
The world's most intelligent music machine
222
4
Xmixer: Sounds for the rest of us
226
3
Part IV: Maintaining Your System
229
34
Chapter 13: File System Management
231
16
Mounting and Dismounting
232
7
The command syntax
232
1
Sleuthing for other file users
233
1
Configuring file systems
234
5
Reforming Corrupted File Systems
239
1
Adding More Disk Storage
240
1
Adding a Disk Drive
241
3
Configuring a drive
242
1
Installing a drive
242
1
Partitioning a drive
243
1
Making the file system
244
1
Living with Floppy Disks
244
2
Configuring a CD-ROM Drive
246
1
Chapter 14: Customizing Linux
247
16
Tuning Your Linux System
247
5
You can never have enough memory
247
1
Real versus virtual memory
248
1
Do I have enough RAM?
248
1
Measuring performance with vmstat
249
1
Measuring performance with procinfo
250
2
Enhancing Disk Performance
252
4
Sync or swim
253
3
Multiple swap partitions
256
1
Kernel Building
256
7
Tailoring a kernel for your processor
256
3
Instructions and data not needed
259
1
Finishing the kernel rebuild
260
3
Part V: Going Online
263
30
Chapter 15: Setting Up Your Internet Connection
265
14
The Search for an ISP
265
2
Connecting Your Modem
267
4
Types of modems
268
1
Finding the serial line
268
3
Using modemtool(8)
271
1
Setting Up the Networking Software
271
7
Fire It Up!
278
1
Chapter 16: Surfing the Web
279
14
Customizing Netscape
279
7
Ready, Set, Go!
286
3
Getting E-Mail
289
2
Sending E-Mail
291
2
Part VI: The Part of Tens
293
20
Chapter 17: Ten Sources of Help
295
10
Books and More Books
295
1
Linux HOWTOs
296
1
School Days
297
1
In the News
297
1
User Groups
297
1
Bring in the Cavalry
298
1
Commercial Applications
299
1
Visit Web Sites
300
1
Attend Conferences
300
2
Linux Kongress
301
1
Linux Expo
301
1
USENIX/FREENIX
301
1
CeBIT
301
1
Comdex
301
1
IDG's Linux World
302
1
Try to Help Others
302
3
Chapter 18: Ten Problem Areas and Solutions
305
8
I Can't Boot Linux Anymore
305
1
My Disk Numbers Have Changed Since Installation
306
1
My CD-ROM Isn't Detected
307
1
I Don't Know How to Remove LILO and Restore My MBR
307
1
I Can't Use LILO to Boot
308
1
The Is Command Doesn't Show Files in Color
309
1
Linux Can't Find a Shell Script (Or a Program)
309
1
When I Start X Window System, I See a Grey Screen
310
1
I Don't Know How to Make X Window System Start at Boot Time
311
1
I Never Seem to Have the Correct Time
312
1
Part VII: Appendixes
313
30
Appendix A: Hardware Compatibility
315
12
Hardware Architectures
316
1
Laptops
316
1
SMP Systems
317
1
Memory
317
1
Video
317
1
Hard Drive Controllers
318
1
Serial, Parallel, and Joystick Interfaces
319
1
Other Controllers (Multiport)
319
2
Nonintelligent cards
320
1
Intelligent cards
320
1
Network adapters
320
1
Sound cards
321
1
Tape Drives
321
1
CD-ROM Drives
322
1
CD-Writers
322
1
Modems
322
1
Mice
322
1
Printers and Plotters
323
1
Scanners
323
1
Touch Screens
324
1
Video Capture Boards, Frame Grabbers, and TV Tuners
324
1
UPS and Miscellaneous Devices
324
1
PCMCIA Cards
325
2
Appendix B: The Linux man Pages
327
14
Using the man Command
327
1
Sections in the man Pages
328
1
Topics in the man Pages
329
9
Name
329
1
Synopsis
330
1
Description
331
1
Options
331
1
Environmental variables
332
1
Diagnostics
333
1
Bugs/Deficiencies
334
1
Compatibility issues
334
1
Caveats
334
1
Disclaimers
334
1
Authors
334
1
Acknowledgments
334
1
Debugging options
335
1
Configuration files
335
1
Copyrights
335
1
Copying permissions/distribution policy
335
1
POSIX compatibility/standards conformance
336
1
Files
337
1
Future work
337
1
See also/related software
337
1
Finding the Right man Page
338
3
Appendix C: About the CD
341
2
System Requirements
341
1
Using the CD
341
1
What You'll Find
342
1
If You Have Problems (Of the CD Kind)
342
1
Index
343
16
IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement
359
2
Installation Instructions
361
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