How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know
by Brian Ward
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How Linux Works describes the inside of the Linux system for systems administrators, whether they maintain an extensive network in the office or one Linux box at home. After a guided tour of filesystems, the boot sequence, system management basics, and networking, author Brian Ward delves into topics such as development tools, custom kernels, and buying hardware. With a mixture of background theory and real-world examples, this book shows both how to administer Linux, and why each particular show more technique works, so that you will know how to make Linux work for you. show lessTags
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Contents In Detail
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Big Picture
2. Basic Commands And Directory Hierarchy
3. Devices
4. Disks And Filesystems
5. How The Linux Kernel Boots
6. How User Space Starts
7. System Configuration: Logging, System Time, Batch Jobs, And Users
8. A Closer Look At Processes And Resource Utilization
9. Understanding Your Network And Its Configuration
10. Network Applications And Services
11. Introduction To Shell Scripts
12. Moving Files Across The Network
13. User Environments
14. A Brief Survey Of The Linux Desktop
15. Development Tools
16. Introduction To Compiling Software From C Source Code
17. Building On The Basics
Bibliography
Index
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Brief Contents
Contents In Detail
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Big Picture
2. Basic Commands And Directory Hierarchy
3. Devices
4. Disks And Filesystems
5. How The Linux Kernel Boots
6. How User Space Starts
7. System Configuration: Logging, System Time, Batch Jobs, And Users
8. A Closer Look At Processes And Resource Utilization
9. Understanding Your Network And Its Configuration
10. Network Applications And Services
11. Introduction To Shell Scripts
12. Moving Files Across The Network
13. User Environments
14. A Brief Survey Of The Linux Desktop
15. Development Tools
16. Introduction To Compiling Software From C Source Code
17. Building On The Basics
Bibliography
Index
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Brian Ward has been working with Linux since 1993, when he scraped together enough pennies for a secondhand 386. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Chicago and currently lives in San Francisco
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- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 005.4 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality Systems programming and programs
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- QA76.76 .O63 .W3654 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science Computer software
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