Linux Guide for Beginners

Contents:

• About Control-Escape
  • Our Mission
  • Why Call It Control-Escape?
  • Is Control-Escape for Me?
  • Who’s Behind Control-Escape?
• 0. Background
  • What is Free/Libre, Open Source Software?
  • What is an Operating System?
  • What is Linux?
• 1. Introduction to Linux
  • Bootstrap – A Starter for the Impatient
  • The Linux (Virtual) File System
  • Linux Command Line Basics
  • Users and Groups
  • Installing Software on Linux
  • Editing Files with Emacs
  • Editing files with vi
• 2. Becoming Proficient
  • Managing Linux Software with APT and dpkg
  • Managing Linux Software With yum and rpm
  • Managing Software with urpm
  • Compiling Linux Software from Source Code
  • Where did the files go?
  • Adding File Systems to the Tree
• 3. System Administration
  • Partitions: Planning Your Linux Installation
  • Choosing a Boot Loader
  • Configuring LILO, the Linux Loader
  • Linux Installation, Step by Step
  • Networking Windows & Linux
  • Configuring Apache 2 on Debian, Ubuntu