The book is organized in a way that enables you to start off at the very beginning
with Linux, but still grow to the point where you can get going with some powerful server
and programming features, if you care to.
Part I assumes that someone has set up a Linux system in front of you. So after ???Starting with
Linux??? in Chapter 1, you learn the basics of how to
Use the shell (Chapter 2)
Work with your graphical desktop (Chapter 3)
In Part II, you learn how to
Do basic administration (Chapter 4)
Connect to the Internet (Chapter 5)
Secure your Linux system (Chapter 6)
If you don??™t have Linux installed yet, this book helps you out in a big way: The companion DVD
and CD include a variety of Linux distributions you can try. Part III (Chapters 7 through 19)
describes each of those distributions and how to run them live or install them.
In Part IV, you learn to get some fun and useful features going in Linux so that you can
Play music and video (Chapter 20)
Write documents and work with graphics (Chapter 21)
Use Web browsers and e-mail clients (Chapter 22)
Play games (Chapter 23)
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Linux creates powerful servers, and in Part V you learn to
Set up a Web server using Apache, MySQL, and PHP in Linux (Chapter 24)
Run a mail server (Chapter 25)
Share printers with a CUPS print server (Chapter 26)
Share files with a Samba or NFS file server (Chapter 27)
If you are coming to Linux for its programming environment, Part VI provides chapters that describe
Programming environments and interfaces (Chapter 28)
Programming tools and utilities (Chapter 29)
In addition, Appendix A tells you what??™s on the DVD and CD, how to install from the DVD or
CD, and how to burn additional installation CDs from the software that comes with this book.
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