Nearly all Linux distributions will let you configure
language-specific keyboards.
Root password and additional user??”Every Linux system that uses passwords will have
you add at least the root user??™s password when you install Linux. Some distributions will
require that you add at least one additional non-root user as well.
Besides the features just mentioned, every distribution needs to have some initial configuration
done before you have a fully functional Linux system. See Chapter 4 for information on basic
administrative tasks for Linux.
Installing from the Linux Bible CD or DVD
With the knowledge you??™ve gained in this chapter, you??™re ready to select a Linux distribution to
install. Read the descriptions of Linux distributions in the other chapters in Part II of this book.
Each chapter includes an ???On the DVD??? or ???On the CD??? icon box that tells you if the distribution
described there is on the CD or DVD or, if it isn??™t, where you can get it.
If you need more information about the CD or DVD, Appendix A describes the contents of those
discs. It also tells you which Linux distributions can be run live or used to install Linux permanently
to your hard disk from those two discs.
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Installing Linux 7
Summary
While every Linux distribution includes a different installation method, there are many common
activities you need to do, regardless of which Linux system you install.
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