Running Linux

by Dalheimer, Matthias Kalle

• ISBN13: 9780596007607
• ISBN10: 0596007604
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Because this classic book contains everything that beginning to intermediate users need to understand, install, and start using the Linux operating system, Running Linux is recommended by knowledgeable users more than any other Linux guide. The fifth edition is greatly expanded to present Linux as an all-around system for everyday use, including such new topics as the OpenOffice.org and KOffice office suites, cross-platform application use with Wine and FreeNX, image processing through the Gimp, secure mail with GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), instant messaging, and games. There is also expanded and modernised material on the use of the GNOME and KDE desktops, system administration, audio, mail, package management on several systems, and software upgrade services. Networking topics including Samba and NFS file- sharing, CUPS printing, and simple LAMP web publishing are covered as well.

Author Biography

Matthias Kalle Dalheimer is the President & CEO of Klaralvdalens Datakonsult AB, a Sweden-based consultancy specializing in platform-independent software solutions. He is also a founding member of the KDE project and the current president of the KDE foundation. Kalle has written numerous books for O'Reilly, both in English and in his native German, including "Running Linux" and "Programming with Qt". In his spare time, he enjoys cross-country skiing and reading history books. Kalle lives with his wife Tanja and his two sons Jan and Tim in the middle of the forest near Hagfors in the Swedish province of Varmland.

Matt Welsh is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. His current research focuses on wireless sensor networks, including operating systems design, distributed systems, networking, and parallel computing. Matt is a long-time Linux advocate and developer, a role in which he has fielded questions from thousands of Linux users over the years. He was the original coordinator of the Linux Documentation Project and author of the original "Linux Installation and Getting Started" guide. He completed his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Part I. Enjoying and Being Productive on Linux
Introduction to Linux	3	(31)
About This Book	5	(1)
Who's Using Linux?	6	(2)
System Features	8	(14)
About Linux's Copyright	22	(3)
Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux	25	(5)
Sources of Linux Information	30	(2)
Getting Help	32	(2)
Preinstallation and Installation	34	(33)
Distributions of Linux	34	(3)
Preparing to Install Linux	37	(12)
Post-Installation Procedures	49	(4)
Running into Trouble	53	(14)
Desktop Environments	67	(35)
Why Use a Graphical Desktop?	67	(1)
The K Desktop Environment	68	(11)
KDE Applications	79	(9)
The GNOME Desktop Environment	88	(6)
GNOME Applications	94	(8)
Basic Unix Commands and Concepts	102	(33)
Logging In	103	(1)
Setting a Password	104	(1)
Virtual Consoles	105	(1)
Popular Commands	105	(5)
Shells	110	(1)
Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work	111	(1)
Typing Shortcuts	112	(2)
Filename Expansion	114	(2)
Saving Your Output	116	(3)
What Is a Command?	119	(1)
Putting a Command in the Background	120	(1)
Remote Logins and Command Execution	121	(2)
Manual Pages	123	(2)
Startup Files	125	(2)
Important Directories	127	(1)
Basic Text Editing	128	(1)
Advanced Shells and Shell Scripting	129	(6)
Web Browsers and Instant Messaging	135	(14)
The World Wide Web	135	(7)
Instant Messaging	142	(7)
Electronic Mail Clients	149	(18)
Using KMail	150	(6)
Using Mozilla Mail & News	156	(1)
Getting the Mail to Your Computer with fetchmail	157	(2)
OpenPGP Encryption with GnuPG	159	(8)
Games	167	(27)
Gaming	167	(1)
Quake III	168	(5)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	173	(4)
Unreal Tournament 2004	177	(5)
Emulators	182	(6)
Frozen Bubble	188	(2)
Tux Racer	190	(4)
Office Suites and Personal Productivity	194	(83)
Using OpenOffice	194	(46)
KOffice	240	(8)
Other Word Processors	248	(2)
Synching PDAs	250	(4)
Groupware	254	(6)
Managing Your Finances	260	(17)
Multimedia	277	(58)
Multimedia Concepts	278	(5)
Kernel and Driver Issues	283	(7)
Embedded and Other Multimedia Devices	290	(1)
Desktop Environments	290	(2)
Windows Compatibility	292	(1)
Multimedia Applications	292	(36)
Multimedia Toolkits and Development Environments	328	(2)
Solutions to Common Problems	330	(2)
References	332	(3)
Part II. System Administration
System Administration Basics	335	(49)
Maintaining the System	336	(4)
Managing Filesystems	340	(19)
Managing Swap Space	359	(4)
The /proc Filesystem	363	(3)
Device Files	366	(3)
Scheduling Recurring Jobs Using cron	369	(5)
Executing Jobs Once	374	(1)
Managing System Logs	375	(3)
Processes	378	(4)
Programs That Serve You	382	(2)
Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions	384	(17)
Managing User Accounts	384	(10)
File Ownership and Permissions	394	(3)
Changing the Owner, Group, and Permissions	397	(4)
Installing, Updating, and Compiling Programs	401	(39)
Upgrading Software	401	(2)
General Upgrade Procedure	403	(10)
Automated and Bulk Upgrades	413	(7)
Upgrading Software Not Provided in Packages	420	(9)
Archive and Compression Utilities	429	(11)
Networking	440	(44)
Networking with TCP/IP	440	(20)
Dial-Up PPP	460	(8)
PPP over ISDN	468	(9)
ADSL	477	(1)
Cable Modems	478	(1)
Network Diagnostics Tools	479	(5)
Printing	484	(38)
Printing	484	(8)
Managing Print Services	492	(30)
File Sharing	522	(49)
Sharing Files with Windows Systems (Samba)	523	(39)
NFS and NIS Configuration	562	(9)
The X Window System	571	(19)
A History of X	571	(1)
X Concepts	572	(1)
Hardware Requirements	573	(2)
Installing X.org	575	(1)
Configuring X.org	576	(8)
Running X	584	(1)
Running into Trouble	584	(2)
X and 3D	586	(4)
System Start and Shutdown	590	(18)
Booting the System	590	(8)
System Startup and Initialization	598	(6)
Single-User Mode	604	(1)
Shutting Down the System	605	(1)
A Graphical Runlevel Editor: KSysV	606	(2)
Configuring and Building the Kernel	608	(19)
Building a New Kernel	609	(12)
Loadable Device Drivers	621	(5)
Loading Modules Automatically	626	(1)
Text Editing	627	(30)
Editing Files Using vi	627	(11)
The (X)Emacs Editor	638	(19)
Text Processing	657	(24)
TeX and LaTeX	658	(5)
XML and DocBook	663	(5)
Groff	668	(4)
Texinfo	672	(9)
Part III. Programming
Programming Tools	681	(87)
Programming with gcc	682	(11)
Makefiles	693	(11)
Debugging with gdb	704	(17)
Useful Utilities for C Programmers	721	(22)
Using Perl	743	(8)
Java	751	(3)
Python	754	(6)
Other Languages	760	(2)
Introduction to OpenGL Programming	762	(4)
Integrated Development Environments	766	(2)
Running a Web Server	768	(8)
Configuring Your Own Web Server	768	(8)
Transporting and Handling Email Messages	776	(21)
The Postfix MTA	778	(9)
Procmail	787	(7)
Filtering Spam	794	(3)
Running an FTP Server	797	(12)
Introduction	797	(1)
Compiling and Installing	797	(3)
Running ProFTPD	800	(1)
Configuration	800	(9)
Part IV. Network Services
Running Web Applications with MySQL and PHP	809	(19)
MySQL	811	(8)
PHP	819	(5)
The LAMP Server in Action	824	(4)
Running a Secure System	828	(22)
A Perspective on System Security	828	(2)
Initial Steps in Setting Up a Secure System	830	(4)
TCP Wrapper Configuration	834	(3)
Firewalls: Filtering IP Packets	837	(12)
SELinux	849	(1)
Backup and Recovery	850	(15)
Making Backups	850	(9)
What to Do in an Emergency	859	(6)
Heterogeneous Networking and Running Windows Programs	865	(42)
Sharing Partitions	867	(4)
Emulation and Virtual Operating Systems	871	(16)
Remote Desktop Access to Windows Programs	887	(15)
FreeNX: Linux as a Remote Desktop Server	902	(5)
Appendix: Sources of Linux Information	907	(6)
Index	913