Overview

Slackware Creator Patrick Volkerding Shows You How to Build Your Own System Harness the power of Linux with step-by-step explanations straight from the creator of one of its most popular distributions. Complete with Slackware 3.5 and new coverage of specific installation and configuration topics, Linux® Configuration and Installation, 4th Edition brings you everything you need, short of a PC, to get you up and running in no time. Inside, You''ll Learn How to:
  • Prepare your PC for Linux
  • Install and configure Linux for your system
  • Set up XFree86
  • Master the basic Linux tools and applications
  • Manage your system for maximum performance
  • Leverage resources with a Linux network
  • Expand your system with telecommunications capabilities
  • Connect to the Internet with Linux
  • Develop Linux applications using C, Make, Java, Tcl, Perl, and Gawk
Get Slackware 3.5 Free, including:
  • Kernels for most major PC hardware configurations -- including support for IDE/EIDE, SCSI, PCMCIA cards, tape drives, sound boards, network cards, Jaz and Zip drives, and CD-ROMs
  • Full set of installation tools -- including easy-to-use menus and tools for upgrading
  • Three installation methods -- traditional Linux installation via bootdisks and rootdisks, direct installation onto a Zip drive or other DOS partition, and direct installation from the bootable installation CD-ROM
  • Complete installation of XFree86 3.3.2 system -- including installation and configuration utilities, window managers (fvwm, fvwm-95, twm, olvwm), and X servers for most graphics cards
  • Full TCP/IP connectivity for the Internet, corporate networks, and intranets
  • Netscape Communicator, with Web-browsing, electronic-mail, collaborative, and newsgroup capabilities
  • Complete ANSI C and C++ programming suites
  • Various Unix shells -- including the Bourne Again Shell (bash), tcsh, and more
  • Tools for connecting your PC to the Internet and to online services with PPP, SLIP, CSLIP, UUCP, dip, mailx, and dialup serial programs
  • Other Internet applications -- including electronic mail (pine and elm), Web browsers (Arena and Lynx), Usenet newsreaders (cnews, nn, tin, trn, and inn) and FTP
  • All major GNU commands and applications -- including GNU Emacs 20.2
  • Multimedia tools for working with images files and MIME
  • Internet servers -- including the Apache HTTP Web server, sendmail, and an FTP server
  • Terminal applications -- including Midnight Commander and the sc spreadsheet
  • A full set of programming tools -- egcs-1.0.3 (gcc-2.8 based C/C++/f77/Objective-C compiler from egcs.cygnus.com), make (GNU and BSD), byacc and GNU bison, flex, 5.4.44 C libraries, gdb, SVGAlib, ncurses, gcl (LISP), p2c, m4, perl, python, rcs
  • Text-editing and text-formatting tools -- including elvis, vm, jed, joe, jove, pico, gross TeX, info) as well as hundreds of fonts
  • Full suite of X Window applications -- including Ghostscript, xlock, libgr, seyon, workman, xfilemanager, xv 3.10a, GNU chess and xboard, xfm 1.3.2, ghostview, gnuplot, xpaint, xfractint, and various X games.
  • Support for iBCS, which allow binaries created on other x86 UNIX variants to run under Linux
  • X Window programming and usage tools -- X11 server linkkit, static libraries, PEX support, xview3.2p1-X11R6 (XView libraries), the Open Look virtual and nonvirtual window managers for XFree86
  • Various applications and add-ons -- the manual pages, groff, ispell, joe, jed, jove, ghostscript, sc, bc, and the quota patches
  • A collection of FAQs and other documentation
  • Tcl, Tk, and TcIX, built with ELF shared libraries and dynamic loading support, as well as the TkDesk file manager
  • The BSD games collection -- Koules, Lizards, and Sasteroids
Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like--free--but they have no technical support.
ISBN-13

9780764570056

ISBN-10

0764570056

Weight

2.20 Pounds

Dimensions

7.14 x 1.46 x 9.00 In

List Price

$39.99

Edition

4th Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

600 pages

Publisher

Wiley

Published On

1998-09-24


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