UNIX For Dummies

by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young

Overview

• UNIX For Dummies has been the standard for beginning UNIX references for nearly ten years, and this latest edition continues that tradition of success
• This unparalled resource is updated to cover the latest applications of UNIX technology, including Linux and Mac desktops as well as how UNIX works with Microsoft server software
• Thorough coverage of how to handle UNIX installation, file management, software, utilities, networks, Internet access, and other basic tasks
• Aimed at the first-time UNIX desktop user growing accustomed to the ins and outs of the OS, as well as the beginning administrator who needs to get a handle on UNIX networking basics
• Written by John Levine and Margaret Levine Young, longtime UNIX experts and highly experienced For Dummies authors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118043905
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/23/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Margaret Levine Young and John R. Levine were members of a computer club in high school (this was before high school students, or even high schools, had computers). They came in contact with Theodor H. Nelson, the author of Computer Lib/Dream Machines and the inventor of hypertext, who fostered the idea that computers should not be taken seriously. He showed them that everyone can understand and use computers.

John wrote his first program in 1967 on an IBM 1130 (a computer roughly as powerful as your typical modern digital wristwatch, only more difficult to use). His first exposure to UNIX was while hanging out with friends in Princeton in 1974; he became an official UNIX system administrator at Yale in 1975. John began working part-time for Interactive Systems, the first commercial UNIX company, in 1977 and has been in and out of the UNIX biz ever since. He used to spend most of his time writing software, but now he mostly writes books (including The Internet For Dummies®, 5th Edition, UNIX® For Dummies®, 4th Edition and Internet Secrets®, published by IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.) because it's more fun, and he can do so at home in the tiny village of Trumansburg, New York. He also speaks on the Internet and related topics. He holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University, but please don't hold that against him. Gluttons for punishment can find out more at http://iecc.com/johnl.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
About This Book.
Conventions Used in This Book.
Foolish Assumptions.
How This Book Is Organized.
Part I: In the Beginning.
Part II: Some Basic Stuff.
Part III: Getting Things Done.
Part IV: UNIX and the Net.
Part V: Help!
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Icons Used in This Book.
Where to Go from Here.
Part I: In the Beginning.
Chapter 1: Log Me In, UNIX!
Chapter 2: What Is UNIX, Anyway?
Chapter 3: A Few Lines on Linux.
Part II: Some Basic Stuff.
Chapter 4: Opening Windows on UNIX.
Chapter 5: Files for Fun and Profit.
Chapter 6: Directories for Fun and Profit.
Chapter 7: The Shell Game.
Chapter 8: Where's That File?
Chapter 9: Printing (The Gutenberg Thing).
Part III: Getting Things Done.
Chapter 10: Writing Deathless Prose.
Chapter 11: Umpteen Useful UNIX Utilities.
Chapter 12: Installing Software Can Be Tricky.
Chapter 13: Juggling a Bunch of Programs.
Chapter 14: Taming Linux.
Part IV: UNIX and the Net.
Chapter 15: Your Computer Is Not Alone.
Chapter 16: Across a Crowded Network.
Chapter 17: Automating Your Office Gossip.
Chapter 18: Web Surfing for UNIX Users.
Chapter 19: Turbocharge Your Newsreading.
Chapter 20: Grabbing Files from the Net.
Chapter 21: Now Serving the Internet.
Part V: Help!
Chapter 22: Disaster Relief.
Chapter 23: The Case of the Missing Files.
Chapter 24: Some Programs Just Won't Die.
Chapter 25: "My Computer Hates Me".
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 26: Ten Common Mistakes.
Chapter 27: Ten Times More Information than You Want about UNIX.
Index.
Book Registration Information.

Editorial Reviews

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