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><A
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>Introduction</A
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>1. <A
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>Why this guide?</A
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>2. <A
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>Who should read this book?</A
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>3. <A
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>New versions and availability</A
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>4. <A
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>Revision History</A
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>5. <A
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>Contributions</A
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>6. <A
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>Feedback</A
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>7. <A
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>Copyright information</A
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>8. <A
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>What do you need?</A
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>9. <A
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>Conventions used in this document</A
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>10. <A
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>Organization of this document</A
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>1. <A
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>What is Linux?</A
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>1.1. <A
HREF="sect_01_01.html"
>History</A
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>1.2. <A
HREF="sect_01_02.html"
>The user interface</A
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>1.3. <A
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>Does Linux have a future?</A
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>1.4. <A
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>Properties of Linux</A
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>1.5. <A
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>Linux Flavors</A
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>1.6. <A
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>Summary</A
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>1.7. <A
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>Exercises</A
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>2. <A
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>Quickstart</A
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>2.1. <A
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>Logging in, activating the user interface and
logging out</A
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>2.2. <A
HREF="sect_02_02.html"
>Absolute basics</A
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>2.3. <A
HREF="sect_02_03.html"
>Getting help</A
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>2.4. <A
HREF="sect_02_04.html"
>Summary</A
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>2.5. <A
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>Exercises</A
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>3. <A
HREF="chap_03.html"
>About files and the file system</A
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>3.1. <A
HREF="sect_03_01.html"
>General overview of the Linux file system</A
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><DT
>3.2. <A
HREF="sect_03_02.html"
>Orientation in the file system</A
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><DT
>3.3. <A
HREF="sect_03_03.html"
>Manipulating files</A
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>3.4. <A
HREF="sect_03_04.html"
>File security</A
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>3.5. <A
HREF="sect_03_05.html"
>Summary</A
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>3.6. <A
HREF="sect_03_06.html"
>Exercises</A
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>4. <A
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>Processes</A
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>4.1. <A
HREF="sect_04_01.html"
>Processes inside out</A
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>4.2. <A
HREF="sect_04_02.html"
>Boot process, Init and shutdown</A
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>4.3. <A
HREF="sect_04_03.html"
>Managing processes</A
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>4.4. <A
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>Scheduling processes</A
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>4.5. <A
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>Summary</A
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>4.6. <A
HREF="sect_04_06.html"
>Exercises</A
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>5. <A
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>I/O redirection</A
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>5.1. <A
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>Simple redirections</A
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>5.2. <A
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>Advanced redirection features</A
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>5.3. <A
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>Filters</A
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>5.4. <A
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>Summary</A
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>5.5. <A
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>Exercises</A
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>6. <A
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>Text editors</A
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>6.1. <A
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>Text editors</A
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>6.2. <A
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>Using the Vim editor</A
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>6.3. <A
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>Linux in the office</A
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>6.4. <A
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>Summary</A
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>6.5. <A
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>7. <A
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>Home sweet /home</A
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>7.1. <A
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>General good housekeeping</A
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>Your text environment</A
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>7.3. <A
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>The graphical environment</A
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>7.4. <A
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>Region specific settings</A
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>Installing new software</A
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>7.6. <A
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>Printers and printing</A
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>Printing files</A
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>The server side</A
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>8.3. <A
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>Print problems</A
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>8.4. <A
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>Summary</A
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>8.5. <A
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>Exercises</A
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>9. <A
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>Fundamental Backup Techniques</A
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>9.1. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>9.2. <A
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>Moving your data to a backup device</A
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>9.3. <A
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>Using rsync</A
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>9.4. <A
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>Encryption</A
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>9.5. <A
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>10. <A
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>Networking</A
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>10.1. <A
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>Network configuration and information</A
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>Internet/Intranet applications</A
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>Remote execution of applications</A
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>10.5. <A
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>Security</A
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>10.6. <A
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>Summary</A
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>10.7. <A
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>Exercises</A
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>Sound and Video</A
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>11.1. <A
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>Audio Basics</A
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>11.2. <A
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>Sound and video playing</A
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>11.3. <A
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>Video playing, streams and television watching</A
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>11.4. <A
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>Internet Telephony</A
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>11.5. <A
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>Summary</A
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>11.6. <A
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>A. <A
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>Where to go from here?</A
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>A.1. <A
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>Useful Books</A
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><DT
>A.2. <A
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>Useful sites</A
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>B. <A
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>DOS versus Linux commands</A
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>C. <A
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>Shell Features</A
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>C.1. <A
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>Common features</A
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>C.2. <A
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>Differing features</A
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>Glossary</A
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>1. <A
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>Typographic and usage conventions</A
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>2-1. <A
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>Quickstart commands</A
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HREF="sect_02_02.html#tab_02_02"
>Key combinations in Bash</A
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>2-3. <A
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>New commands in chapter 2: Basics</A
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>3-1. <A
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>File types in a long list</A
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>3-2. <A
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>Subdirectories of the root directory</A
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>3-3. <A
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>Most common configuration files</A
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>3-4. <A
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>Common devices</A
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>3-5. <A
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>Color-ls default color scheme</A
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>3-6. <A
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>Default suffix scheme for ls</A
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>3-7. <A
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>Access mode codes</A
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>3-8. <A
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>User group codes</A
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>3-9. <A
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>File protection with chmod</A
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><DT
>3-10. <A
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>New commands in chapter 3: Files and the file system</A
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>3-11. <A
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>File permissions</A
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><DT
>4-1. <A
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>Controlling processes</A
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><DT
>4-2. <A
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>Common signals</A
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><DT
>4-3. <A
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>New commands in chapter 4: Processes</A
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><DT
>5-1. <A
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>New commands in chapter 5: I/O redirection</A
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><DT
>7-1. <A
HREF="sect_07_02.html#AEN7272"
>Common environment variables</A
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><DT
>7-2. <A
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>New commands in chapter 7: Making yourself at home</A
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><DT
>8-1. <A
HREF="sect_08_05.html#AEN8887"
>New commands in chapter 8: Printing</A
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><DT
>9-1. <A
HREF="sect_09_05.html#AEN9615"
>New commands in chapter 9: Backup</A
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><DT
>10-1. <A
HREF="sect_10_01.html#layered_model"
>The simplified OSI Model</A
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><DT
>10-2. <A
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>New commands in chapter 10: Networking</A
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><DT
>11-1. <A
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>New commands in chapter 11: Audio</A
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><DT
>B-1. <A
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>Overview of DOS/Linux commands</A
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><DT
>C-1. <A
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>Common Shell Features</A
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><DT
>C-2. <A
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>Differing Shell Features</A
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><DT
>1. <A
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>Introduction to Linux front cover</A
></DT
><DT
>1-1. <A
HREF="sect_01_03.html#AEN479"
>OpenOffice MS-compatible Spreadsheet</A
></DT
><DT
>2-1. <A
HREF="sect_02_01.html#AEN819"
>Terminal window</A
></DT
><DT
>2-2. <A
HREF="sect_02_03.html#AEN1381"
>Konqueror as help browser</A
></DT
><DT
>3-1. <A
HREF="sect_03_01.html#AEN1977"
>Linux file system layout</A
></DT
><DT
>3-2. <A
HREF="sect_03_03.html#AEN3699"
>Hard and soft link mechanism</A
></DT
><DT
>4-1. <A
HREF="sect_04_01.html#AEN4957"
>Fork-and-exec mechanism</A
></DT
><DT
>4-2. <A
HREF="sect_04_03.html#AEN5442"
>Can't you go faster?</A
></DT
><DT
>4-3. <A
HREF="sect_04_03.html#AEN5639"
>Gnome System Monitor</A
></DT
><DT
>8-1. <A
HREF="sect_08_03.html#AEN8864"
>Printer Status through web interface</A
></DT
><DT
>9-1. <A
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>Floppy formatter</A
></DT
><DT
>10-1. <A
HREF="sect_10_04.html#AEN10332"
>Evolution mail and news reader</A
></DT
><DT
>10-2. <A
HREF="sect_10_04.html#AEN10492"
>X-Chat</A
></DT
><DT
>10-3. <A
HREF="sect_10_05.html#AEN10847"
>SSH X11 forwarding</A
></DT
><DT
>11-1. <A
HREF="sect_11_02.html#AEN11486"
>XMMS mp3 player</A
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