Linux all-in-one
"Linux All-in-One For Dummies breaks down the ever-popular operating system to its basics and trains users on the art of Linux. This handy reference covers all the latest updates and operating system features. It presents content on Linux desktops, applications, and more. With eight books in on...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2022.
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| Edición: | Seventh edition |
| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009703308006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- 1 Getting Started with Linux
- Chapter 1 Introducing Linux
- What Is Linux?
- The Linux kernel
- System memory management
- Software program management
- Hardware management
- GNU utilities
- Linux user interfaces
- The X Window system
- The KDE Plasma desktop
- The GNOME desktop
- The command-line interface
- Linux Distributions: Why So Many?
- Core Linux distributions
- Specialized Linux distributions
- Chapter 2 Installing Linux
- Dual-Booting with Linux and Microsoft Windows
- Installing a second hard drive
- Partitioning an existing drive
- Partitioning using Windows tools
- Partitioning using Linux tools
- Finally, Finally, Before You Get Started
- Disabling the secure boot feature
- Creating a boot disk
- Creating a bootable DVD
- Creating a bootable USB stick
- Installing Ubuntu
- Your First Ubuntu Boot
- Chapter 3 Living in a Virtual World
- What Are Virtual Servers?
- Installing VirtualBox
- Creating a Linux Virtual Machine
- Installing Linux on a Virtual Machine
- Changing settings
- Loading the operating system
- Working with the sandbox
- The Machine menu
- The View menu
- The Input menu
- The Devices menu
- Chapter 4 Trying Out Linux
- Starting Linux
- Playing with the Shell
- Starting the bash shell
- Understanding shell commands
- Trying a few Linux commands
- Shutting Down
- Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Customizing Linux
- Using Text Mode Installation
- Lookin' for Trouble
- Using the kernel ring buffer
- Using log files
- Using the journal
- Resolving Other Installation Problems
- Using KNOPPIX boot commands
- Handling the fatal signal 11 error
- Getting around the PC reboot problem.
- Using Linux kernel boot options
- Setting Up Printers
- Managing DVDs, CD-ROMs, and Flash Drives
- Updating the Operating System
- Updating Ubuntu
- Updating openSUSE
- Installing New Software
- Adding applications
- Adding applications in Ubuntu
- Adding applications in openSUSE
- Adding packages
- The Synaptic Package Manager
- Installing with YaST2
- 2 Linux Desktops
- Chapter 1 The GNOME Desktop
- Looking at the History of GNOME
- Breaking Down the GNOME Desktop
- Menu, please!
- The desktop
- Exploring the Activities Overview
- Customizing Your Ride
- Chapter 2 The KDE Plasma Desktop
- The KDE Plasma Desktop
- The Application launcher
- The panel
- The desktop
- Using Widgets
- Adding widgets
- Getting more widgets
- Plasma System Settings
- Desktop Settings
- Chapter 3 Other Popular Desktops
- Spicing Things Up with Cinnamon
- Reviewing the history of Cinnamon
- Looking at the menu
- Changing settings
- Adding more spice
- Working with MATE
- The history of MATE
- Looking at the menu
- Changing desktop settings
- Applets
- The Xfce Desktop Interface
- The history of Xfce
- The Whisker menu
- Changing Xfce settings
- Applets
- Chapter 4 Linux Desktop Applications
- The LibreOffice Suite
- Browsing the Web with Firefox
- Configuring Firefox
- Communicating with Email
- Evolving into email
- Working with KMail
- Setting up KMail
- The amazing Thunderbird
- Listening to Audio
- Listening to downloaded music
- Amarok
- Rhythmbox
- Viewing Movie Files
- Creating and Modifying Graphics
- Chapter 5 The Linux File System
- Pieces of the Puzzle
- Touring the Linux File System
- The root of the tree
- Where removable media lives
- Managing Your File System without a Net (or Mouse)
- Viewing information about files on the command line
- Understanding file listing information.
- Comprehending file types
- Navigating the file system in Linux
- A Permissions Primer
- Checking out the triplets
- Beware of owners
- Hanging out in groups
- Clicking Your Way through the File System
- Using files
- Creating new directories
- Opening files and running programs
- Copying and moving files
- Deleting files and directories
- Taking out the trash
- Viewing and changing permissions
- Swimming with Dolphin
- Don't forget Xfce!
- Finding Things
- Chapter 6 Text Editors
- Viewing the Contents of a Text File
- Editing Text Files with nano
- Going with gedit
- Editing Text in the KDE Plasma Desktop
- Writing with KWrite
- Meet Kate
- Text Editing with ed and vi
- Using ed
- Using vi
- 3 Networking
- Chapter 1 Connecting to the Internet
- Understanding the Internet
- Deciding How to Connect to the Internet
- Connecting with DSL
- How DSL works
- DSL alphabet soup: ADSL, IDSL, SDSL
- Typical DSL setup
- Connecting with a Cable Modem
- How a cable modem works
- Typical cable modem setup
- Chapter 2 Setting Up a Local Area Network
- Understanding TCP/IP
- IP addresses
- Internet services and port numbers
- Setting Up an Ethernet LAN
- How Ethernet works
- Ethernet cables
- Configuring TCP/IP Networking
- Connecting Your LAN to the Internet
- Chapter 3 Going Wireless
- Understanding Wireless Ethernet Networks
- Understanding infrastructure and ad hoc modes
- Understanding wireless security
- Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
- Setting Up Wireless Hardware
- Configuring the Wireless Access Point
- Configuring Wireless Networks
- Chapter 4 Managing the Network
- Configuring Network Features
- Manually editing network configuration files
- Using a graphical tool
- Using a command-line tool
- NetworkManager command-line tools
- The iproute2 utilities.
- Basic Network Troubleshooting
- Advanced Network Troubleshooting
- 4 Administration
- Chapter 1 Working with the Shell
- Opening Terminal Windows and Virtual Consoles
- Using the Bash Shell
- Understanding the syntax of shell commands
- Working with files
- Combining shell commands
- Controlling command input and output
- Getting command input from a file
- Saving command output in a file
- Saving error messages in a file
- Going wild with asterisks and question marks
- Discovering and Using Linux Commands
- Becoming root (superuser)
- Managing processes
- Working with date and time
- Processing files
- Counting words and lines in a text file
- Sorting text files
- Substituting or deleting characters from a file
- Splitting a file into several smaller files
- Writing Shell Scripts
- Chapter 2 Introducing Basic System Administration
- Taking Stock of System Administration Tasks
- Becoming root
- Using the su - command
- Using the sudo command
- Understanding How Linux Boots
- Understanding the SysVinit method
- Examining the /etc/inittab file
- Trying a new runlevel with the init command
- Understanding the Linux startup scripts
- Manually starting and stopping servers
- Automatically starting servers at system startup
- Understanding the Systemd method
- Units and targets
- Configuring units
- Setting the default target
- The systemctl program
- Monitoring System Performance
- Using the top utility
- Using the uptime command
- Using the vmstat utility
- Checking disk performance and disk usage
- Viewing System Information with the /proc File System
- Understanding Linux Devices
- Device files
- Block devices
- Character devices
- Network devices
- Persistent device naming with udev
- Managing Loadable Driver Modules
- Loading and unloading modules
- Understanding the /etc/modprobe.d files.
- Scheduling Jobs in Linux
- Scheduling one-time jobs
- Scheduling recurring jobs
- Introducing Some GUI System Administration Tools
- Chapter 3 Managing Users and Groups
- Adding User Accounts
- Managing user accounts by using a GUI user manager
- Managing user accounts by using commands
- Managing Groups
- Exploring the User Environment
- Changing User and Group Ownership of Files
- Chapter 4 Managing File Systems
- Exploring the Linux File System
- Understanding the file-system hierarchy
- Mounting a device on the file system
- Examining the /etc/fstab file
- Sharing Files with NFS
- Installing NFS
- Exporting a file system with NFS
- Mounting an NFS file system
- Accessing a DOS or Windows File System
- Mounting a DOS or Windows disk partition
- Mounting an NTFS partition
- 5 Managing Linux Servers
- Chapter 1 Hosting Internet Services
- What Is a Linux Server?
- Launching services
- Running background processes
- Using a super-server
- Listening for clients
- Serving the Basics
- Web services
- The Apache server
- The NGINX server
- The lighthttpd package
- Database services
- The PostgreSQL server
- The MySQL server
- The MariaDB server
- The MongoDB server
- Mail services
- The mail transfer agent
- The mail delivery agent
- Serving Local Networks
- File servers
- NFS
- Samba
- Print servers
- Network resource servers
- IP addresses
- Logging
- Name servers
- Network management
- Time
- Chapter 2 Managing a Web Server
- Linux Web Servers
- Apache
- NGINX
- The Apache Web Server
- Installing an Apache server
- Configuring an Apache server
- Basic setup
- Apache logs
- User web hosting
- Virtual web hosting
- Creating a secure web server
- The NGINX Server
- Installing NGINX
- Configuring NGINX
- Chapter 3 Managing a Database Server
- Using the MySQL/MariaDB Database.
- Installing MariaDB.
