Linux All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies (ISBN - 0471752622) PDF
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by Naba Barkakati Linux ® A L L - I N - O N E D E S K R E F E R E N C E FOR DUMmIES ‰ 2ND EDITION 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page i 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page iv by Naba Barkakati Linux ® A L L - I N - O N E D E S K R E F E R E N C E FOR DUMmIES ‰ 2ND EDITION 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page i Linux® All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies,® 2nd Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2005931152 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-75262-2 ISBN-10: 0-471-75262-2 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2B/RY/QU/QW/IN 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page ii About the Author Naba Barkakati is an electrical engineer and a successful computer-book author who has experience in a wide variety of systems, ranging from MS-DOS and Windows to UNIX and Linux. He bought his first personal computer — an IBM PC-AT — in 1984 after graduating with a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. While pursuing a full-time career in engineering, Naba dreamed of writing software for the emerging PC software market. As luck would have it, instead of building a software empire like Microsoft, he ended up writing successful computer books. Currently, Naba is a Senior Level Technologist at the Center for Technology and Engineering in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Over the past 15 years, Naba has written over 25 computer books on a number of topics, ranging from Windows programming with C++ to Linux. He has authored several best-selling titles, such as The Waite Group’s Turbo C++ Bible, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, X Window System Programming, Visual C++ Developer’s Guide, Borland C++ 4 Developer’s Guide, and Linux Secrets. His books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Polish, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Naba’s most recent book is Red Hat Fedora Linux Secrets, also pub- lished by Wiley Publishing, Inc. Naba lives in North Potomac, Maryland, with his wife Leha, and their children, Ivy, Emily, and Ashley. 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page iii 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page iv Dedication I would like to dedicate this book to my wife Leha, and daughters Ivy, Emily, and Ashley. 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page v 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page vi Author’s Acknowledgments I am grateful to Terri Varveris for getting me started on this book — a set of eight quick reference guides about Linux that focuses on several major Linux distributions. As the project editor, Christopher Morris guided me through the manuscript-submission process and kept everything moving. I appreciate the guidance and support that Terri and Chris gave me during this project. I would like to thank Jason Luster for reviewing the manuscript for technical accuracy and providing many useful suggestions for improving the book’s content. Thanks to everyone at Wiley Publishing for transforming my raw manuscript into this well-edited and beautifully packaged book. Of course, there would be no reason for this book if it were not for Linux. For this, we have Linus Torvalds and the legions of Linux developers around the world to thank. Finally, and as always, my greatest thanks go to my wife, Leha, and our daughters, Ivy, Emily, and Ashley — it is their love and sup- port that keeps me going. Thanks for being there! 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page vii Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development Project Editor: Christopher Morris Acquisitions Editor: Terri Varveris Copy Editor: Heidi Unger Technical Editor: Dan DiNicolo Editorial Manager: Kevin Kirschner Permissions Editor: Laura Moss Media Development Specialist: Travis Silvers Media Development Manager: Laura VanWinkle Media Development Supervisor: Richard Graves Editorial Assistant: Amanda Foxworth Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Composition Services Project Coordinator: Erin Smith Layout and Graphics: Andrea Dahl, Denny Hager, Melanee Prendergast, Heather Ryan, Erin Zeltner Proofreaders: Vicki Broyles, Joe Niesen Indexer: Johnna VanHoose Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Mary Bednarek, Executive Acquisitions Director Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director Composition Services Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 01_752622 ffirs.qxp 3/29/06 12:08 AM Page viii
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