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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Getting Started -- Chapter 1 Starting with Linux -- Understanding What Linux Is -- Understanding How Linux Differs from Other Operating Systems -- Exploring Linux History -- Free-flowing UNIX culture at Bell Labs -- Commercial UNIX -- Berkeley Software Distribution arrives -- UNIX Laboratory and commercialization -- GNU transitions UNIX to freedom -- BSD loses some steam -- Linus builds the missing piece

OSI open source definition -- Understanding How Linux Distributions Emerged -- Choosing a Red Hat distribution -- Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux -- Using Fedora -- Choosing Ubuntu or another Debian distribution -- Finding Professional Opportunities with Linux Today -- Understanding how companies make money with Linux -- Becoming Red Hat certified -- RHCSA topics -- RHCE topics -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Creating the Perfect Linux Desktop -- Understanding Linux Desktop Technology -- Starting with the Fedora GNOME Desktop Live image -- Using the GNOME 3 Desktop -- After the computer boots up

Navigating with the mouse -- Navigating with the keyboard -- Setting up the GNOME 3 desktop -- Extending the GNOME 3 desktop -- Using GNOME shell extensions -- Using the GNOME Tweak Tool -- Starting with desktop applications -- Managing files and folders with Nautilus -- Installing and managing additional software -- Playing music with Rhythmbox -- Stopping the GNOME 3 desktop -- Using the GNOME 2 Desktop -- Using the Metacity window manager -- Changing GNOME's appearance -- Using the GNOME panels -- Using the Applications and System menus -- Adding an applet -- Adding another panel

Adding an application launcher -- Adding a drawer -- Changing panel properties -- Adding 3D effects with AIGLX -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part II Becoming a Linux Power User -- Chapter 3 Using the Shell -- About Shells and Terminal Windows -- Using the shell prompt -- Using a Terminal window -- Using virtual consoles -- Choosing Your Shell -- Running Commands -- Understanding command syntax -- Locating commands -- Recalling Commands Using Command History -- Command-line editing -- Command-line completion -- Command-line recall -- Connecting and Expanding Commands -- Piping between commands

Sequential commands -- Background commands -- Expanding commands -- Expanding arithmetic expressions -- Expanding variables -- Using Shell Variables -- Creating and using aliases -- Exiting the shell -- Creating Your Shell Environment -- Configuring your shell -- Setting your prompt -- Adding environment variables -- Getting Information about Commands -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 Moving Around the Filesystem -- Using Basic Filesystem Commands -- Using Metacharacters and Operators -- Using file-matching metacharacters -- Using file-redirection metacharacters

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John Wiley and Sons Wiley Frontlist Obook All English 2020