This is a book about Linux, a free, open source operating system that's changing the world of computing. In this book, we show how you can completely change the way you work with computers by exploring a powerful and free operating system. Linux goes against the traditional computing mainstream, being developed by a loosely organized group of thousands of volunteers across the Internet. Linux started as a real underground movement — guerrilla hacking, if you will — and brings a lot of excitement, discovery, and selfempowerment back into today's corporate-dominated computing culture. We invite you to dive in, enjoy yourself, and join the throng of people who. | E ExNY IL I. III- 7 J i O REILLY MAH ft ELM I. EHIJkELMEK TliKkl- lifts rouftunw RUNNING LINUX Running Linux 4th Edition Matthias Kalle Dalheimer Terry Dawson Lar Kaufman Matt Welsh Publisher O Reilly December 2002 ISBN 0-596-00272-6 692 pages The fourth edition of Running Linux delves deeper into installation configuring the windowing system system administration and networking. A solid foundation text for any Linux user the book also includes additional resources for dealing with special requirements imposed by hardware advanced applications and emerging technologies. Whether you are using Linux on a home workstation or maintaining a network server Running Linux will provide expert advice just when you need it. Copyright 2003 O Reilly Associates Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O Reilly Associates Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol CA 95472. O Reilly Associates books may be purchased for educational business or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles http . For more information contact our corporate institutional sales department 800-998-9938 or corporate@oreilly .com. Nutshell Handbook the Nutshell Handbook logo and the O Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O Reilly Associates Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book and O Reilly Associates Inc. was aware of a trademark claim the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. The association between the images of the American West and the topic of Linux is a trademark of O Reilly Associates Inc. LATEX and TEX are registered trademarks of the American Mathematical Society. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from
