July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 1: Introduction
This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition
Copyright © 2006 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
The historical impact of Linux goes beyond its role as a challenge to all versions of
Unix as well as Microsoft Windows, particularly on servers. Linux’s success has
also inspired countless other free software or open source (defined at http://
opensource.org) projects, including Samba, GNOME, and a mind-boggling collec-
tion of innovative projects that you can browse at numerous sites like SourceForge
(http://sourceforge.net) and Freshmeat (http://freshmeat.net). As both a platform
for other developers and a development model, Linux gave a tremendous boost to
the GNU project and has also become a popular platform for Java development.
In short, Linux is a focal point in the most exciting and productive free-software
movement ever seen.
If you haven’t obtained Linux yet, or have it but don’t know exactly how to get
started using it, see “Other Resources” in the Preface.
The Excitement of Linux
Linux is, first of all, free software: anyone can download the source from the
Internet or buy it on a low-cost CD-ROM. But Linux is becoming well known
because it’s more than just free software—it’s unusually good software. You can
get more from your hardware with Linux and be assured of fewer crashes; even its
security is better than many commercial alternatives.
Linux ...
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