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Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................. 1 About This Book ..............................................................................................2 How to Use This Book .....................................................................................2 Three Presumptuous Assumptions ...............................................................3 How This Book Is Organized ..........................................................................4 Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet ................................................................4 Part II: Getting Up to Speed with Linux ...............................................4 Part III: Getting Things Done ................................................................5 Part IV: Junior Administrator Boot Camp ...........................................5 Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................................................5 Part VI: Appendixes ...............................................................................5 Icons Used in This Book .................................................................................6 Where to Go from Here ...................................................................................6 Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet ........................................ 7 Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Is Free Really Free? ..........................................................................................9 Linux: Revolution or Just Another Operating System? .............................10 Anatomy of an Open-Source Software Project ...........................................13 GNU who? ..............................................................................................13 Who’s in charge of Linux anyway? ....................................................15 Einstein was a volunteer .....................................................................15 Packaging Linux: The Distribution ..............................................................16 Core Linux distributions .....................................................................16 The Linux LiveCD .................................................................................17 Specialized Linux distributions ..........................................................19 Chapter 2: Prepping Your Computer for Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Choosing the Right Installation Approach .................................................21 Replacing an existing operating system ...........................................22 Using a second hard drive or partitioning a hard drive .................22 Other installing scenarios ...................................................................23 Preparing to Use Linux and Microsoft Windows Together ......................24 Installing a second hard drive ............................................................24 Partitioning from scratch for a dual boot .........................................26 Partitioning an existing hard drive for a dual boot .........................26 Double-Checking Hardware Compatibility .................................................34 Finally, Before You Get Started ....................................................................38
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GNU General Public License Version
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