Linux for Beginners: Linux Command Line, Linux Programming and Linux Operating System
By Steve Will
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About this ebook
A 100% practical approach to quickly acquire the basics of Linux administration,ideal for beginners wishing to be quickly operational in Linux administration, this survival guide is the essential companion to never feel lost in a Linux world. This book is intended for students, academics and engineers and more generally to anyone wishing to acquire a good knowledge of Linux system. The main controls and lines of code used every day to carry out the simplest to the most complex tasks are addressed. If you are just getting started with Linux and looking to polish and improve your skills, this book will provide you with everything you need. It is a completed work enough for a self-study and a sum of organized notes which won’t make you an undisputed master of GNU / Linux, but will guide you through your first steps in Linux so you know how to install, add new software, and use it daily. In addition, this training provides a good introduction to a more advanced understanding of the operating system and will give you the keys to go further.
Our goal is to eradicate the fear that people tend to have as soon as they hear about the Linux operating system because it guarantees a certain level of fluidity once compared to Windows for example.
Distinguish yourself from others with an OS other than Windows on your laptop and not just any Other OS but Linux!
By reading Linux for Beginners, you will discover:
• Linux installation
• Reading and Navigation Commands
• Manipulation and Searching Commands
• Shell expansion
• Commands and arguments
• Control operators
• Shell variables
• Shell embedding and options
• File globbing
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Jan 26, 2018
Written for Red Hat Linux and for older equipment (CD-ROM, MB-size RAM and floppy disks). Spelling and spacing errors. Grammar errors. Perhaps translated from another language.
On the other hand, I did learn several commands and techniques.
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Linux for Beginners - Steve Will
Introduction
This book is for all computer userseager to learn or consolidate bases acquired in the field.
As you will know when reading this book, there are different distributions of the Linux kernel. In this book we will focus a little more on the Redhat distribution because we consider it as the easier one to install and use. In the following chapters, important methods and Linux administration commands are presented and detailed.
A lot of computer users tend to avoid Linux for its complexity
and sophistication
. This book is specially written and tailored to prove those people are wrong.
This book really popularizes and simplifies the Linux operating system and its usage while following a good methodology. Linux for beginners covers all the important facets which all beginners should know about. I am asking you to imagine yourself using this great OS without having any difficulties or fogginess about it.
Reading and understanding this book will make it happen.In the beginning we will explore Linux history and genesis so we can have a clear vision and be methodological. Then, we will learn and understand how to install the system knowing the necessary equipments and devices needed to have an operational OS running.
We will also learn about the shell which is very important and all the relative commands. And of course we must not forget about command lines which are really useful and commonly used. File globbing will be covered too; it’s really indispensable for Linux beginners to know about.
Then we will hit user’s management and authenticating which will certainly help you secure data and manage access rights for all users. By the end, just to make it complete and really useful for Linux learners and beginners, we included some very important Linux tips and talked about the Vi editor which is really an interesting thing to know about.
Chapter 1 – History Highlights
In this chapter we will explore and learn about our OS history which is very important. Also,