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Title

Linux unleashing the workstation in your PC / Stefan Strobel & Thomas Uhl ; foreword by Jürgen Gulbins ; translation by Robert Bach & Aileen Derieg.

Author

Strobel, Stefan, 1970-

Publication

New York : Springer, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Uhl, Thomas, 1969-

Description

xiv, 446 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• This book introduces the concepts and features of Linux (the public domain UNIX system for PCs) and explains how to install and configure the system. It describes the features and services of the Internet which have been instrumental in the rapid development and wide distribution of Linux and focuses on the Linux graphical interface, its network capability, and its extended tools. It also gives a helpful overview of the wide range of shareware applications available for Linux.
• This completely updated and expanded second edition allows the reader to take advantage of the full range of shareware applications, utilities, and high-performance of Linux. Highlights of this new edition include new chapter on Emacs configuration and use, new command reference section which describes the most commonly used Linux commands, completely updated and expanded chapter on networking and TCP/IP, and explanation of Linux as a server for MS-Windows.

Uniform Title

Linux--vom PC zur Workstation. English

Alternative Title

Linux--vom PC zur Workstation.

Subject

• Linux
• Microcomputer workstations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-415) and index.

Contents

Basics -- Linux Features -- Emulators -- Installation -- Configuration -- Administration -- X Window System -- Networking -- Network Applications -- Support & Help -- Applications -- GNU Emacs -- Languages & Tools.

ISBN

0387946012

LCCN

96129362

OCLC

• 34553733
• ocm34553733

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries