Corel Linux Starter Kit
The Official Guide
Published on 1. May 2000
Book
Mixed media product
704 pages
978-0-07-212459-0 (ISBN)
Description
This guide to Corel linux offers access to alpha and beta software, plus chapter review by Corel's Linux team and a CD-ROM - which includes third party Linux tools, utilities and games.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
250 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 188 mm
Weight
1380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-212459-0 (9780072124590)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Introduction to Corel Linux: why Linux, and why Corel Linux? installing Corel Linux; the X Window system; troubleshooting your installation. Part 2 The K desktop environment: desktop versus Windows managers; the KDE file manager; configuring your desktop; advanced KDE; connecting to the Internet. Part 3 Running your Corel Linux system: start-up and shutdown; directory structure; user space and user accounts; disks, drivers, and file system management; KDE's graphical administration tools; basic troubleshooting. Part 4 Essential Linux system administration: overview of Linux system administration; shells, scripts, and text editors; tun levels and the boot process; networking administering services; security; troubleshooting. Appendices: how to compile a kernel; a compendium of common shell commands; Linux resources on the Internet.