Ubuntu Linux Bible - Negus, Christopher

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Résumé :

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xxix

Part I: Getting Started 1

Chapter 1: Starting with Linux 3

Understanding What Linux is 4

Understanding How Linux Differs from Other Operating Systems 6

Exploring Linux History 7

Free-flowing UNIX culture at Bell Labs 7

Commercial UNIX 9

Berkeley Software Distribution arrives 9

UNIX Laboratory and commercialization 10

GNU transitions UNIX to freedom 11

BSD loses some steam 13

Linus builds the missing piece 13

OSI open source definition 14

Understanding How Linux Distributions Emerged 16

Understanding Red Hat 17

Understanding Ubuntu and other Debian distributions 17

Finding Professional Opportunities with Linux Today 18

Understanding how companies make money with Linux 19

Summary 20

Chapter 2: Creating the Perfect Linux Desktop 21

Understanding Linux Desktop Technology 22

Starting with the GNOME 3 Desktop Live Image 24

Using the GNOME 3 Desktop 25

After the computer boots up 25

Navigating with the mouse 25

Navigating with the keyboard 30

Setting up the GNOME 3 desktop 31

Extending the GNOME 3 desktop 31

Using GNOME shell extensions 32

Using the GNOME Tweak Tool 33

Starting with desktop applications 33

Managing files and folders with Nautilus 33

Installing and managing additional software 35

Playing music with Rhythmbox 37

Stopping the GNOME 3 desktop 37

Using the Unity Graphical Shell with the GNOME Desktop 37

Using the Metacity window manager 38

Changing GNOME's appearance 40

Using the panels 40

Adding a drawer 41

Changing panel properties 41

Summary 42

Exercises 42

Part II: Becoming a Linux Power User 43

Chapter 3: Using the Shell 45

About Shells and Terminal Windows 46

Using the shell prompt 47

Using a Terminal window 48

Using virtual consoles 49

Choosing Your Shell 49

Running Commands 50

Understanding command syntax 51

Locating commands 53

Recalling Commands Using Command History 56

Command-line editing 56

Command-line completion 58

Command-line recall 59

Connecting and Expanding Commands 61

Piping between commands 62

Sequential commands 62

Background commands 63

Expanding commands 63

Expanding arithmetic expressions 63

Expanding variables 64

Using Shell Variables 64

Creating and using aliases 66

Exiting the shell 67

Creating Your Shell Environment 67

Configuring your shell 67

Setting your prompt 68

Adding environment variables 70

Getting Information about Commands 71

Summary 74

Exercises 74

Chapter 4: Moving Around the Filesystem 77

Using Basic Filesystem Commands 80

Using Metacharacters and Operators 82

Using fi le-matching metacharacters 82

Using fi le-redirection metacharacters 84

Using brace expansion characters 85

Listing Files and Directories 86

Understanding File Permissions and Ownership 90

Changing permissions with chmod (numbers) 91

Changing permissions with chmod (letters) 92

Setting default file permission with umask 93

Changing file ownership 93

Moving, Copying, and Removing Files 94

Summary 95

Exercises 96

Chapter 5: Working with Text Files 97

Editing Files with vim and vi 97

Starting with vi 99

Adding text 99

Moving around in the text 100

Deleting, copying, and chang...

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David Clinton is a Linux server administrator who has worked with IT infrastructure in academic and enterprise environments. He has taught video courses for Amazon Web Services, as well as other technologies. He is a co-author of AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C01) Exam and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: Foundational (CLF-C01) Exam.

Christopher Negus is a senior open source technical writer at Amazon Web Services. He has written dozens of books on Linux, including Red Hat Linux Bible, Linux Troubleshooting Bible and Linux Toys....