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Title: Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage
Author: John Goerzen and Ossama Othman
Release date: September 1, 2004 [eBook #6527]
Most recently updated: July 14, 2020
Language: English
TABLE OF LINKS
I. Guide
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1.1 What Is Debian?
1.2 A Multiuser, Multitasking Operating System
1.3 What Is Free Software?
1.4 About This Book
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2.1 Supported Hardware
2.2 Before You Start
2.3 Partitioning Your Hard Drive
2.4 Choosing Your Installation Media
2.5 Booting the Installation System
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3.1 Select Color or Monochrome Display
3.2 Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu
3.3 Configure the Keyboard
3.4 Last Chance to Back Up!
3.5 Partition a Hard Disk
3.6 Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition
3.7 Initialize a Linux Partition
3.8 Install Operating System Kernel and Modules
3.9 Configure PCMCIA Support
3.10 Configure Device Driver Modules
3.11 Configure the Network
3.12 Install the Base System
3.13 Make a Boot Floppy
3.14 The Moment of Truth
3.15 Set the Root Password
3.16 Create an Ordinary User
3.17 Shadow Password Support
3.18 Remove PCMCIA
3.19 Select and Install Profiles
3.20 Package Installation with dselect
3.21 Glossary
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4.1 First Steps
4.2 Command History and Editing the Command Line
4.3 Working as Root
4.4 Virtual Consoles
4.5 Shutting Down
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5.1 The Command Line and Man Pages
5.2 Files and Directories
5.3 Processes
5.4 The Shell
5.5 Managing Processes with bash
5.6 A Few bash Features
5.7 Managing Your Identity
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6.1 Environment Variables
6.2 Where Commands Reside: The PATH Variable
6.3 Configuration Files
6.4 Aliases
6.5 Controlling Input and Output
6.6 Filename Expansion
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7.1 Permissions
7.2 Files Present and Their Locations
7.3 File Compression with gzip
7.4 Finding Files
7.5 Determining a File’s Contents
7.6 Using a File Manager
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8.1 Viewing Text Files
8.2 Text Editors
8.3 Using ae
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9.1 Introduction to X
9.2 Starting the X Environment
9.3 Basic X Operations
9.4 Customizing Your X Startup
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10.1 Concepts
10.2 mount and /etc/fstab
10.3 Backup Tools
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11.1 PPP
11.2 Ethernet
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Removing and Installing Software
12.1 What a Package Maintenance Utility Does
12.2 dpkg
12.3 dselect
12.4 Compiling Software
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13.1 Regular Expressions
13.2 Advanced Files
13.3 Security
13.4 Software Development with Debian
II. Reference
A. Reading Documentation and Getting Help
A.1 Kinds of Documentation
B.1 Common Difficulties
B.2 Troubleshooting the Boot Process
D. The GNU General Public License
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