Linux_AIO_Desk_Reference_For_Dummies



Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Book I: Linux Basics
Chapter 1: Introducing Linux
Chapter 2: Installing Linux
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Configuring Linux

Chapter 4: Trying Out Linux
Book II: Linux Desktops
Chapter 1: Introducing the GUI Desktops
Chapter 2: Commanding the Shell
Chapter 3: Navigating the Linux File System
Chapter 4: Introducing Linux Applications
Chapter 5: Using Text Editors
Book III: Networking
Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet
Chapter 2: Setting Up a Local Area Network
Chapter 3: Adding a Wireless Ethernet LAN
Chapter 4: Managing the Network
Book IV: Internet
Chapter 1: E-Mailing and IMing in Linux
Chapter 2: Browsing the Web
Chapter 3: Reading Newsgroups
Chapter 4: Using FTP
Book V: Administration
Chapter 1: Learning Basic System Administration
Chapter 2: Managing Users and Groups
Chapter 3: Managing File Systems
Chapter 4: Installing and Updating Applications
Chapter 5: Customizing the Linux Kernel
Book VI: Security
Chapter 1: Introducing Linux Security
Chapter 2: Securing a Linux Host
Chapter 3: Improving Network Security
Chapter 4: Performing Computer Security Audits
Book VII: Internet Servers
Chapter 1: Managing Internet Services
Chapter 2: Running a Web Server
Chapter 3: Setting Up the FTP Server
Chapter 4: Managing Mail and News Servers
Chapter 5: Managing DNS
Chapter 6: Using Samba and NFS
Book VIII: Programming
Chapter 1: Programming in Linux
Chapter 2: Programming in C
Chapter 3: Writing Shell Scripts
Chapter 4: Programming in Perl
Appendix: About the DVD
Index

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Linux_For_Dummies_6th_Ed.pdf



Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Linux
Chapter 2: Prepping Your Computer for Linux
Chapter 3: Installing Fedora Core
Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions
Chapter 5: Booting and Stopping Linux
Chapter 6: Checking Out Those Desktops
Chapter 7: Configuring Linux
Part II: Internet Now!
Chapter 8: Connecting to the Internet
Chapter 9: Using the Internet
Part III: Getting Up to Speed with Linux
Chapter 10: Manipulating Files and Directories
Chapter 11: Checking Out the Linux Filesystem
Chapter 12: Adding Software to Linux
Chapter 13: A Secure Linux Box Is a Happy Linux Box
Chapter 14: Working without the GUI
Chapter 15: Gettin’ Gooey with the GUIs
Part IV: Getting Things Done
Chapter 16: Putting the X in Text
Chapter 17: Word-Processing and More with OpenOffice.org
Chapter 18: Multimedia Wow!
Chapter 19: Windows-Only Media Formats and Programs
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Troubleshooting Tips
Chapter 21: Ten Cool Uses for Knoppix
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Common Linux Commands
Appendix B: About the DVD-ROM

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Linux_For_Dummies_7th_Ed.pdf



Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Linux
Chapter 2: Prepping Your Computer for Linux
Chapter 3: Installing Fedora Core
Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions
Chapter 5: Booting and Stopping Linux
Chapter 6: Checking Out Those Desktops
Chapter 7: Configuring Linux
Part II: Internet Now!
Chapter 8: Connecting to the Internet
Chapter 9: Using the Internet
Part III: Getting Up to Speed with Linux
Chapter 10: Manipulating Files and Directories
Chapter 11: Checking Out the Linux Filesystem
Chapter 12: Adding Software to Linux
Chapter 13: A Secure Linux Box Is a Happy Linux Box
Chapter 14: Working without the GUI
Chapter 15: Gettin’ Gooey with the GUIs
Part IV: Getting Things Done
Chapter 16: Putting the X in Text
Chapter 17: Word Processing and More with OpenOffice.org
Chapter 18: Multimedia Wow!
Chapter 19: Windows-Only Media Formats and Programs
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Troubleshooting Tips
Chapter 21: Two Knoppix Ten-Steps
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Common Linux Commands
Appendix B: About the DVD-ROM
Index

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Linux_For_Dummies_8th_Ed.pdf



Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Linux
Chapter 2: Prepping Your Computer for Linux
Chapter 3: Installing Fedora
Chapter 4: Booting and Stopping Fedora
Chapter 5: Checking Out the Desktops
Part II: Getting Up to Speed with Linux
Chapter 6: Working without the GUI
Chapter 7: Getting to Know the Linux Filesystem
Chapter 8: Using the Filesystem in GNOME and Nautilus
Chapter 9: Connecting to the Internet
Part III: Getting Things Done
Chapter 10: Using the Internet
Chapter 11: Putting the X in Text
Chapter 12: Word Processing and More with OpenOffice.org
Chapter 13: Messing with Audio
Chapter 14: Messing with Video and Graphics
Chapter 15: Windows-Only Media Formats and Programs
Part IV: Junior Administrator Boot Camp
Chapter 16: Adding Software to Linux
Chapter 17: Basic System Administration
Chapter 18: A Secure Linux Box Is a Happy Linux Box
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 19: Ten Steps to Making Your Own Wireless Access Point
Chapter 20: Ten Steps to Setting Up a Samba Print Server
Chapter 21: Ten Steps to Setting Up a File Server
Chapter 22: Ten Troubleshooting Tips
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Common Linux Commands
Appendix B: About the DVD-ROM
Index

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Linux_Smart_Homes_For_Dummies.pdf



Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I: Bringing the Future Home
Chapter 1: Exploring the Possibilities of Home Automation
Chapter 2: Filling Your Home Automation Toolkit with Linux Software
Part II: Connecting Multiple Computers
without the Wires
Chapter 3: Going Wireless
Chapter 4: Creating a Wireless Access Point
Chapter 5: Routing Network Traffic for Free
Part III: Entertaining Your Brain
with a Little Help from Linux
Chapter 6: Building a Personal Video Recorder with MythTV
Chapter 7: Streaming Music without the Wires
Chapter 8: Having Fun with a Webcam
Chapter 9: Setting Up a Smart Phone System
Part IV: Keeping a Linux Eye on the Sky
Chapter 10: Letting Linux Watch the Weather For You
Chapter 11: Getting Online Weather Information
Chapter 12: Staying Comfortable with Thermostat Controls
Part V: X10-ding Your Environment with
Home Automation
Chapter 13: Introducing X10 Home Automation
Chapter 14: Going Wireless with X10
Part VI: Controlling and Securing Your
Automation Network
Chapter 15: Controlling Your House with MisterHouse
Chapter 16: Controlling X10 from MisterHouse
Chapter 17: Using the Web Interface for Remote Control
Chapter 18: Remotely Accessing Your MisterHouse Controls
Part VII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 19: (Nearly) Ten Cool Chores You Can Automate
Chapter 20: Ten Gadgets Worth Checking Out
Appendix
Index

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Linux_Timesaving_Techniques_For_Dummies.pdf



Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1
Part I: Making the Desktop Work for You 5
Technique 1: Finding the Power in
KDE Protocols 7
Technique 2: Getting GNOME Virtual File
Systems to Do the Work for You 13
Technique 3: Streamlining Your Work with
FileAssociations 18
Technique 4: Prompting Yourself with a
Custom Prompt 23
Technique 5: Getting There Quick with
Dynamic Shortcuts 30
Technique 6: Using cd Shortcuts for
Rapid Transit 34
Technique 7: Typing Less and Doing More
with Handy Automagic Variables 38
Technique 8: Logging In, Logging Out 45
Technique 9: Making History (Work for You) 50
Technique 10: Keeping Your Life Simple with
Aliases and Functions 55
Part II: Getting the Most from
Your File System 63
Technique 11: Sharing Files and Printers in a
Windows World 65
Technique 12: Finding What You Need 73
Technique 13: Moving Made Easy
with Archives 82
Technique 14: Downloading and Uploading
Files in a Snap 88
Technique 15: Building a Playpen with
User ModeLinux 94
Part III: Good Housekeeping with Linux 101
Technique 16: Red-lining RPM Queries 103
Technique 17: Installing Made Easy with RPM 108
Technique 18: Getting Comfortable with RPM 115
Technique 19: Keeping Up-to-Date with apt
andSynaptic 119
Technique 20: Setting Up Automatic Services 126
Technique 21: Making Your Inner System
Administrator Happy (And Productive) 130
Technique 22: Spring Cleaning Essentials 137
Part IV: Tweaking the Kernel on
Your Linux System 149
Technique 23: Taking Good Care of
Your Kernel 151
Technique 24: Creating a Custom Kernel 157
Technique 25: Coping with the SELinux
SecuritySystem 164
Technique 26: Finding Out about Your
System with /proc 170
Part V: Securing Your Workspace 177
Technique 27: Closing Those Prying Eyes 179
Technique 28: Using Encryption for
Extra Security 184
Technique 29: Securing a Large Network
with Custom Authentication 194
Technique 30: Customizing Authentication
with PAM 203
Technique 31: Gaining Privileges 209
Technique 32: sudo Pseudonyms 213
Technique 33: Securing Your Connections
with SSH 218
Part VI: Networking Like a
Professional 227
Technique 34: Protecting Yourself
with a Firewall 229
Technique 35: Using VNC to Connect to
RemoteDesktops 239
Technique 36: Streamlining Your Network
Surveillance 247
Technique 37: Evaluating Your Network
Security with Nessus 255
Technique 38: Person-to-Person Networking
with IRC 265
Part VII: Monitoring Your System 271
Technique 39: Controlling Troublesome
Processes at the Command Line 273
Technique 40: Taking Care of New
(And Old) Users 282
Technique 41: Keeping an Eye on
Your System 291
Part VIII: Serving Up the Internet
and More 305
Technique 42: Keeping an Apache Server
in Top Form 307
Technique 43: Keeping an Eye
on Your Servers 317
Technique 44: Making a MySQL Server
Your SQL Server 328
Technique 45: Safeguarding Your Apache
Server with SSL Certificates 340
Technique 46: Retrieving HTTPMail Using
hotway and Evolution 349
Technique 47: Stopping Spam with
SpamAssassin 356
Technique 48: Using Webmin to Simplify
SendmailConfiguration 364
Part IX: Backing Up Means Never
Having to Say You’re Sorry 369
Technique 49: Getting Ready to Back Up
Your Data 371
Technique 50: Backing Up Your Data 377
Technique 51: Quick Backup to
Remote Storage 386
Technique 52: Archiving Changes with CVS 391
Part X: Programming Tricks 401
Technique 53: Using Open-Source APIs
to Save Time 403
Technique 54: Timesaving PHP Tricks 414
Technique 55: Using the DDD Graphical
Debugger with Perl 422
Part XI: The Scary (Or Fun!) Stuff 429
Technique 56: Burning CD-Rs without
GettingBurned 431
Technique 57: Search and Destroy
setuid and setgid Programs 437
Technique 58: Quarantining Suspicious
Programs with UML 443
Technique 59: Troubleshooting Persnickety
Programs 448
Technique 60: Securing the Fort with Bastille 455
Technique 61: Creating a Second Line
of Defense with LIDS 467
Technique 62: Getting Graphical
with Shell Scripts 474
Index 479

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