Table of Contents

 

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

1. Getting Linux up and running

Chapter 1. Before you begin

1.1. Why Linux matters

1.2. Is this book for you?

1.3. Using this book

1.3.1. The main chapters

1.3.2. Hands-on labs

1.3.3. Further exploration

1.4. Setting up your lab environment

1.5. Online resources

1.6. Being immediately effective with Linux

Chapter 2. Getting to know Linux

2.1. Distributions

2.2. Ubuntu

2.2.1. Debian

2.2.2. Fedora

2.2.3. Linux Mint

2.2.4. Arch

2.2.5. Other distributions

2.3. Choosing a distribution

2.4. Repositories

2.5. The Linux kernel

2.6. Wrapping up

Glossary of terms

2.7. Lab

Chapter 3. Installing Linux

3.1. Live vs. installation

3.2. Creating a Linux boot image

3.3. Burn the image to DVD

3.4. Install the image to USB

3.5. Boot from the image

3.5.1. Installation preparation

3.5.2. Installation type

3.5.3. Where are you?

3.5.4. Keyboard layout

3.5.5. Who are you?

3.6. Common issues