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