Table of Contents

 

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this book

About the author

About the cover illustration

Chapter 1. Welcome to Linux

1.1. What makes Linux different from other operating systems

1.2. Basic survival skills

1.2.1. The Linux file system

1.2.2. Getting around: Linux navigation tools

1.2.3. Getting things done: Linux file management tools

1.2.4. Keyboard tricks

1.2.5. Pseudo file systems

1.2.6. Showing ’em who’s boss: sudo

1.3. Getting help

1.3.1. Man files

1.3.2. Info

1.3.3. The internet

Summary

Key terms

Security best practices

Command-line review

Test yourself

Answer key

Chapter 2. Linux virtualization: Building a Linux working environment

2.1. What is virtualization?

2.2. Working with VirtualBox

2.2.1. Working with Linux package managers

2.2.2. Defining a virtual machine (VM)

2.2.3. Installing an operating system (OS)

2.2.4. Cloning and sharing a VirtualBox VM

2.3. Working with Linux containers (LXC)

2.3.1. Getting started with LXC