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