This section defines the operating system, and discusses the beginnings of operating systems. It also covers the features to be found in nearly any operating system and the programmer’s view of OS/2.
- About
- What is an Operating System
- News and Reviews
- Fedora 21 – Major changes to installation options
- Fedora 19 — More changes
- Fedora 18 — A New Anaconda
- Fedora 17 — Power Desktop and Choice for Parents
- Fedora 14 — Easy (Mostly) Transition and no Surprises (Updated)
- Fedora 13 — Upgrade Issues Mar Otherwise Solid OS
- Fedora 12 — A Player for Server and Desktop
- Fedora 9 Not Ready for Most Users
- VirtualBox – Free and Easy Virtualization
- Rev’ing up Your Backups
- DataBook for Linux Administrators
- Fedora and Red Hat Documentation
- Installation
- Creating and Using Live Images
- Using the New Anaconda Installer in Fedora 18 and Above
- Errors During Fedora Linux DVD Installation
- Hardware Compatibility
- Software RAID
- Default Partitioning and Disk Layout During Installation
- Advanced Partitioning and Disk Layout During Installation
- Kickstart
- Sample Linux Installation Procedures
- Post-Installation Problems
- Upgrades
- Upgrade Fedora with dnf system-upgrade – Fedora 22 and above
- Upgrades with fedup – not so much!
- Upgrades with preupgrade
- Upgrades not recommended with Fedora 18 through 22
- Fedora 11 Upgrade Problems With YUM
- Boot Fails After Upgrade from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11
- Applications Won’t Start After Fedora 10 Upgrade
- Migrating to Linux
- Starting Linux
- Filesystems
- Anatomy of a Disk Drive
- Disk Drive Types
- The Linux Kernel and HDD Types
- Introduction to Linux Filesystems
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
- Understanding the /dev directory
- The Linux Extended Filesystems
- Using hard and soft links in the Linux filesystem
- Logical Volume Manager – LVM
- Using the Loopback devices
- File Permissions
- Managing Cruft in tmp directories
- Swap space on Linux Systems
- The Command Line Interface (CLI)
- System Tools
- System Administration
- Software Updates
- Networking
- Printing
- The X Window System
- Security
- Scripting Languages
- Apache Web Server
- Troubleshooting
- Compiling the Kernel
- Applications
- Multimedia
- DataBook for Linux Users
- Introduction
- Section: The Basics
- Chapter — How Do I Get Started?
- Chapter — Introduction to Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)
- Chapter — Using KDE 3.5
- Chapter — Using KDE 4
- Section: Managing Files
- Computer Memory — RAM vs Disk Drives and Files
- Searching for Files with KDE
- Comparison of Common File Managers
- Using the Dolphin File Manager
- Using Midnight Commander
- Using Konqueror
- Associating Files with Application Programs
- Using the Krusader file manager
- Using the Standard KDE File Manager to Save Files
- Extracting Zip Archives
- Section: Internet Applications
- Chapter — Multimedia
- Chapter — Application Programs
- Chapter — Printing in Linux
- Chapter — Problem Solving
- DataBook for OS/2
- Humor