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 Knoppix Linux for Dummies
Chapter 1: Knock, Knock, Knoppix on Bill’s Gate
This chapter is designed to help you get oriented with the Linux operating system. In its narrowest use, Linux is an operating system that interfaces between computer hardware and the processes and applications that utilize the hardware. This is called the Linux kernel.
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| LINUX For Dummies
Chapter 9 Excerpt: X Window System: That's GUI
The X Window System (hereafter designated simply as X) is actually made up of two main parts: A graphics server, and a set of graphics libraries.
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| LINUX For Dummies
Chapter 22: Fixing Ten Really Common Linux Mistakes
Here are ten user mistakes that are easy to fall into. You may make some of your own, but you can avoid these.
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| Linux Server Performance Tuning
Chapter 2 - Kernel Overview
Now that you’ve made important decisions about how to install Linux on your system,
you need to learn more about the Linux kernel to make important tuning decisions.
We’ll discuss how Linux evolved and then delve into its architecture.We’ll include information
on how the kernel is organized, what its responsibilities are, and how memory
management is handled.We’ll discuss process management and interprocess communication,
followed by an overview of the Linux Symmetrical Multiprocessing Model.
Finally, we’ll examine the Linux file systems.
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| Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours
Chapter 3: Configuring the X Window System
This hour looks at getting your X11 Window system up and running. X Window is the graphical windowing system that Linux and many other UNIX systems use. It is analogous to the windowing environment in Windows, OS/2, or Macintosh.
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| Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, Third Edition
Chapter 3 - A New Place to Call Home
Now Ubuntu is up and running, and you are ready and raring to go. If you are running Ubuntu from your hard disk, you will first see the login screen that will appear each and every time you boot up (Figure 3-1). There’s no need to keep the login screen waiting, so type your username, and press ENTER. After that, you will be prompted for your user password in the same screen, so type it, and press ENTER again.
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