Comandos Linux

|[pic] |||Practical Linux |
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| | |by M. DrewStreib, Michael Turner and et al. |
| | |ISBN: 0789722518 |
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| | |Que © 2000 , 685 pages |
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| | |Helpful guide to getting productive with Linux, after the installation. |
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| | |Pete Loshin |
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Shell

Welcome to Linux

Congratulations on choosing and using Linux, today’s newest, most popular, flexible, and powerful free computer operating system. Hang on, because you’re riding along the crest of a risingtidal wave of new users, as Linux spreads around the globe. While governments and corporations publicly battle one another over commercial software issues, Linux has been steadily gaining worldwide acceptance and respect as a viable alternative computer operating system. Linux quietly sidesteps the restrictions that hold commercial software hostage in the marketplace in a number of ways:
• Linuxis distributed under the terms of the Free Software Foundation’s General Public License, or GPL. This license preserves software copyrights, but ensures distribution of programs with source code.
• Linux is distributed over the Internet, and is easy to download, upgrade, and share.
• Programmers all over the world create, distribute, and maintain programs for Linux, and much of thissoftware is also distributed under the GPL.
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What is Linux?
Linux is the kernel, or core, of a UNIX-like computer operating system. Linux, written by Linus Torvalds, was first released over the Internet in 1991. Since then,Linux has exploded in popularity, maturing with each new version and bug fix. When you install and use Linux, you’re installing and using a distribution , or collection of associated programs bundled with the Linux kernel. There are a number of popular Linux distributions, including Red Hat Linux, Slackware, Debian, Caldera, Mandrake, TurboLinux, and S.u.S.E. Each distribution has a different...