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| Introduction | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Introduction to Debian Linux | |
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| Free Software | |
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| What Is Linux? | |
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| Linux Distributions | |
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| Why Linux Is Better | |
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| Why Choose Debian? | |
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| Who Makes Debian? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Shells | |
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| Bash: The Bourne-Again Shell | |
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| tcsh: The Tenex C Shell | |
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| Summary | |
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| The X Window System Environment | |
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| Basic X Concepts | |
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| Installing and Configuring X | |
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| Starting X | |
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| Window Managers | |
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| Selecting a Window Manager | |
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| Desktop Managers | |
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| Troubleshooting X | |
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| Summary | |
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| User Applications | |
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| Office Applications | |
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| Network Applications | |
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| Multimedia Software | |
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| Summary | |
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| Your Virtual Toolbelt | |
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| Online Documentation | |
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| Managing Files | |
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| Examining Files | |
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| Manipulating Data | |
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| Handling Archives and Compression | |
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| Informational Commands | |
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| Disk Space | |
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| Process Management | |
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| Communication with Other Users | |
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| Managing the System | |
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| Miscellaneous Commands | |
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| Summary | |
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| Advanced Text Editing | |
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| Understanding vi Components | |
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| vi Commands for Different Inputs | |
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| emacs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Typesetting | |
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| Typesetting Versus WYSIWYG Editors | |
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| DocBook and XML | |
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| TEX and Friends | |
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| groff | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conventional Means, Extraordinary Ends: Powerful Scripting Tools | |
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| Scripting Basics | |
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| Scripting with the bash Shell | |
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| Perl: Scripting on Steroids | |
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| Summary | |
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| Regular Expressions | |
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| Regular Expression Basics | |
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| Ideas of Regular Expressions | |
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| Matching a Set of Characters | |
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| Logic | |
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| Tools That Use Regular Expressions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Debian System Administration | |
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| Software Management | |
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| Debian's Package Management System | |
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| dselect--A Text-Mode UI for Package Management | |
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| Apt--An Intelligent Command-Line Package Manager | |
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| dpkg--The Core of Debian | |
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| Summary | |
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| Administration Essentials | |
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| User Management | |
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| Programs and Processes | |
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| The Login Process | |
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| Printing | |
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| Scheduling Tasks | |
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| Disks and Filesystems | |
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| The Buffer Cache | |
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| Summary | |
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| Customizing the Bootup Procedure | |
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| The Linux Kernel | |
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| Building and Installing the Kernel | |
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| lilo | |
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| init and Software Startup | |
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| Additional Reading | |
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| Summary | |
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| System Logs and Accounting | |
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| The System Logs | |
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| Accounting | |
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| Automated Monitoring Tools | |
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| Summary | |
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| Disaster Recovery | |
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| Backup as the First Line of Defense | |
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| Recovery Disks | |
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| Documenting the System | |
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| Avoiding Problems | |
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| Assessing the Disaster | |
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| Booting the System | |
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| Fixing Disk Problems | |
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| Restoring from Backup | |
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| Tips on Solving Problems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Advanced System Administration | |
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| Understanding (and Hacking) the Boot Process | |
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| Scheduling Jobs with cron | |
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| Switching User Identities | |
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| Quotas and Accounting | |
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| Automounting | |
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| Places to Learn More | |
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| Summary | |
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| TCP/IP Networking Essentials | |
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| TCP/IP Basics | |
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| Configuring the Network | |
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| Network Daemons | |
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| Setting Up a PPP Dial-Up Server | |
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| Summary | |
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| Information Servers | |
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| inetd and TCP Wrappers | |
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| Email | |
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| FTP | |
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| Telnet | |
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| ssh | |
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| Web Servers | |
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| DNS and Bind | |
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| Usenet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interacting with Microsoft Networks Using Samba | |
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| Installing Samba | |
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| Getting a Simple Samba Setup Running | |
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| Configuring Samba: The /etc/smb.conf file | |
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| Sharing Files and Print Services | |
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| Optimizing Samba Performance | |
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| Testing Your Configuration | |
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| Running the Samba Server | |
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| Accessing Shares | |
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| Common smb.conf Configuration Options | |
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| Samba Documentation Sources | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tools for Advanced Network Administration | |
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| NFS--The Network File System | |
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| NIS--The Network Information System | |
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| TCP/IP Troubleshooting Tools | |
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| Summary | |
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| Security Issues | |
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| Conceptual Overview of Security Issues | |
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| Security Concepts | |
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| Types of Online Attacks | |
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| Monitoring and Intrusion Detection | |
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| Summary | |
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| Principles of Security | |
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| Common Security Concerns | |
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| Common Sense Precautions | |
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| Securing from Remote Access | |
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| Securing from a Local Network | |
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| Securing from Local Users | |
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| Securing from Denial-of-Service Attacks | |
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| Securing from Physical Access | |
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| Specialized Security Tools | |
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| Recovering from a Compromised System | |
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| Other Security Resources | |
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| Summary | |
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| Firewalls and Proxies | |
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| Firewalls and the Linux Kernel | |
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| Configuring a Linux Firewall | |
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| Configuring Proxy Servers | |
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| Configuring the Local Network | |
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| Running Servers Behind a Firewall | |
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| Online Documentation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Encryption | |
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| What Is Encryption? | |
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| Uses for Encryption | |
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| Legal Issues and Export Controls | |
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| Tools for Encrypted Communication | |
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| Summary | |
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| Development Environment | |
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| C/C++ Development Environment | |
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| The C/C++ Environment | |
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| Compiling and Debugging C and C++ | |
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| Summary | |
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| Java Programming | |
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| What Is Java? | |
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| What Makes Java Special? | |
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| Getting and Installing Java | |
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| Programming in Java | |
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| Summary | |
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| tc1 and tk Programming | |
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| tc1 Basics | |
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| The tc1 Language | |
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| The tk Toolkit | |
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| A tc1/tk Widget Programming Example | |
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| A tc1/tk Interface to xsetroot | |
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| Summary | |
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| Programming in Python | |
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| Getting Ready to Run Python | |
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| Python Command-Line Interpreter | |
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| Python Programs | |
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| Control Statements | |
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| Lists and the range() Function | |
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| Dictionaries | |
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| Console I/O | |
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| File I/O | |
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| Functions and Modules | |
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| Strings and Regular Expressions | |
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| Classes | |
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| Additional Python Capabilities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Programming with Scheme and Expect | |
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| Installing MzScheme | |
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| Running Scheme | |
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| Scripting Scheme | |
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| Using Command-Line Arguments | |
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| Available Data Types | |
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| Implementing Conditional Statements | |
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| File Input and Output | |
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| Echo Example | |
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| Expect | |
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| Installing Expect | |
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| Command-Line Switches | |
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| Summary | |
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| Linux Applications | |
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| Tying Them All Together in Projects: make and autoconf | |
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| Making Things with make | |
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| The Evolving Makefile | |
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| Using make's Internal Functions | |
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| Generating Dependencies Automatically | |
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| Using make with Other Projects | |
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| More Documentation for make | |
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| Using autoconf | |
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| Summary | |
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| Distributed Project Management | |
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| CVS | |
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| Fixing Bugs in Released Versions | |
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| Bugzilla | |
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| The Debian Bug Tracking System | |
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| Jitterbug | |
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| Doozer | |
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| Summary | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Installing Debian Linux | |
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| Preparing Your Computer for Linux | |
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| Disk Partitioning | |
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| Booting Linux | |
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| Installing the System | |
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| Using dselect to Install Applications | |
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| Booting Multiple Operating Systems | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Summary | |
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| Online References | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Newsgroups | |
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| Email Lists | |
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| DFSG-Compliant Licenses | |
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| The GNU General Public License (GPL) | |
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| The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) | |
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| The BSD License | |
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| Open-Source Licenses | |
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| What Exactly Is Open-Source Software? | |
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| Important Issues: Interpreting Software Licenses | |
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| GNU GPL | |
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| GNU LGPL | |
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| BSD | |
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| Artistic | |
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| An Explosion of Commercial Open-Source Licenses | |
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| Other Open Software Licenses | |
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| References and Additional Reading | |
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| Kernel Configuration Options | |
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| Code Maturity Level Options | |
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| Processor Type and Features | |
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| Loadable Module Support | |
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| General Setup | |
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| Plug and Play Support | |
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| Block Devices | |
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| Networking Options | |
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| QoS and/or Fair Queuing | |
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| SCSI Support | |
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| Network Device Support | |
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| Amateur Radio and Wireless Support | |
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| IrDA Subsystem and Infrared Port Device Drivers | |
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| ISDN Subsystem | |
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| Older CD-ROM Drivers (Not SCSI or IDE) | |
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| Character Devices | |
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| Video for Linux | |
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| Joystick Support | |
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| Ftape, the Floppy Tape Device Driver | |
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| Filesystems | |
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| Partition Types | |
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| Native Language Support | |
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| Console Drivers | |
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| Sound | |
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| Additional Low-Level Drivers | |
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| Kernel Hacking | |
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| Load/Save Configuration | |
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| Index | |