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| Introduction | |
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| Licensing | |
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| Who This Book Is For | |
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| What This Book Contains | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Installing and Configuration | |
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| Installing Ubuntu | |
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| Before You Begin the Installation | |
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| Researching Your Hardware Specifications | |
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| Installation Options | |
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| Planning Partition Strategies | |
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| The Boot Loader | |
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| Installing from CD or DVD | |
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| Step-by-Step Installation | |
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| Installing | |
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| First Update | |
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| Wubi���The Easy Installer for Windows | |
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| Shutting Down | |
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| Reference | |
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| Post-Installation Configuration | |
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| Troubleshooting Post-Installation Configuration Problems | |
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| The sudo Command | |
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| Software Update | |
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| Configuring Software Repositories | |
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| Installing Graphics Drivers | |
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| Changing Ubuntu's Look and Feel | |
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| Changing the Desktop Background | |
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| Changing Colors | |
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| Modifying System Fonts | |
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| Visual Effects | |
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| Preferred Behaviors | |
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| Input Devices | |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts | |
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| Keyboard Layout | |
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| Mouse | |
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| Detecting and Configuring a Printer | |
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| Configuring Power Management in Ubuntu | |
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| Setting the Date and Time | |
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| Changing the Time and Date | |
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| Using the date Command | |
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| Using the hwclock Command | |
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| Configuring Wireless Networks | |
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| Reference | |
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| Working with GNOME | |
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| The GNOME Desktop Environment | |
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| Eye Candy for the Masses | |
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| Basic X Concepts | |
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| Using X | |
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| Elements of the xorg.conf File | |
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| Configuring X | |
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| Starting X | |
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| Using a Display Manager | |
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| Configuring Your Login Screen | |
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| Changing Window Managers | |
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| Reference | |
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| Command Line Quickstart | |
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| What Is the Command Line? | |
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| Navigating Through the File System | |
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| Managing Files with the Shell | |
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| Working with Compressed Files | |
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| Essential Commands from the /bin and /sbin Directories | |
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| Using and Editing Files in the /etc Directory | |
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| Protecting the Contents of User Directories���/home | |
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| Using the Contents of the /proc Directory to Interact with the Kernel | |
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| Working with Shared Data in the /usr Directory | |
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| Temporary File Storage in the /tmp Directory | |
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| Accessing Variable Data Files in the /var Directory | |
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| Logging In to and Working with Linux | |
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| Text-Based Console Login | |
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| Logging Out | |
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| Logging in and Out from a Remote Computer | |
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| Using Environment Variables | |
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| Using the Text Editors | |
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| Working with vi | |
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| Working with emacs | |
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| Working with Permissions | |
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| Assigning Permissions | |
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| Directory Permissions | |
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| Understanding Set User ID and Set Group | |
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| ID Permissions | |
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| Working as Root | |
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| Creating Users | |
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| Deleting Users | |
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| Shutting Down the System | |
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| Rebooting the System | |
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| Reading Documentation | |
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| Using Apropros | |
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| Using Man Pages | |
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| Reference | |
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| Desktop Ubuntu | |
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| On the Internet | |
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| Getting Started with Firefox | |
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| Checking Out Google Chrome and Chromium | |
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| Choosing an Email Client | |
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| Evolution | |
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| Mozilla Thunderbird | |
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| Other Mail Clients | |
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| RSS Readers | |
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| Firefox | |
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| Liferea | |
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| Instant Messaging and Video Conferencing with Empathy | |
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| Internet Relay Chat | |
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| Usenet Newsgroups | |
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| Ubuntu One Cloud Storage | |
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| Reference | |
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| Productivity Applications | |
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| Introducing OpenOffice.org | |
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| Configuring OpenOffice.org | |
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| Working with OpenOffice.org Writer | |
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| Working with OpenOffice.org Calc | |
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| Office Suites for Ubuntu | |
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| Working with Gnome Office | |
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| Working with KOffice | |
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| Productivity Applications Written for Microsoft Windows | |
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| Reference | |
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| Multimedia Applications | |
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| Sound and Music | |
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| Sound Cards | |
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| Adjusting Volume | |
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| Sound Formats | |
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| Listening to Music | |
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| Buying Music in the Ubuntu One Music Store | |
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| Graphics Manipulation | |
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| The GNU Image Manipulation Program | |
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| Using Scanners in Ubuntu | |
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| Working with Graphics Formats | |
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| Capturing Screen Images | |
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| Using Digital Cameras with Ubuntu | |
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| Handheld Digital Cameras | |
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| Using Shotwell Photo Manager | |
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| Burning CDs and DVDs in Ubuntu | |
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| Creating CDs and DVDs with Brasero | |
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| Creating CDs from the Command Line | |
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| Creating DVDs from the Command Line | |
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| Viewing Video | |
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| TV and Video Hardware | |
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| Video Formats | |
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| Viewing Video in Linux | |
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| Personal Video Recorders | |
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| Video Editing | |
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| Reference | |
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| Other Ubuntu Desktops | |
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| Desktop Environment | |
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| KDE and Kubuntu | |
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| Xfce and Xubuntu | |
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| Ubuntu Netbook Edition | |
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| LXDE and Lubuntu | |
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| Reference | |
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| Games | |
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| Ubuntu Gaming | |
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| Emulators | |
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| Installing Proprietary Video Drivers | |
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| Installing Games in Ubuntu | |
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| Warsow | |
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| Scorched 3D | |
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| Frozen Bubble | |
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| SuperTux | |
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| Battle for Wesnoth | |
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| Games for Kids | |
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| Playing Windows Games | |
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| Reference | |
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| System Administration | |
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| Managing Users | |
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| User Accounts | |
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| The Super-User/Root User | |
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| User IDs and Group IDs | |
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| File Permissions | |
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| Managing Groups | |
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| Group Listing | |
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| Group Management Tools | |
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| Managing Users | |
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| User Management Tools | |
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| Adding New Users | |
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| Monitoring User Activity on the System | |
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| Managing Passwords | |
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| System Password Policy | |
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| The Password File | |
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| Shadow Passwords | |
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| Managing Password Security for Users | |
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| Changing Passwords in a Batch | |
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| Granting System Administrator Privileges to Regular Users | |
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| Temporarily Changing User Identity with the su Command | |
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| Granting Root Privileges on Occasion���The sudo Command | |
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| Disk Quotas | |
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| Implementing Quotas | |
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| Manually Configuring Quotas | |
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| Reference | |
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| Automating Tasks | |
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| Running Services at Bootup | |
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| Beginning the Boot Loading Process | |
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| Loading the Linux Kernel | |
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| System Services and Runlevels | |
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| Runlevel Definitions | |
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| Booting into the Default Runlevel | |
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| Understanding init Scripts and the Final Stage of Initialization | |
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| Controlling Services at Boot with Administrative Tools | |
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| Changing Runlevels | |
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| Troubleshooting Runlevel Problems | |
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| Starting and Stopping Services Manually | |
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| Using Upstart | |
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| Scheduling Tasks | |
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| Using at and batch to Schedule Tasks for Later | |
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| Using cron to Run Jobs Repeatedly | |
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| Basic Shell Control | |
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| The Shell Command Line | |
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| Shell Pattern-Matching Support | |
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| Redirecting Input and Output | |
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| Piping Data | |
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| Background Processing | |
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| Writing and Executing a Shell Script | |
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| Running the New Shell Program | |
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| Storing Shell Scripts for Systemwide Access | |
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| Interpreting Shell Scripts Through Specific Shells | |
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| Using Variables in Shell Scripts | |
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| Assigning a Value to a Variable | |
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| Accessing Variable Values | |
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| Positional Parameters | |
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| A Simple Example of a Positional Parameter | |
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| Using Positional Parameters to Access and | |
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| Retrieve Variables from the Command Line | |
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| Using a Simple Script to Automate Tasks | |
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| Built-In Variables | |
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| Special Characters | |
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| Using Double Quotes to Resolve Variables in Strings with Embedded Spaces | |
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| Using Single Quotes to Maintain Unexpanded Variables | |
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| Using the Backslash as an Escape Character | |
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| Using the Backtick to Replace a String with Output | |
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| Comparison of Expressions in pdksh and bash | |
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| Comparing Expressions with tcsh | |
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| The for Statement | |
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| The while Statement | |
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| The until Statement | |
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| The repeat Statement (tcsh) | |
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| The select Statement (pdksh) | |
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| The shift Statement | |
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| The if Statement | |
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| The case Statement | |
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| The break and exit Statements | |
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| Using Functions in Shell Scripts | |
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| Reference | |
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| System-Monitoring Tools | |
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| Console-Based Monitoring | |
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| Using the kill Command to Control Processes | |
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| Using Priority Scheduling and Control | |
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| Displaying Free and Used Memory with free | |
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| Disk Space | |
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| Disk Quotas | |
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| Graphical Process and System Management Tools | |
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| System Monitor | |
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| Conky | |
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| Other | |
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| KDE Process- and System-Monitoring Tools | |
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| Enterprise Server Monitoring | |
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| Landscape | |
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| Other | |
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| Reference | |
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| Backing Up | |
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| Choosing a Backup Strategy | |
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| Why Data Loss Occurs | |
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| Assessing Your Backup Needs and Resources | |
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| Evaluating Backup Strategies | |
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| Making the Choice | |
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| Choosing Backup Hardware and Media | |
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| Removable Storage Media | |
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| CD-RW and DVD+RW/-RW Drives | |
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| Network Storage | |
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| Tape Drive Backup | |
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| Cloud Storage | |
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| Using Backup Software | |
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| Tar: the Most Basic Backup Tool | |
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| The GNOME File Roller | |
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| The KDE ark Archiving Tool | |
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| Using the Amanda Backup Application | |
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| Alternative Backup Software | |
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| Copying Files | |
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| Copying Files Using tar | |
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| Compressing, Encrypting, and Sending | |
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| Tar Streams | |
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| Copying Files Using cp | |
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| Copying Files Using mc | |
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| Using rsync | |
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| System Rescue | |
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| The Ubuntu Rescue Disc | |
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| Restoring the GRUB2 Boot Loader | |
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| Saving Files from a Non-Booting Hard Drive | |
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| Reference | |
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| Networking | |
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| Laying the Foundation: the localhost Interface | |
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| Checking for the Availability of | |
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| The Loopback Interface | |
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| Configuring the Loopback Interface Manually | |
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| Networking with TCP/IP | |
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| TCP/IP Addressing | |
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| Using IP Masquerading in Ubuntu | |
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| Ports | |
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| Network Organization | |
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| Subnetting | |
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| Subnet Masks | |
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| Broadcast, Unicast, and Multicast Addressing | |
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| Hardware Devices for Networking | |
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| Network Interface Cards | |
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| Network Cable | |
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| Hubs and Switches | |
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| Routers and Bridges | |
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| Initializing New Network Hardware | |
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| Using Network Configuration Tools | |
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| Command-Line Network Interface Configuration | |
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| /bin/netstat | |
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| Network Configuration Files | |
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| Using Graphical Configuration Tools | |
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| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | |
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| How DHCP Works | |
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| Activating DHCP at Installation and Boot Time | |
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| DHCP Software Installation and Configuration | |
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| Using DHCP to Configure Network Hosts | |
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| Other Uses for DHCP | |
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| Wireless Networking | |
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| Support for Wireless Networking in Ubuntu | |
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| Advantages of Wireless Networking | |
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| Choosing from Among Available Wireless Protocols | |
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| Beyond the Network and onto the Internet | |
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| Common Configuration Information | |
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| Configuring Digital Subscriber Line Access | |
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| Understanding Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet | |
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| Configuring a PPPoE Connection Manually | |
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| Configuring Dial-Up Internet Access | |
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| Troubleshooting Connection Problems | |
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| Reference | |
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| Remote Access with SSH and Telnet | |
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| Setting Up a Telnet Server | |
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| Telnet Versus SSH | |
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| Setting Up an SSH Server | |
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| SSH Tools | |
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| Using scp to Copy Individual Files Between Machines | |
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| Using sftp to Copy Many Files Between Machines | |
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| Using ssh-keygen to Enable Key-Based Logins | |
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| Virtual Network Computing (VNC) | |
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| Reference | |
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| Ubuntu as a Server | |
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| File and Print | |
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| Using the Network File System | |
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| Installing and Starting or Stopping NFS | |
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| NFS Server Configuration | |
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| NFS Client Configuration | |
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| Putting Samba to Work | |
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| Manually Configuring Samba with /etc/samba/smb.conf | |
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| Testing Samba with the testparm Command | |
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| Starting, Stopping, and Restarting the smbd Daemon | |
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| Mounting Samba Shares | |
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| Configuring Samba Using SWAT | |
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| Network and Remote Printing with Ubuntu | |
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| Creating Network Printers | |
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| Using the Common UNIX Printing System GUI | |
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| Avoiding Printer Support Problems | |
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| Reference | |
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| Apache Web Server Management | |
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| About the Apache Web Server | |
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| Installing the Apache Server | |
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| Installing from the Ubuntu repositories | |
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| Building the Source Yourself | |
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| Starting and Stopping Apache | |
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| Starting the Apache Server Manually | |
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| Using /etc/init.d/apache2 | |
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| Runtime Server Configuration Settings | |
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| Runtime Configuration Directives | |
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| Editing apache2.conf | |
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| Apache Multiprocessing Modules | |
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| Using .htaccess Configuration Files | |
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| File System Authentication and Access Control | |
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| Restricting Access with allow and deny | |
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| Authentication | |
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| Final Words on Access Control | |
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| Apache Modules | |
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| Mod_access | |
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| Mod_alias | |
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| Mod_asis | |
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| Mod_auth | |
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| Mod_auth_anon | |
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| Mod_auth_dbm | |
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| Mod_auth_digest | |
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| Mod_autoindex | |
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| Mod_cgi | |
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| Mod_dir and mod_env | |
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| Mod_expires | |
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| Mod_headers | |
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| Mod_include | |
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| Mod_info and mod_log_config | |
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| Mod_mime and mod_mime_magic | |
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| Mod_negotiation | |
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| Mod_proxy | |
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| Mod_rewrite | |
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| Mod_setenvif | |
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| Mod_speling | |
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| Mod_status | |
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| Mod_ssl | |
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| Mod_unique_id | |
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| Mod_userdir | |
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| Mod_usertrack | |
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| Mod_vhost_alias | |
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| Virtual Hosting | |
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| Address-Based Virtual Hosts | |
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| Name-Based Virtual Hosts | |
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| Logging | |
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| Other Web Servers for Use with Ubuntu | |
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| Sun ONE Web Server | |
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| Nginx | |
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| Zope | |
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| Lighttpd | |
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| Reference | |
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| Remote File Serving with FTP | |
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| Choosing an FTP Server | |
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| Choosing an Authenticated or Anonymous Server | |
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| Ubuntu FTP Server Packages | |
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| Other FTP Servers | |
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| Installing FTP Software | |
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| The FTP User | |
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| Configuring the Very Secure FTP Server | |
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| Controlling Anonymous Access | |
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| Other vsftpd Server Configuration Files | |
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| Using the ftphosts File to Allow or Deny FTP Server Connection | |
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| Reference | |
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| Handling Email | |
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| How Email Is Sent and Received | |
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| The Mail Transport Agent | |
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| Choosing an MTA | |
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| The Mail Delivery Agent | |
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| The Mail User Agent | |
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| Basic Postfix Configuration and Operation | |
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| Configuring Masquerading | |
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| Using Smart Hosts | |
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| Setting Message Delivery Intervals | |
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| Mail Relaying | |
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| Forwarding Email with Aliases | |
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| Using Fetchmail to Retrieve Mail | |
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| Installing Fetchmail | |
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| Configuring Fetchmail | |
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| Choosing a Mail Delivery Agent | |
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| Procmail | |
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| Spamassassin | |
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| Squirrelmail | |
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| Virus Scanners | |
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| Autoresponders | |
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| Alternatives to Microsoft Exchange Server | |
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| Microsoft Exchange Server/Outlook Client | |
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| CommuniGate Pro | |
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| Oracle Beehive | |
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| Bynari | |
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| Open-Xchange | |
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| Phpgroupware | |
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| PHProjekt | |
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| Horde | |
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| Reference | |
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| Proxying and Reverse Proxying | |
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| What Is a Proxy Server? | |
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| Installing Squid | |
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| Configuring Clients | |
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| Access Control Lists | |
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| Specifying Client IP Addresses | |
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| Example Configurations | |
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| Reference | |
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| Administering Database Services | |
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| A Brief Review of Database Basics | |
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| How Relational Databases Work | |
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| Understanding SQL Basics | |
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| Creating Tables | |
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| Inserting Data into Tables | |
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| Retrieving Data from a Database | |
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| Choosing a Database: MySQL Versus PostgreSQL | |
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| Speed | |
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| Data Locking | |
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| ACID Compliance in Transaction Processing to Protect Data Integrity | |
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| SQL Subqueries | |
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| Procedural Languages and Triggers | |
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| Configuring MySQL | |
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| Setting a Password for the MySQL Root User | |
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| Creating a Database in MySQL | |
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| Configuring PostgreSQL | |
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| Initializing the Data Directory in PostgreSQL | |
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| Creating a Database in PostgreSQL | |
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| Creating Database Users in PostgreSQL | |
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| Deleting Database Users in PostgreSQL | |
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| Granting and Revoking Privileges in PostgreSQL | |
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| Database Clients | |
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| SSH Access to a Database | |
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| Local GUI Client Access to a Database | |
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| Web Access to a Database | |
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| The MySQL Command-Line Client | |
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| The PostgreSQL Command-Line Client | |
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| Graphical Clients | |
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| Reference | |
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| LDAP | |
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| Configuring the Server | |
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| Creating Your Schema | |
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| Populating Your Directory | |
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| Configuring Clients | |
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| Evolution | |
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| Thunderbird | |
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| Administration | |
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| Reference | |
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| Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) | |
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| Requirements | |
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| Installation | |
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| Using LTSP | |
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| Reference | |
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| Ubuntu in the Cloud | |
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| Why a Cloud? | |
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| UEC and Eucalyptus | |
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| Deploy/Install | |
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| Public | |
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| Private | |
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| A Euca2ools Primer | |
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| Reference | |
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| Programming Linux | |
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| Opportunistic Development | |
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| Launchpad | |
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| Quickly | |
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| Ground Control | |
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| Reference | |
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| Helping with Ubuntu Testing and QA | |
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| Community Teams | |
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| Ubuntu Testing Team | |
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| QA Testing Team | |
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| Bug Squad | |
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| Test Drive | |
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| Reference | |
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| Using Perl | |
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| Using Perl with Linux | |
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| Perl Versions | |
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| A Simple Perl Program | |
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| Perl Variables and Data Structures | |
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| Perl Variable Types | |
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| Special Variables | |
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| Operators | |
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| Comparison Operators | |
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| Compound Operators | |
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| Arithmetic Operators | |
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| Other Operators | |
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| Special String Constants | |
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| Conditional Statements: if/else and unless | |
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| If | |
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| Unless | |
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| Looping | |
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| For | |
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| Foreach | |
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| While | |
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| Until | |
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| Last and next | |
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| Do while and do until | |
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| Regular Expressions | |
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| Access to the Shell | |
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| Modules and CPAN | |
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| Code Examples | |
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| Sending Mail | |
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| Purging Logs | |
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| Posting to Usenet | |
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| One-Liners | |
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| Command-Line Processing | |
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| Reference | |
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| Working with Python | |
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| Python on Linux | |
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| The Basics of Python | |
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| Numbers | |
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| More on Strings | |
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| Lists | |
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| Dictionaries | |
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| Conditionals and Looping | |
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| Functions | |
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| Object Orientation | |
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| Class and Object Variables | |
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| Constructors and Destructors | |
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| Class Inheritance | |
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| The Standard Library and the Python Package Index | |
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| Reference | |
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| Writing PHP Scripts | |
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| Introduction to PHP | |
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| Entering and Exiting PHP Mode | |
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| Variables | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Constants | |
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| References | |
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| Comments | |
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| Escape Sequences | |
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| Variable Substitution | |
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| Operators | |
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| Conditional Statements | |
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| Special Operators | |
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| Switching | |
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| Loops | |
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| Including Other Files | |
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| Basic Functions | |
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| Strings | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Files | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Handling HTML Forms | |
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| Databases | |
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| Reference | |
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| C/C++ Programming Tools for Ubuntu | |
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| Programming in C with Linux | |
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| Using the C Programming Project Management Tools Provided with Ubuntu | |
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| Building Programs with make | |
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| Using Makefiles | |
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| Using the autoconf Utility to Configure Code | |
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| Managing Software Projects with Subversion | |
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| Debugging Tools | |
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| Using the GNU C Compiler | |
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| Graphical Development Tools | |
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| Using the KDevelop Client | |
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| The Glade Client for Developing in GNOME | |
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| Reference | |
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| Mono | |
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| Why Use Mono? | |
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| MonoDevelop | |
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| The Structure of a C# Program | |
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| Printing Out the Parameters | |
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| Creating Your Own Variables | |
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| Adding Some Error Checking | |
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| Building on Mono's Libraries | |
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| Creating a GUI with Gtk# | |
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| Reference | |
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| Ubuntu Housekeeping | |
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| Managing Software | |
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| Ubuntu Software Center | |
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| Using Synaptic for Software Management | |
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| Staying Up-to-Date | |
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| Working on the Command Line | |
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| Day-to-Day Usage | |
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| Finding Software | |
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| Compiling Software from Source | |
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| Reference | |
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| Securing Your Machines | |
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| Understanding Computer Attacks | |
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| Assessing Your Vulnerability | |
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| Protecting Your Machine | |
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| Securing a Wireless Network | |
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| Passwords and Physical Security | |
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| Configuring and Using Tripwire | |
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| Devices | |
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| Viruses | |
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| Configuring Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) | |
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| AppArmor | |
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| Forming a Disaster Recovery Plan | |
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| Reference | |
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| Performance Tuning | |
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| Hard Disk | |
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| Using the BIOS and Kernel to Tune the Disk Drives | |
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| The hdparm Command | |
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| File System Tuning | |
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| The tune2fs Command | |
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| The e2fsck Command | |
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| The badblocks Command | |
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| Disabling File Access Time | |
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| Kernel | |
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| Apache | |
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| MySQL | |
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| Measuring Key Buffer Usage | |
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| Using the Query Cache | |
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| Miscellaneous Tweaks | |
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| Query Optimization | |
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| Reference | |
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| Command Line Masterclass | |
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| |
| Why Use the Shell? | |
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| Basic Commands | |
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| |
| Printing the Contents of a File with cat | |
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| Changing Directories with cd | |
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| Changing File Access Permissions with chmod | |
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| Copying Files with cp | |
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| Printing Disk Usage with du | |
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| Finding Files by Searching with find | |
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| Searches for a String in Input with grep | |
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| Paging Through Output with less | |
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| Creating Links Between Files with ln | |
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| Finding Files from an Index with locate | |
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| Listing Files in the Current Directory with ls | |
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| Reading Manual Pages with man | |
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| Making Directories with mkdir | |
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| Moving Files with mv | |
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| Listing Processes with ps | |
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| Deleting Files and Directories with rm | |
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| Printing the Last Lines of a File with tail | |
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| |
| Printing Resource Usage with top | |
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| |
| Printing the Location of a Command with which | |
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| |
| Combining Commands | |
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| |
| Multiple Terminals | |
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| |
| Reference | |
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| |
| Kernel and Module Management | |
| |
| |
| The Linux Kernel | |
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| |
| The Linux Source Tree | |
| |
| |
| Types of Kernels | |
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| |
| Managing Modules | |
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| |
| When to Recompile | |
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| |
| Kernel Versions | |
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| |
| Obtaining the Kernel Sources | |
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| |
| Patching the Kernel | |
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| |
| Compiling the Kernel | |
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| |
| Using xconfig to Configure the Kernel | |
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| |
| Creating an Initial RAM Disk Image | |
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| When Something Goes Wrong | |
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| |
| Errors During Compile | |
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| |
| Runtime Errors, Boot Loader Problems, and Kernel Oops | |
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| |
| Reference | |
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| |
| Appendixes | |
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| Ubuntu Under the Hood | |
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| Ubuntu and Linux Internet Resources | |
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| TOC, 9780672333446, 11/18/2010 | |