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Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink, Pro Linux System Administration, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2008-5_4

4. Linux Basics

By James Turnbull and Dennis Matotek

Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull2 and Peter Lieverdink3

(1)Footscray, Victoria, Australia

(2)Brooklyn, New York, USA

(3)North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

In Chapter 1, we talked a little about what Linux is and where it came from, and in Chapter 2 we installed our first Linux host. In this chapter, we’re going to introduce you to some basic Linux concepts and skills. Some people find Linux intimidating because of what looks like arcane commands with strange switches and mysterious options. We’ll decode some of the arcane commands ...

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