Linux Configuration and Installation, 4th Edition

by Patrick Volkerding, Kevin Richard,
& Eric Foster-Johnson
ISBN: 978-0764570056
1998
A Japanese version, a Chinese version, and a
simplified Chinese version (Waterpub) were published.
This book is out of print but may be available from used
and out of print book sellers

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book cover thumbnail image of the earlier third edition of Linux Configuration and Installation

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Overview

Linux Configuration and Installation Fourth Edition covers how to set up and effectively use Linux. Updated with Slackware Linux 3.5 on two CD-ROMs, the major features of the book include an in-depth section on how to set up the X Window System for Linux for your PC hardware, one of the most difficult tasks under Linux.

The expanded Fourth Edition supports more hardware configurations, explains more issues with laptops, covers a lot more about the X Window System, and includes Netscape.

The third edition of this book was a runner up in the 12th Annual Computer Press Awards (1997).

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Slackware Linux and Supported Hardware
Chapter 2: Installing Slackware Linux
Chapter 3: Configuring the X Window System
Chapter 4: Advanced Configuration Issues
Chapter 5: Slackware Linux and Portable Computing Devices
Chapter 6: Slackware Linux and the Internet
Chapter 7: Basic Linux Tools
Chapter 8: Linux Applications
Chapter 9: Linux System Administration
Chapter 10: Programming in Linux
Appendix A: For More Information
Appendix B: About the CD-ROMs

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