The Linux Documentation Project proudly presents... Linux Installation and Getting Started by Matt Welsh v1.0, 5 August 1993 Finally, it's here. Linux Installation and Getting Started is a book for anyone wishing to dive into the Linux world. It covers what Linux is, how to get it, and how to install it on your machine. Also included is an introductory tutorial to using Linux for UNIX novices, and chapters on Linux system administration and advanced features of Linux, such as the X Window System, TCP/IP networking, and more. This is the first official release of the book. All of the content is there, but I would really like to flesh out certain sections and revise others. To do this, I need to get feedback and suggestions from readers. If you have any comments or questions please send them to me. The book has been uploaded to: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/docs/LDP and sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/docs/LDP It should show up in these directories once the FTP site admins move it out of incoming. The files are: install-guide-1.0.ps.gz PostScript output, 150 pages. Should print fine on US letter or A4 paper. install-guide-1.0.dvi.gz .dvi (device independent) TeX output. 150 pages. install-guide-1.0.txt.gz Plain ASCII output. This is made available mostly for previewing purposes; see below. About 180 pages (66 lines per page). install-guide-1.0.tar.gz Complete LaTeX source, including formatting macros and style file. Yes! There is plain ASCII. The ASCII is slightly ugly; i.e., very ragged right margin, no page numbers or table of contents, etc. The ASCII was generated with a combination of hacked-up LaTeX macros, dvi2tty, and a couple of hours of manual editing. I strongly suggest that you get the .dvi or PostScript instead; you can view it with xdvi or GhostView if you don't have access to a printer. The ASCII version doesn't include the BBS list appendix, the vi tutorial, or any of the fancy figures. Most of the content is there, and it's readable, but it's not very pretty. The PostScript/.dvi version of the book looks very nice in contrast. I hope that this book helps people start using Linux. It is freely distributable by the terms listed below: Linux Installation and Getting Started may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in part, subject to the following conditions: Linux Installation and Getting Started is Copyright (c)1993 by Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu. 205 Gray St NE, Wilson, NC, 27893 USA. * The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be preserved complete on all complete or partial copies. * Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and Getting Started must be approved by the author in writing before distribution. * If you distribute Linux Installation and Getting Started in part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete version provided. * Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper citation is given. * The GNU General Public License referenced below may be reproduced under the conditions given within it. Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write to Matt Welsh, at the above address, or email mdw@tc.cornell.edu, and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not to restrict you as educators and learners. All source code in Linux Installation and Getting Started is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/COPYING. Please send me any comments or suggestions. I usually appreciate general comments, instead of cdiffs, because they allow me to rewrite the sections myself. Besides, if thirty people send me cdiffs on the same section, I can't use them all. :) Enjoy! mdw -- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu