Debian GNU/Linux For Dummies [Paperback]

Michael Bellomo (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764507133 | ISBN-13: 978-0764507137 | Publication Date: August 1, 2000

Includes Debian GNU/Linux on 2 CD-ROMs!

Get help on installing and configuring Debian/GNU Linux!

Your guide to a secure, stable Debian system This friendly guide will help you join the rapidly growing community of Open Source operating system users. The text is packed with pointers covering everything from installing this popular Linux distribution to applying expert troubleshooting techniques. With these hot tips, you'll have your system up and running in no time! all this on 2 bonus CD-ROMs Debian GNU/Linux distribution Demo version of the office suite Applixware for Linux Evaluation version of Tripwire 2.0 for Linux Diskcheck 3.1.1 utility to monitor hard drive space and more System requirements: PC with 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended), CD-ROM drive (2X or faster). For complete information and system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix.

Discover how to: Set up your Internet connection and Web browser Use file tools and permissions Configure X Window System with ease Work with the GNOME desktop Troubleshoot software problems

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About the Author

Michael Bellomo is a Unix/Linux network administrator and the author of Master Red Hat^® Linux^® Visually^™ and Linux^® Administration For Dummies^®.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764507133
• ISBN-13: 978-0764507137
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,812,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Bellomo holds an MBA from the University of California at Irvine, a Juris Doctor in Law from UC San Francisco, and a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing Techniques from UC San Diego.

Currently he is a manager at a major biopharmaceutical company, dedicated to the manufacture of plasma-based medicines and therapies.

Michael has written 19 books in various non-fiction fields, including technology, business operations, and 'mass market' science. Michael's books have been published internationally in Italian, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Korean, German, Russian, and Chinese.

Since the Silicon Valley dotcom boom, he has worked as a financial e-commerce manager, a think-tank analyst studying how new technologies (TiVo, eBay, Blackberry) change consumer markets, and as a risk assessment engineer with a DoD consulting firm.

Michael was part of the team that analyzed what went wrong during the Columbia shuttle disaster. He has worked on projects ranging from how to stop bioterrorists to streamlining NASA's ability to send payloads to the International Space Station. Due to his background as a voiceover artist, he was selected by NASA to be the featured narrator for a DVD presentation sent to Congress on the development of the Orbital Space Plane.

He is the co-author of two Amazon bestsellers involving technology and science: eBay Your Business and Microbe: Are We Ready For The Next Plague?, a chilling work on how vulnerable we are to new, exotic diseases and acts of biological terrorism. The book is now a required text for upper division biology courses at California State University, Sacramento and San Francisco City College.

In December 2006, Michael was invited as a guest lecturer and panel participant at Harvard University for his latest popular science book, The Stem Cell Divide. The book is a look into the kaleidoscope of scientific wonder, religious dogma, and the hype machine surrounding the field of stem cell science research.

Michael lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DEFECTIVE Software on CDs, January 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Debian GNU/Linux For Dummies (Paperback)

Defective software on CDs

when the Debian GNU/Linux install program is run, it generates numerous error messages about Broken Packages etc. On page 203 of the book it says that Netscape Communicator 4.7 is included on CD. It is NOT on either of the 2 CDs. Also the GNOME desktop that is included is an unstable ALPHA version. On top of that the Debian GNU / Linux is an old version 2.1 (slink). The current version of debian is 2.2 (potato). The book is good. BUT the software is bad. If you wanted to buy the book for the software like I did, DONT BUY IT.

15 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK. Two CD, August 17, 2000

By 

Conrad B. Senior (Easton, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Debian GNU/Linux For Dummies (Paperback)

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BACK COVER:

Your guide to a secure, stable Debian system. This friendly guide will help you join the rapidly growing community of Open Source operating systems users. The text is packed with pointers covering everything from installing this popular Linux distribution to applying expert troubleshooting techniques. With these hot tips, you'll have your system up and running in no time!

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INDEX

PART I: GETTING UP AND RUNNING WITH DEBIAN

Chapter 1: Meet Debian GNU/Linux: Operating System on the Move

Chapter 2: Discoving your Hardware

Chapter 3: Preparing to Install Debian

Chapter 4: Installing Debian

Chapter 5: Configuring Debian

PART II: INTERFACING WITH DEBIAN

Chapter 6: Boot Problems, Logging In, and Root (Oh My!)

Chapter 7: Using Debian from the Command Line

Chapter 8: File This: Checking Out Debian's File System

Chapter 9: Configuring (and Fixing) X Windows

Chapter 10: There's No Business Like Gnome Business

PART III: USING DEBIAN AS YOUR WORKSTATION

Chapter 11: Working with text: vi: and gnotepad+

Chapter 12: Connecting Debian to the Internet

Chapter 13: Web Browsing, E-Mail, and Newsgroups

Chapter 14: Securing Your Debian System

PART IV: THE PART OF TENS

Chapter 15: Ten Troubleshooting Tips

Chapter 16: Ten Really Cool Web Sites for Debian Users

Chapter 17: Ten Places to Get More Software or Information

Chapter 18: Ten Programs That Every GNOME User Can Use

PART V: APPENDIXES

Appendix A: A Summary Of Linux Terms And Commands

Appendix B: The Most-Requested vi Commands

Appendix C: GNU/LINUX System Components and Applications

Appendix D: About the CD

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Reviewers Comments:

This book is for beginners with Unix or Linux.

I like Bellomo's writing. I always feel like I got my money's worth.

His books are easy to follow and get you up and running quickly. This book and another of his other books "Linux Administration For Dummies" are both excellent tools to learn Linux well.

Many people are a little daunted by Linux. You don't need to be daunted with these guidebooks and references. If you are a beginner with Linux, this is the best book you can buy. And I find it priced reasonably compared to other Linux books.

The information in the command line section will give you a fast leg up. All the really useful commands are discussed, every command you will need to operate Linux and some of the more powerful ones used for finding files, bring up recently used commands, man pages, process status (ps), and the command "ps -ef | grep <command>" that regular's with Unix use so often. Also included is everything else you might want to do with Linux, like printing, connecting to the Internet, text editing, and security, to name a few.

There is a complete Debian distribution included on two disks, as well as references to ten cool Debian web sites-which will help you with updates, software, and other goodies.

Great book at a reasonable price. Funny comics. Get started right with this book.