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<TITLE>Notes</TITLE>
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<H1>Notes on this book</H1>
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<I>Linux Installation and Getting Started</I> is an installation and
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new-user guide to the Linux system. Linux is a free clone of the UNIX
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operating system developed for 80386 and 80486 machines. This book
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describes how to obtain and install Linux on your system, as well as how
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to start using it. Information on configuration of X-Windows, basic
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system administration, and much more is included.
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<p>
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This HTML version of the book was provided by
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Ken Edwards (<code>edwards@xon.cuug.ab.ca</code>),
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and was generated using
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<code>latex2html</code>. As such, there are several technical glitches
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in the book---the index isn't perfect, and anything which
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<code>latex2html</code> doesn't understand appears as a small inline image.
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If you don't want to get all of these images, tell your WWW client
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not to load inline images.
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<p>
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This book is available in various formats, such as PostScript, .dvi,
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LaTeX source, and plain ASCII from
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<a href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide/">sunsite.unc.edu</a>. There are also several publishing companies distributing printed
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and bound copies of the book; see the
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<a href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide/install-guide-2.2.2.README">README</a> file for details.
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<p>Blatant sales pitch: My newest book, <em>Running Linux</em>,
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has been published by <a href="http://www.ora.com">O'Reilly and
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Associates</a>. It's 600 pages full of everything you need to know
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to run and use Linux. More information can be found
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<a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/mdw/rl.txt">here</a>.
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<p>
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If you have any questions about this book, please feel free to contact
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the author at <code>mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</code>.
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/mdw/mdw.html">About the author.</a>
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