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The Linux Documentation Project proudly presents...
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Linux Installation and Getting Started
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by Matt Welsh <mdw@sunsite.unc.edu>
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v1.1, 29 September 1993
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Linux Installation and Getting Started is a book for anyone wishing to
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dive into the Linux world. It covers what Linux is, how to get it, and how
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to install it on your machine. Also included is an introductory tutorial to
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using Linux for UNIX novices, and chapters on Linux system administration and
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advanced features of Linux, such as the X Window System, TCP/IP networking,
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and more.
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The first release of the book was made in early August. Since then, I have
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received many comments and suggestions from readers. I have tried to work
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all of these in. As a result, not much of the content has changed from
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Version 1.0, but many typos and mistakes were corrected. The book still
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focuses on how to install the SLS release of Linux. In the future, I plan
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to replace this with a more general section on installing whatever release
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of Linux you choose. As you can see, however, that takes a considerable amount
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of time (which I don't have right now!).
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The book has been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu in the directory
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/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide. Other sites, such as tsx-11, should mirror
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this soon.
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The files are:
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install-guide-1.1.ps.gz
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PostScript output, ready to print, 150 pages.
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Should print fine on US letter or A4 paper. You can
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also view this with Ghostview, although some readers
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have reported that Ghostview chokes on large documents
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generated by dvips. I haven't been able to test this.
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install-guide-1.1.dvi.gz
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.dvi (device independent) TeX output. 150 pages.
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You can view this with xdvi or convert to another
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with the various DVI tools if you wish.
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install-guide-1.0.txt.gz
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Plain ASCII output. This is made available mostly for
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previewing purposes; see below. I have not generated ASCII
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for v1.1 of the book; it's too time-consuming and not
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enough changes were made to warrant it. About 180 pages
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(66 lines per page).
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install-guide-1.1.tar.gz
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Complete LaTeX source, including formatting macros
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and style file. You only need this if you want to
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format the book from scratch. Otherwise you only need
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one of the above files.
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These files are compressed by gzip (the .gz extension). You can get
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gzip from many FTP sites, including prep.ai.mit.edu in /pub/gnu.
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Gzip is rapidly becoming the standard compression in the free software
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world.
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Yes! There is plain ASCII. The ASCII is slightly ugly; i.e., very
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ragged right margin, no page numbers or table of contents, etc.
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The ASCII was generated with a combination of hacked-up LaTeX
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macros, dvi2tty, and a couple of hours of manual editing. I strongly
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suggest that you get the .dvi or PostScript instead; you can
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view it with xdvi or GhostView if you don't have access to a printer.
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The ASCII version doesn't include the BBS list appendix, the
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vi tutorial, or any of the fancy figures. Most of the content is
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there, and it's readable, but it's not very pretty. The PostScript/.dvi
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version of the book looks very nice in contrast.
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I hope that this book helps people start using Linux. It is freely
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distributable by the terms listed below:
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Linux Installation and Getting Started may be reproduced and distributed
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in whole or in part, subject to the following conditions:
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Linux Installation and Getting Started is Copyright (c)1993 by Matt
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Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. 205 Gray St NE, Wilson, NC, 27893 USA.
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* The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be
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preserved complete on all complete or partial copies.
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* Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and
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Getting Started must be approved by the author in writing before
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distribution.
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* If you distribute Linux Installation and Getting Started in
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part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this
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manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete
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version provided.
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* Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or
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quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper
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citation is given.
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* The GNU General Public License referenced below may be
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reproduced under the conditions given within it.
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Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write
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to Matt Welsh, at the above address, or email mdw@sunsite.unc.edu,
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and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not to
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restrict you as educators and learners.
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All source code in Linux Installation and Getting Started
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is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous
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FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/COPYING.
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Please send me any comments or suggestions. I usually appreciate
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general comments, instead of cdiffs, because they allow me to
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rewrite the sections myself. Besides, if thirty people send me cdiffs
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on the same section, I can't use them all. :)
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Also, I would be very happy if someone could send me a nice printed
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copy of this book. I don't have the means to print 150 pages of Postscript
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on a whim, so it restricts my editing abilities (when people make comments
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to change something on page 86, I need to know where page 86 is in the
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source!). If you have a spare ream of paper and a rarely-used PostScript
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printer, send me e-mail and we'll talk. :)
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Enjoy!
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mdw
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--
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Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu
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