Ebook: Learning the UNIX operating system: a concise guide for the new user--Cover
Author: Peek Jerry D., Todino Grace, Strang John
- Tags: Online-Publikation
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media
- City: Sebastopol;CA
- Edition: 5th ed., additions and revisions by Jerry Peek
- Language: English
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If you are new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Unix was one of the first operating systems written in C, a high-level programming language, and its natural portability and low price made it a popular choice among universities. Initially, two main dialects of Unix existed: one produced by AT&T known as System V, and one developed at UC Berkeley and known as BSD. In recent years, many other dialects have been created, including the highly popular Linux operating system and the new Mac OS X (a derivative of BSD).
Learning the Unix Operating System is a handy book for someone just starting with Unix or Linux, and it's an ideal primer for Mac and PC users of the Internet who need to know a little about Unix on the systems they visit. The fifth edition is the most effective introduction to Unix in print, covering Internet usage for email, file transfers, web browsing, and many major and minor updates to help...