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- The Linux Documentation Project proudly presents...
-
- Linux Installation and Getting Started
- by Matt Welsh <mdw@sunsite.unc.edu>
- v2.2.2, 12 February 1995
-
- 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 book is freely distributable under certain conditions (see below).
- This license allows anyone to print and distribute verbatim copies of
- the book. I encourage publishing companies and printing houses to do so.
- In particular, I encourage distributors of Linux software to use this book
- as an installation guide. (After all, that's why I wrote it!) If you don't
- find the instructions contained therein specific enough, you can provide
- your own short "installation supplement" to go along with the book.
-
- Changes in version 2.2.2: Many typo corrections, added information on
- installing the Slackware distribution, and a complete section on installing
- and configuring XFree86 3.1.
-
- The book has been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu in the directory
- /pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide
-
- Other sites, such as tsx-11.mit.edu, should mirror this soon. The book is
- also available in printed form via mail order from SSC, Inc. See below for
- more information.
-
- The files below ending in the .gz extension have been compressed with
- gzip. Gzip is available from many FTP sites, including prep.ai.mit.edu
- in /pub/gnu. An MS-DOS version of Gzip can be found on sunsite.unc.edu
- in /pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/GZIP.EXE.
-
- The files without the .gz extension are plain, uncompressed
- files. Many readers were having trouble getting Gzip for MS-DOS and
- other platforms, so I am providing both gzipped and ungzipped versions
- of the files on the FTP sites.
-
- The gzipped files are identical to their non-gzipped counterparts.
- You only need to get one or the other, not both.
-
- The files are:
-
- install-guide-2.2.2.ps
- install-guide-2.2.2.ps.gz
- PostScript output, ready to print, 236 pages.
- Should print fine on US letter or A4 paper. You can
- also view this with Ghostview.
-
- parts/chapter0.ps.gz, parts/chapter1.ps.gz, ...
- The "parts" subdirectory contains individual PostScript
- files for each chapter of the book, as some people have
- had problems printing the single PostScript file above. In
- addition, the file appendix.ps.gz contains the appendices
- and index. Each of these files should be printed separately.
-
- install-guide-2.2.2.dvi
- install-guide-2.2.2.dvi.gz
- .dvi (device independent) TeX output. 236 pages.
- ou can view this with xdvi or convert to another format with
- the various DVI tools if you wish. For example, dvips will
- generate PostScript from this file, dvilj2p will produce HP
- LaserJet IIP output, etc. See the comp.text.tex FAQ for details.
-
- install-guide-2.2.2.txt
- install-guide-2.2.2.txt.gz
- Plain ASCII output. This is made available mostly for previewing
- purposes---it is rather ugly. I DO NOT recommend reading the
- plain ASCII if you can help it---the PostScript and .dvi versions
- look very nice in comparison.
-
- install-guide-2.2.2.tar.gz
- Complete LaTeX source, including formatting macros
- and style file. You need this only if you want to
- format the book from scratch. (For example, for printing
- two-sided.) Otherewise one of the above files will do.
- This is a gzipped UNIX tar file.
-
- 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)1992-1994 by Matt
- Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu.
-
- * 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@sunsite.unc.edu,
- and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not to
- restrict you as educators and learners.
-
- In short, you don't need my permission to copy, print, or distribute the
- complete book, verbatim, but you do need my permission to translate
- the book or to produce a derivative work from it. Just get in touch with
- me if you have questions.
-
- 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.
-
- This book is available from SSC, Inc. via mail order. Belinda Frazier
- writes,
- SSC has printed the Linux Installation and Getting Started
- manual, Version 2.2.1 to make it available for those who do not
- have the capability to print it themself and to support our
- customers who buy Linux (Yggdrasil) from us. It is printed
- double-sided, perfect bound, with a cover. SSC also intends to
- make comb bound versions of the other LDP manuals available.
-
- Linux Installation and Getting Started, Version 2.2.1 is available
- for $12.95 plus shipping ($3 in the U.S.). We can accept credit
- card orders (Visa, MasterCard or AmEx). Orders can be phoned in
- (206-FOR-UNIX/206-527-3385), FAXed (206-527-2806) or mailed to
- SSC, P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155.
-
- Mail sales@ssc.com for more information.
-
- Please send me any comments or suggestions. I usually appreciate
- general comments, instead of cdiffs, because they allow me to make
- corrections by hand.
-
- Share and enjoy,
-
- M. Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu
-