[...]... xvii xviii Red Hat Linux, Second Edition UNLEASHED B Top 50 Linux Commands and Utilities 611 General Guidelines 612 The List 612 613 & 613 adduser 613 alias 613 apropos 613 banner 614 bg 614 bind 614 cat 615 cd 615 chgrp 616 chmod 616 chown... LILO 27 Introduction and Installation of Linux I PART Introduction to Red Hat Linux and UNIX CHAPTER 1 1 IN THIS CHAPTER s Advantages of Linux 5 s Copyright and Warranty 7 s Where to Get Red Hat Linux s System Requirements 7 7 INTRODUCTION TO by David Pitts 1 RED HAT LINUX AND UNIX Introduction to Red Hat Linux and UNIX 3 4 Introduction and Installation of Linux PART I UNIX, not to be confused, as... software developed for Linux is developed by the Free Software Foundation’s GNU project Linux, therefore, is very inexpensive; as a matter of fact, it is free (but not cheap) Installation of Your Red Hat System CHAPTER 2 11 Installation of Your Red Hat System IN THIS CHAPTER s Be Prepared, Be Very Prepared! 12 s Installing Red Hat Linux 13 s Step-by-Step Installation 15 s The Red Hat Package Manager... 517 xv xvi Red Hat Linux, Second Edition UNLEASHED Introduction to Widgets 517 Creating Widgets 518 Widget Options 519 A tcl/tk Widget Programming Example 520 A tcl/tk Interface to xsetroot 522 Summary 527 26 Motif Programming 529 What Is Motif? 530 Where Do I Get Motif? 5 31 What Version of Motif Should I Use? 5 31 Red Hat Motif Installation... commercial versions of UNIX Red Hat has opted to take Linux a step further Red Hat Software is a computer software development company that sells products and provides services related to Linux Red Hat s mission is to “provide professional tools to computing professionals.” Red Hat provides these professional tools by doing the following: s Building tools, which Red Hat releases as freely redistributable software... of LILO (Linux Loader), but leaves many of the details to Chapter 3, “LILO.” Be Prepared, Be Very Prepared! Understanding the hardware is essential for a successful installation of Red Hat Linux Therefore, you should take a moment now and familiarize yourself with your hardware Be prepared to answer the following questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 How many hard drives do you have? What size is... 617 chroot 617 cp 617 dd 617 env 618 fc 618 fg 618 file 618 find 619 grep 619 groff 619 gzip 620 halt 620 hostname 620 kill 620 less 620 login 620 logout 620 lpc 6 21 lpd 6 21 lpq ... installation of Linux was MCC 1. 0+ (thanks, Owen!) In his spare time, James writes and maintains GNU software and even sometimes does non–computer-related things xxii Red Hat Linux, Second Edition UNLEASHED Tell Us What You Think! As a reader, you are the most important critic and commentator of our books We value your opinion and want to know what we’re doing right, what we could do better, what areas... Passwords—A Second Look 407 Related WWW Sites 408 Summary 409 21 Shell Programming 411 Creating and Executing a Shell Program 412 Variables 413 Assigning a Value to a Variable 414 Accessing Variable Values 414 Positional Parameters 415 Built-in Variables 416 Special Characters 416 Double Quotes 417 Single Quote... Installation 15 s The Red Hat Package Manager 25 2 INSTALLATION OF YOUR RED HAT SYSTEM 2 by Jay Austad 12 Introduction and Installation of Linux PART I One of the obvious differences between Red Hat Linux and other versions of Linux is the ease in which Red Hat can be installed The process is quite straightforward and automated by the Red Hat installation program The installation program can handle many . 613 alias 613 apropos <parameter> 613 banner 614 bg 614 bind 614 cat 615 cd 615 chgrp 616 chmod 616 chown 617 chroot 617 cp 617 dd 617 env 618 fc 618 fg 618 file 618 find 619 grep 619 groff 619 gzip. 609 Documentation Conventions 609 Contents Red Hat Linux, Second Edition U NLEASHED xviii B Top 50 Linux Commands and Utilities 611 General Guidelines 612 The List 612 . 613 & 613 adduser 613 alias. Use? 5 31 Red Hat Motif Installation 532 motif-devel-2.0 .1- 1.i386.rpm 532 motif-2.0 .1- 1.i386.rpm 533 motif-mwm-2.0 .1- 1.i386.rpm 533 motif-demosrc-2.0 .1- 1.i386.rpm 533 motif-demos-2.0 .1- 1.i386.rpm