Beginning Modern Unix: Learn to Live Comfortably in a Modern Unix Environment

Description

Discover how to leverage modern Unix even if you’ve never worked with Unix before. This book presents everything in conceptual terms that you can understand, rather than tips to be committed raw to memory. You will learn everyday tasks ranging from basic system administration—partitioning and mounting filesystems, software installation, network configuration, working from the command line) — to Bourne shell scripting, using graphical applications, as well as fanciful things such as emulation layers for Windows and Linux and virtualization with VirtualBox. It’s now 50 years since the creation of Unix but it is still growing. As Unix now moves to everyone's OS (open-source FreeBSD/Linux), it is the perfect time to start your journey with Beginning Modern Unix as your guide. What You'll Learn Live comfortably in a modern Unix environment, both on the command-line and in the graphical world. Choose the right hardware for Unix Work with Unix in real world settings Develop Unix applications Review advanced techniques in Shell scripting Who This Book Is For Everyone who uses a computer – those who intend to migrate to Unix as well as those who are worried about migrating to Unix, perhaps fearing it is a pure command-line or ‘difficult’ world. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii Front Matter ....Pages 1-3 Editing Text with Vim and Joe (Manish Jain)....Pages 5-33 Essential Unix Commands and Terminology (Manish Jain)....Pages 35-64 Bourne Shell Scripting (Manish Jain)....Pages 65-86 Front Matter ....Pages 87-88 PC Hardware for Unix (Manish Jain)....Pages 89-107 Installing and Configuring FreeBSD/Linux (Manish Jain)....Pages 109-138 Basic System Administration (Manish Jain)....Pages 139-172 The Best of the Graphical Unix (Manish Jain)....Pages 173-212 Emulation Layers: Wine and Linuxulator (Manish Jain)....Pages 213-244 Virtualization: The New Buzzword (Manish Jain)....Pages 245-279 Front Matter ....Pages 281-282 Advanced Techniques in Shell Scripting (Manish Jain)....Pages 283-312 Unix Programming with C and Vala (Manish Jain)....Pages 313-399 Back Matter ....Pages 401-417