Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 15:04:50 EST
From: "Rob Slade, the doting grandpa of Ryan Hoff"
Subject: "Running Linux" by Welsh/Kaufman

BKRUNLIN.RVW   950517
 
"Running Linux", Matt Welsh/Lar Kaufman, 1995, 1-56592-100-3, U$24.95
%A   Matt Welsh mdw@sunsite.unc.edu
%A   Lar Kaufman lark@conserve.org
%C   103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA   95472
%D   1995
%G   1-56592-100-3
%I   O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
%O   U$24.95 800-998-9938 707-829-0515 fax: 707-829-0104 nuts@ora.com
%P   575
%T   "Running Linux"
 
The Intel/BIOS platform has long been the machine of choice for cheap, desktop
computing.  Among those who want "real" operating system performance but are
limited to inexpensive hardware, Linux has become the UNIX of choice.  (So much
so, in fact, that Linux is now starting to reach into workstation platforms, as
well.)  Therefore, a basic overview, and guide to installation, is a very much-
wanted item.  The Linux Documentation Project, and the Linux HOWTO and FAQ
files, provide a lot of this information, and one of the authors has
contributed much to those resources.
 
Linux having originally been written for the Intel (386 and up) family of
processors, some familiarity with that hardware is assumed.  Not much, though. 
You don't have to be an MS-DOS wizard or a technical support guru to follow
this book.  If you've installed a few programs and ever added any hardware to
your computer, that is probably background enough.  Given the variety of
hardware choices, and the range of distributions of Linux, itself, you may need
to get additional information at some point, but this book will tell you what
to get (and, usually, where to get it).
 
However, the available Linux material can help you with installation, too. 
While the work walks you clearly through the tripwires of partitions, IRQs,
DMAs and SCSIs, you may want more of a justification to buy it.  And you shall
have it.
 
Once you've *got* Linux, what are you going to do with it?  You need to be a
UNIX wizard to find out.  Or, you follow this book on into UNIX commands and
concepts, system management, editors, and the X Window System, programming and
networking.
 
The Internet section includes a thirty-page introduction to the World Wide Web
that would likely let anyone put up a Web server and HTML pages (on your own
Linux system, of course).
 
If, though, you already are running Linux, you are not just an "early adopter". 
You are a geek, and we don't wish to talk to you.  If, however, you have been
wanting to get on the Linux (or UNIX) bandwagon and have been wondering how,
here is your guide.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKRUNLIN.RVW   950517

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