Book Description
This book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Unix was the first operating systems written in C, a high-level programming language, and its natural flexibility and low price made it a popular choice among the universities. Originally, two main idiom 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).The book Unix Operating System is a very handy 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 productive introduction to Unix in print, covering Internet usage for email, file transfers, web browsing, and many major and minor updates to help the reader navigate the ever-expanding capabilities of the operating system:
In returned to the demand of Linux, the book now focuses on the popular bash shell preferred by most Linux users.
Today everyone is very concerned about security. With this in mind, the author has included tips throughout the text on security basics, especially in the Internet and networking sections.
The book includes a completely updated quick reference card to make it easier for the reader to access the key functions of the command line.