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Chapter 1Getting Acquainted with LinuxIn This Chapter▶ Diving into Linux origins and features▶ Telling Linux apart from the rest of the operating syst

18Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet or don’t load enough and later discover that their computers won’t do what they want them to do. Fortunately for begin

19 Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with LinuxSome Linux LiveCD distributions, such as Ubuntu, allow you to install the Linux distribution directly from

20Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet Table 1-3 shows some of the specialized Linux distributions available and what they specialize in.Table 1-3 Specializ

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11 Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with LinuxTwo fundamental distinctions separate Linux from the rest of the operating-system pack: ✓ Linux is licensed

12Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet ✓ Stable: The Linux kernel (the heart of the operating system) has achieved a level of maturity that makes most softw

13 Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with LinuxAnatomy of an Open-Source Software ProjectTo the casual observer (and some corporate IT decision makers), L

14Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet As you may or may not have gathered by this point, widespread and acces-sible source code is paramount to successful s

15 Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with LinuxWho’s in charge of Linux anyway?As an open-source project evolves, various people emerge as leaders. This l

16Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet Packaging Linux: The DistributionA complete Linux system package is called a distribution. A Linux distribution contai

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