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Introducing UNIX and Linux


UNIX and Linux Design and Organisation

Overview
The Kernel and Shell
Files
      Networks
Technical Basics
      Bits, Bytes, Words and Characters
      ASCII Characters
How to get Linux
Summary

Overview

This chapter

  • introduces the basic organisation of UNIX and Linux;
  • describes the key underlying concepts;
  • outlines the basic technical components necessary to get started; and
  • gives details of how to get a copy of Linux.

Copyright © 2002 Mike Joy, Stephen Jarvis and Michael Luck