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Debian User Reference Manual (Obsolete Documentation)

Abstract

The Debian User Reference Manual covers everything a user should know about a Debian GNU/Linux system from a user's view point. It fills the gap between the Debian Tutorial and the manual and info pages of individual packages.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © 1997 Ardo van Rangelrooij, 1998 Oliver Elphick

This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/doc/copyright/GPL, or with the debiandoc-sgml source package as the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Overview of a Debian GNU/Linux System
• 3 Documentation
• 4 Files and File Systems
  • 4.1 Basic Concepts
  • 4.2 Basic file commands - a tutorial
  • 4.3 What files are on my Debian system? Where should I put my own files?
  • 4.4 File ownership and permissions
  • 4.5 Filesystems
  • 4.6 How to access particular devices (including hard disk partitions and floppy drives)
  • 4.7 Miscellaneous topics
  • 4.8 Advanced Topics
• 5 Shells
• 6 Basic Commands and Tools
  • 6.1 What this chapter covers
  • 6.2 Running commands
  • 6.3 Regular expressions
• 7 Advanced Commands and Tools
• 8 Text Editing
• 9 Text Processing
  • 9.1 What this chapter covers
  • 9.2 Text processing
  • 9.3 LaTeX
• 10 Programming
  • 10.1 What this chapter covers
• 11 Science
  • 11.1 What this chapter covers
  • 11.2 Plotting
  • 11.3 Combining diagrams
• 12 Games
• 13 Sound
• 14 Image Manipulation
• 15 Networking
• 16 Databases
  • 16.1 What this chapter covers
• 17 X Windows
• 18 X Windows Managers
• 19 X Windows Applications
• 20 Index

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Debian User Reference Manual (Obsolete Documentation)