Linux Primer

Author: Graeme Cross, gcross@netspace.net.au

v0.5, 13 August 1998

This Linux primer is an introduction for people new to both Linux and Unix. If you have never ventured beyond the Macintosh or Microsoft DOS/Windows, then this Linux primer is for you.

1. Preamble

2. What is Linux?

3. Linux: multi-user & multi-tasking

4. Logging in, logging out

5. Directories

6. Moving around

7. Some basic commands

8. Getting help about commands

9. Shutting down a Linux computer

10. Where to from here?

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