List of Sidebars
Chapter 1: Log Me In, UNIX!Technical Stuff What you were hoping we wouldn’t tell you: The difference between a PC and a workstationChapter 2: What Is UNIX, Anyway?Why you should fight rather than switch
Technical Stuff You can disregard this discussion about the true nature of shells
Technical Stuff Who says the C shell isn’t user-friendly?
Tip Ending command lines without hard feelings
Warning Don’t turn off the computer if you make a typo!
Tip The UNIX cast of special characters
Chapter 3: A Few Lines on LinuxHow free is free?
You say to-may-to, I say tomahto
Chapter 4: Opening Windows on UNIXUnder the hood in Mac OS X
Tip A few cool X programs
We’ve got something in common
Tip Dj vu dj vu
Linux FVWM: The chameleon of window managers
Tip How do I start Motif, anyway?
Tip About your mouse
Tip A quick mouse refresher
Tip How do I leave Motif, anyway?
Not just another pretty face
Talkin’ trash
Shut up already!
Why biff?
A moving target
Telling lawn gnomes from GNOME
Chapter 5: Files for Fun and ProfitTip For shell-less Web site owners
To switch or not to switch?
Tip Making a long listing stop and start when you’re ready
Technical Stuff Why those numbers?
Chapter 6: Directories for Fun and ProfitTechnical Stuff Getting the big picture
Chapter 7: The Shell GameWarning Look before you delete!
Technical Stuff Instant script — just add water
Chapter 8: Where’s That File?Technical Stuff Links to shadow files
Tip Quick ‘n’ dirty database
Directory assistance
Tip Linking once and linking twice
Chapter 9: Printing (The Gutenberg Thing)Tip Woodsman, spare that file!
Technical Stuff Why you don’t want to know about PostScript
Why UNIX succeeded
Chapter 10: Writing Deathless ProseHowdy, TeX!
Tip Emergency exit from vi
Tip More than just a text editor
Tip Emergency exit from emacs
Tip Moving text in emacs
Editors galore
Tip Emergency exit from ed
Tip What if ed commands end up in my text?
Chapter 11: Umpteen Useful UNIX UtilitiesTechnical Stuff How does file compression work, anyway?
Chapter 12: Installing Software Can Be TrickyTip Why is it named bin?
Technical Stuff Your search path
Tip Don’t give me any arguments!
Chapter 13: Juggling a Bunch of ProgramsLots of X Windows
Technical Stuff Why processes are not programs and vice versa
Technical Stuff Why cd isn’t a process
Tip Do windows and job control mix?
Tip Taming background terminal output
Chapter 14: Taming LinuxWindows users of the world, unite!
Linux: Not just for PCs
Linux goes commercial
Chapter 16: Across a Crowded NetworkHow do I get networked, anyway?
Terminal type tedium
Technical Stuff Why NFS is out of state
Chapter 17: Automating Your Office GossipAll the news that’s fit to print
UNIX mail programs
Tip Sending mail to people who use online services
Tip Sign here
Tip What’s all this junk at the beginning of the message?
Mail hound
Tip Netiquette
Outlook: Partly cloudy
Advanced e-mail magic
Chapter 18: Web Surfing for UNIX UsersTechnical Stuff URL!
Tip There’s no place like home
The text, the whole text, and nothing but the text
Technical Stuff Here’s HTML in your eye!
Pop off, buddy
Chapter 19: Grabbing Files from the NetWarning Patience is a virtue
Technical Stuff What’s with all these three-digit numbers?
An FTP cheat sheet
Network URLs for FTP-ing
A few words about navigation
Chapter 20: Now Serving the InternetDomainia
Not too patchy
We’re from AOL, and we’re here to give you a really good Web server for free
Chapter 22: The Case of the Missing FilesTechnical Stuff Links, copies, moves, truncations, and other details about file destruction
Remember Why you need backups
Tip Backup strategies
Chapter 23: Some Programs Just Won’t DieTip Resuscitating a terminal