Learning the UNIX Operating System
by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang
1998<p>Operating systems (Computers)UNIX (Computer file)ComputersComputers - Operating SystemsComputer Books: Operating Systems
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If you are new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Unix was one of the first operating systems written in C, a high-level programming language, and its natural portability and low price made it a popular choice among universities. Initially, two main dialects of Unix existed: one produced by AT&T known as System V, and one developed at UC Berkeley and known as BSD. In recent years, many other dialects have been created, including the highly popular Linux operating system and the new Mac OS X (a derivative of BSD). Learning the Unix Operating System is a handy book for someone just starting with Unix or Linux, and it's an ideal primer for Mac and PC users of the Internet who need to know a little about Unix on the systems they visit. The fifth edition is an effective introduction to Unix, covering Internet usage for email, file transfers, web browsing, and many major and minor updates to help the reader navigate the ever-expanding capabilities of the operating system.
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<p>Operating systems (Computers)UNIX (Computer file)ComputersComputers - Operating SystemsComputer Books: Operating SystemsOperating Systems - General
First published 1998About the authors
Jerry Peek
<blockquote><strong>Jerry Peek</strong> is a long time user of the Unix operating system. He has acted as a Unix consultant, courseware developer, and instructor. He is one of the originating authors of Unix Power Tools and the author of Learning the Unix Operating System by O'Reilly. He also wrote the Power Tools column for Linux Magazine (the US version) for eight years. <cite>— <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/28">Jerry Peek on O'Reilly</a></cite> </blockquote>
Grace Todino-Gonguet
Grace Todino-Gonguet is currently residing in Muscat,Oman. While working as a technical writer at O'Reilly Media, Inc., Grace was one of the original authors of the Nutshell Handbooks(R), Learning the Unix Operating System , Managing UUCP and Usenet and Using UUCP and Usenet. She now writes mainly nonfiction articles for children's magazines like Faces, AppleSeeds, and Crinkles. Her first fiction book for children, Halimah and the Snake and other Omani Folktales , will be released in October 2008 by Stacey International (London).
John Strang
1961
John Strang now finds himself "a consumer--rather than a producer of Nutshells." He is currently a diagnostic radiologist (MD) at Stanford University. He is married to a pediatrician, Susie, and they have two children, Katie and Alex. John enjoys hiking, bicycling, and dabbling in other sciences. He plans to use his experience as an author at ORA to write his own book on radiology.
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