About the Authors

About the Technical Editor

Credits

Acknowledgments

Contents at a Glance

Contents -- mindMapping

Introduction

Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book

Introduction -- How This Book Is Organized

Introduction -- Minimum Requirements

Introduction -- Where to Go from Here

Introduction

What Is Linux?

What Is Linux? -- Looking into the Linux kernel

What Is Linux? -- Looking into the Linux kernel -- System memory management

What Is Linux? -- Looking into the Linux kernel -- Software program management

What Is Linux? -- Looking into the Linux kernel -- Hardware management

What Is Linux? -- Looking into the Linux kernel -- Filesystem management