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From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO

By Guido Gonzato, REMOVE_MEguido@ibogeo.df.unibo.it (Remove ``REMOVE_ME'')

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Is Linux Right for You?
• 1.2 It Is. Tell Me More
• 1.3 Conventions

2. For the Impatient

3. Meet bash

4. Files and Programs

• 4.1 Files: Preliminary Notions
• 4.2 Symbolic Links
• 4.3 Permissions and Ownership
• 4.4 Files: Translating Commands
• 4.5 Running Programs: Multitasking and Sessions
• 4.6 Running Programs on Remote Computers

5. Using Directories

• 5.1 Directories: Preliminary Notions
• 5.2 Directories Permissions
• 5.3 Directories: Translating Commands

6. Floppies, Hard Disks, and the Like

• 6.1 Managing Devices the DOS Way
• 6.2 Managing Devices the UNIX Way
• 6.3 Backing Up

7. What About Windows?

8. Tailoring the System

• 8.1 System Initialisation Files
• 8.2 Program Initialisation Files

9. Networking: Concepts

10. A Bit of Programming

• 10.1 Shell Scripts: .BAT Files on Steroids
• 10.2 C for Yourself

11. The Remaining 1%

• 11.1 Using tar and gzip
• 11.2 Installing Applications
• 11.3 Tips You Can't Do Without
• 11.4 Where to Find Applications
• 11.5 A Few Things You Couldn't Do
• 11.6 Practicing UNIX under DOS/Windows
• 11.7 Common Extensions and Related Programs
• 11.8 Converting Files
• 11.9 Free Office Suites

12. The End, for Now

• 12.1 Copyright
• 12.2 Disclaimer