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Installation and use of Linux as a client and server operating system: a tutorial

Installation and use of Linux as a client and server operating system: a tutorial. AMCIS 99. Al Bento. Introduction. What is Linux “a free PC (an others) UNIX clone” Visual tour of Linux with KDE KDE desktop environment an example control center applications

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Installation and use of Linux as a client and server operating system: a tutorial

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  1. Installation and use of Linux as a client and server operating system:a tutorial AMCIS 99 Al Bento

  2. Introduction • What is Linux “a free PC (an others) UNIX clone” • Visual tour of Linux with KDE • KDE desktop environment • an example • control center • applications • Freeware client applicationsWordPerfect, Star Office, Netscape, WXftp, File Manager, games, etc.

  3. Hardware requirements • Typical PC configurations client and server machines • The do’s and don’ts of hardware selection • On-line resources • hardware compatibility and • installation under Linux. • Hardware with Linux installed • Dell, VA Research, etc.

  4. Software (Linux) installation • Distributions RedHat, Caldera and Suse • Client installation using the RedHat distribution • before you begin • the client class installation • after the installation • Server installation • using the RedHat server class • building up from the client class

  5. Client software installation • Productivity • Office applications WordPerfect, Star Office • Internet Netscape, WXftp, telnet, chat, and network tools • Graphical Xv, GIMP, Ghostscript, Tetex-LateX, etc • Programming BASIC, Fortran, C, C++, perl, python, TCL, tk

  6. Desktop (window managers) software installation • The many GUI options AfterStep, GNOME and KDE • The KDE desktop environment • Obtaining and installing KDE • Documentation On-line and printed • System requirementscpu, memory, and graphics card • how about the command line interface?

  7. Server software installation • What comes with most distributionstelnet, ftp, mail, web, and DB servers • Additional free servers DB/SQL, Audio/Video Streaming, etc. • Server setup example: Apache Web server • Other commercial servers Oracle, Informix, DB2, SAP R/3, HP Firehunter, etc

  8. Windows and Linux interoperability • SAMBA protocol • allows a machine running UNIX or Linux to provide services using Microsoft networking protocols • the Linux machine is shown as a member (or server) in a Windows network, including in the Network Neighborhood tool • files and printers can be shared among both types of machines • seamless integration between Windows and Linux • Installation and Setup • TkSmb graphical interface

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