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  <bridgehead id="preface-audience" renderas=sect1>Intended
  Audience</bridgehead>

  <para>The &os; newcomer will find that the first section of this
    book guides the user through the &os; installation process and
    gently introduces the concepts and conventions that underpin &unix;.
    Working through this section requires little more than the desire
    to explore, and the ability to take on board new concepts as they
    are introduced.</para>

  <para>Once you have traveled this far, the second, far larger,
    section of the Handbook is a comprehensive reference to all manner
    of topics of interest to &os; system administrators.  Some of
    these chapters may recommend that you do some prior reading, and
    this is noted in the synopsis at the beginning of each
    chapter.</para>

  Second Edition</bridgehead>

  <para>This third edition is the culmination of over two years of
      work by the dedicated members of the &os; Documentation
      Project.  The following are the major changes in this new
      edition:</para>


      <listitem>
	<para><xref linkend="mac">, Mandatory Access Control (MAC), is
	  a new chapter with this edition.  It explains what MAC is
	  and how this mechanism can be used to secure a &os; 
	  system.</para>
      </listitem>


      <listitem>
	<para><xref linkend="advanced-networking">, Advanced
	  Networking, has been expanded with new information about
	  using Bluetooth devices with &os;, setting up wireless
	  networks, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
	  networking.</para>
      </listitem>

  First Edition</bridgehead>

    <para>The second edition was the culmination of over two years of
      work by the dedicated members of the &os; Documentation
      Project.  The following were the major changes in this
      edition:</para>


	<quote>Appendices</quote>.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><xref linkend="install"> (<quote>Installing &os;</quote>) was completely
	rewritten with many screenshots to make it much easier for new
	users to grasp the text.</para>
      </listitem>

	technologies such as <application>KDE</application> and <application>GNOME</application> on &xfree86; 4.X.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><xref linkend="boot"> (<quote>The &os; Booting Process</quote>) has been
	expanded.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>

      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><xref linkend="serialcomms"> (<quote>Serial Communications</quote>) has been completely
	reorganized and updated for &os; 4.X/5.X.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><xref linkend="ppp-and-slip"> (<quote>PPP and SLIP</quote>) has been substantially


  <para>This book is split into five logically distinct sections.
    The first section, <emphasis>Getting Started</emphasis>, covers
    the installation and basic usage of &os;.  It is expected that
    the reader will follow these chapters in sequence, possibly
    skipping chapters covering familiar topics.  The second section,
    <emphasis>Common Tasks</emphasis>, covers some frequently used
    features of &os;.  This section, and all subsequent sections,
    can be read out of order.  Each chapter begins with a succinct
    synopsis that
    describes what the chapter covers and what the reader is expected

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="introduction">, Introduction</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Introduces &os; to a new user.  It describes the
	history of the &os; Project, its goals and development model.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="basics">, &unix; Basics</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Covers the basic commands and functionality of the
	&os; operating system.  If you are familiar with Linux or
	another flavor of &unix; then you can probably skip this
	chapter.</para>
      </listitem>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="ports">, Installing Applications</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Covers the installation of third-party software with
	both &os;'s innovative <quote>Ports Collection</quote> and standard
	binary packages.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="x11">, The X Window System</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes the X Window System in general and using
	<application>&xfree86;</application> on &os; in particular.  Also describes common
	desktop environments such as <application>KDE</application> and <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

      <listitem>
        <para>Lists some common desktop applications, such as web browsers
         and productivity suites, and describes how to install them on
         &os;.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>

      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="kernelconfig">, Configuring the &os; 
      Kernel</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Explains why you might need to configure a new kernel

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="printing">, Printing</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes managing printers on &os;, including
	information about banner pages, printer accounting, and
	initial setup.</para>
      </listitem>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="linuxemu">, Linux Binary Compatibility</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes the Linux compatibility features of &os;.
	Also provides detailed installation instructions for many
	popular &linux; applications such as <application>&oracle;</application>, <application>&sap.r3;</application>, and
	  <application>&mathematica;</application>.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="config-tuning">, Configuration and Tuning</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes the parameters available for system
	administrators to tune a &os; system for optimum
	performance.  Also describes the various configuration files
	used in &os; and where to find them.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="boot">, Booting Process</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes the &os; boot process and explains
	how to control this process with configuration options.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="security">, Security</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes many different tools available to help keep your
	&os; system secure, including Kerberos, IPsec, OpenSSH, and
	network firewalls.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="mac">, Mandatory Access Control</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Explains what Mandatory Access Control (MAC) is and how this
	mechanism can be used to secure a &os; system.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="disks">, Storage</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes how to manage storage media and filesystems
  	  with &os;.  This includes physical disks, RAID arrays,
  	  optical and tape media, memory-backed disks, and network
  	  filesystems.</para>
      </listitem>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="l10n">, Localization</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes how to use &os; in languages other than
	English.  Covers both system and application level
	localization.</para>
      </listitem>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="cutting-edge">, The Cutting Edge</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Explains the differences between &os.stable;,
	&os.current;, and &os; releases.  Describes which users
	would benefit from tracking a development system and outlines
	that process.</para>
      </listitem>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="serialcomms">, Serial Communications</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Explains how to connect terminals and modems to your
  	&os; system for both dial in and dial out connections.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="ppp-and-slip">, PPP and SLIP</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes how to use PPP, SLIP, or PPP over Ethernet to
	connect to remote systems with &os;.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>

      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="network-servers">, Network Servers</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Provides detailed instructions and example configuration
	  files to set up your &os; machine as a network filesystem
	  server, domain name server, network information system
	  server, or time synchronization server.</para>
      </listitem>

<!-- Part V - Appendices -->

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="mirrors">, Obtaining &os;</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Lists different sources for obtaining &os; media on CDROM
	or DVD as well as different sites on the Internet that allow
	you to download and install &os;.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="eresources">, Resources on the Internet</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Describes the many forums available for &os; users to
	post questions and engage in technical conversations about
	&os;.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><emphasis><xref linkend="pgpkeys">, PGP Keys</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Lists the PGP fingerprints of several &os; Developers.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>

  </para>

  <para>Meaning the user should type the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>,
    <keycap>Alt</keycap>, and <keycap>Del</keycap> keys at the same
    time.</para>

  <para>Keys that are meant to be typed in sequence will be separated with

  <screen><prompt>E:\&gt;</prompt> <userinput>tools\fdimage floppies\kern.flp A:</userinput></screen>

  <para>Examples starting with &prompt.root; indicate a command that
    must be invoked as the superuser in &os;.  You can login as
    <username>root</username> to type the command, or login as your
    normal account and use &man.su.1; to gain
    superuser privileges.</para>

    document by paying authors to work on it full-time, paying for
    publication, etc.  In particular, BSDi (subsequently acquired by
    <ulink url="http://www.windriver.com">Wind River Systems</ulink>)
    paid members of the &os; Documentation Project to work on
    improving this book full time leading up to the publication of the
    first printed edition in March 2000 (ISBN 1-57176-241-8).  Wind
    River Systems then paid several additional authors to make a

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