Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references p. [419]-421 and index.

Preface -- The big picture -- Basic commands and directory hierarchy -- Devices -- Disks and filesystems -- How the Linux kernel boots -- How user space starts -- System configuration : logging, system time, batch jobs, and users -- A closer look at processes and resource utilization -- Understanding your network and its configuration -- Network applications and services -- Introduction to shell scripts -- Network file transfer and sharing -- User environments -- A brief survey of the Linux desktop and printing -- Development tools -- Introduction to compiling software from C source code -- Virtualization.

Provides updated information on the inner workings of the operating system, including how the kernel manages devices, device drivers, and processes how networking, interfaces, firewalls, and servers work and how to write effective shell scripts.