Intro -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Superuser Conventions -- 1.2 Feedback -- 1.3 Errata -- 2. A Brief History of CentOS Linux -- 2.1 What exactly is Linux? -- 2.2 UNIX Origins -- 2.3 Who Created Linux? -- 2.4 The Early Days of Red Hat -- 2.5 Red Hat Support -- 2.6 Open Source -- 2.7 The Fedora Project -- 2.8 CentOS -- The Free Alternative -- 2.9 Summary -- 3. Installing CentOS 8 on a Clean Disk Drive -- 3.1 Obtaining the CentOS Installation Media -- 3.2 Writing the ISO Installation Image to a USB Drive -- 3.2.1 Linux -- 3.2.2 macOS -- 3.2.3 Windows -- 3.3 Installing CentOS 8
3.4 Partitioning a Disk for CentOS 8 -- 3.5 The Physical Installation -- 3.6 Final Configuration Steps -- 3.7 Installing Updates -- 3.8 Displaying Boot Messages -- 3.9 Summary -- 4. Dual Booting CentOS 8 with Windows -- 4.1 Partition Resizing -- 4.2 Editing the CentOS 8 Boot Menu -- 4.3 Changing the Default Boot Option -- 4.4 Accessing the Windows Partition from CentOS 8 -- 4.5 Summary -- 5. Allocating Windows Disk Partitions to CentOS 8 -- 5.1 Unmounting the Windows Partition -- 5.2 Deleting the Windows Partitions from the Disk -- 5.3 Formatting the Unallocated Disk Partition
5.4 Mounting the New Partition -- 5.5 Editing the Boot Menu -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. A Guided Tour of the GNOME 3 Desktop -- 6.1 Installing the GNOME Desktop -- 6.2 An Overview of the GNOME 3 Desktop -- 6.3 Launching Activities -- 6.4 Managing Windows -- 6.5 Using Workspaces -- 6.6 Calendar and Notifications -- 6.7 Desktop Settings -- 6.8 Summary -- 7. An Overview of the CentOS 8 Cockpit Web Interface -- 7.1 An Overview of Cockpit -- 7.2 Installing and Enabling Cockpit -- 7.3 Accessing Cockpit -- 7.4 System -- 7.5 Logs -- 7.6 Storage -- 7.7 Networking -- 7.8 Virtual Machines -- 7.9 Accounts
7.10 Services -- 7.11 Applications -- 7.12 Diagnostic Reports -- 7.13 Kernel Dump -- 7.14 SELinux -- 7.15 Software Updates -- 7.16 Terminal -- 7.17 Connecting to Multiple Servers -- 7.18 Enabling Stored Metrics -- 7.19 Summary -- 8. Using the Bash Shell on CentOS 8 -- 8.1 What is a Shell? -- 8.2 Gaining Access to the Shell -- 8.3 Entering Commands at the Prompt -- 8.4 Getting Information about a Command -- 8.5 Bash Command-line Editing -- 8.6 Working with the Shell History -- 8.7 Filename Shorthand -- 8.8 Filename and Path Completion -- 8.9 Input and Output Redirection
8.10 Working with Pipes in the Bash Shell -- 8.11 Configuring Aliases -- 8.12 Environment Variables -- 8.13 Writing Shell Scripts -- 8.14 Summary -- 9. Managing CentOS 8 Users and Groups -- 9.1 User Management from the Command-line -- 9.2 User Management with Cockpit -- 9.3 Summary -- 10. Understanding CentOS 8 Software Installation and Management -- 10.1 Repositories -- 10.2 The BaseOS Repository -- 10.3 The AppStream Repository -- 10.4 Summary -- 11. Configuring CentOS 8 systemd Units -- 11.1 Understanding CentOS 8 systemd Targets -- 11.2 Understanding CentOS 8 systemd Services
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