5 Basic Survival

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In this chapter we review some of the basics for getting started with GNU/Linux. We introduce some of the basic concepts, different software options for specific tasks, a collection of miscellaneous activities, and pointer to further documentation.

For specific tasks that can be accomplished on the command line see Section 18.

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