“You’ve decided to take the Linux plunge. You have a computer
all set up and you have your shiny new CD in hand. You’re excited
and nervous all at the same time. You’ve put in some time on your
shell account at work, but you’re not a power user. This
dual-booting thing might be for you. But the CD just sits there
next to the black screen… where do you go from here?”
“Running Linux” seeks to take you from that first icy shock
of installation to the deep end of recompiling kernels, upgrading
system libraries, and tweaking your X configuration.“
“The intended audience is people with some previous Unix
experience who are willing to get their hands dirty under the hood
of their installations. There are frequent references to man pages
and HOWTOs for gory details.”