Installing Linux
Overview
Starting
out
Preliminaries
Collecting
information about your system
Installation
options
Single
boot
Dual
boot
Booting from
CD/floppy
Booting
from your hard disk
A partitionless
install
A dedicated
Linux partition
Emulators
VMware
WINE
Installing Linux
Installer
software
Linux
partitioning
Typical partitions
User
accounts
LILO
The
window manager
KDE
Desktop help
Applications
The KDE Control
Center
File
access and the command prompt
Summary
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User accounts
When you are using Linux you will be logged on as an account
holder. Therefore, when Linux is being set up, you will need to add
some account names and passwords. You will be asked to set up one
of these accounts, called root, by default. The root
account is the Linux administrator account and
with this you will be able to change the system configuration,
install new system software and create new accounts. For your
normal day-to-day working you should use an account other than
root. This will ensure that you do not inadvertently
change your system set-up.
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