All questions that arise when working with Linux are answered: from installing and configuring this OS to setting up a Linux-based server. The book's material covers as much as possible all areas of application of Linux, from running Windows games running Linux to setting up your own web server. Also covered: logging into the system, working with the file system, using the graphical interface, installing software, setting up the network and the Internet, working on the Internet, security tools, backup, virus protection and other issues. The material is focused on the latest versions of the distribution kits Fedora, openSUSE, Slackware, Ubuntu.

The eighth edition covers Fedora 33, the zRAM module, the Btrfs file system, setting up Apache to work on multiple ports, organizing *.example.com subdomains , selecting and configuring VDS, ufw firewall, “life hacks” for novice administrators.

Additional chapters in PDF files and video tutorials are available on the publisher’s website.