| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 2.4 | 12 June 2001 | Revised by: esr |
| Where to find more. | ||
| Revision 2.3 | 22 May 2001 | Revised by: esr |
| Introduction to bus types. Polish translation link. | ||
| Revision 2.2 | 5 February 2001 | Revised by: esr |
| New section on how DNS is organized. Corrected for new location of document. Various copy-edit fixes. | ||
| Revision 2.1 | 29 November 2000 | Revised by: esr |
| Correct explanation of twos-complement numbers. Various copy-edit fixes. | ||
| Revision 2.0 | 5 August 2000 | Revised by: esr |
| First DocBook version. Detailed description of memory hierarchy. | ||
| Revision 1.7 | 6 March 2000 | Revised by: esr |
| Correct and expanded the section on file permissions. | ||
| Revision 1.4 | 25 September 1999 | Revised by: esr |
| Be more precise about what kernel does vs. what init does. | ||
| Revision 1.3 | 27 June 1999 | Revised by: esr |
| The sections `What happens when you log in?’ and `File ownership, permissions and security’. | ||
| Revision 1.2 | 26 December 1998 | Revised by: esr |
| The section `How does my computer store things in memory?’. | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 29 October 1998 | Revised by: esr |
| Initial revision. |
This document describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language.