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\chapter*{Introduction}
\markboth{Introduction}{Introduction}
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In the following book you will be presented with some information regarding the Inferno operating system created by Bell Labs in the mid 1990s. Its name and somewhat mysterious aura led me to write it in a style akin to the one that can be seen in older books, such as those from the early 20th or late 19th centuries. This applies to both the chapter headings, as well as the text itself.
Furthermore, a rudimentary study of the Limbo programming language is also included, wherein I attempt to explain its basics in an manner which I hope will be easy to understand even if you do not have a lot of programming experience.
In the following book you will be presented with some information regarding the Inferno operating system created by Bell Labs in the mid-1990s. Its name and somewhat mysterious aura led me to write it in a style akin to the one that can be seen in older books, such as those from the early 20th or late 19th centuries. This applies to both the chapter headings, as well as the text itself.
Furthermore, a rudimentary study of the Limbo programming language is also included, wherein I attempt to explain its basics in a manner which I hope will be easy to understand even if you do not have a lot of programming experience.
I believe that this may also make reading it somewhat more enjoyable than the otherwise rather dryly written literature available on this subject and perhaps help those who are interested in this operating system — and that may possibly not know much about Linux itself either — can have an interestingly written introduction.
It is however to be noted that this is not meant to be a complete introduction to the operating system and its underlying structure; it is merely intended to be a quick overview of the operating system, how to install it and what you can do with it.
It is, however, to be noted that this is not meant to be a complete introduction to the operating system and its underlying structure; it is merely intended to be a quick overview of the operating system, how to install it and what you can do with it.
Additionally, should you want further information regarding this operating system, I do promote the reading of the \textit{Addendum}, wherein you will find supplementary information I found unfit for the main portion of this work or which I became aware of only after having finished the main work. In addition to that, the \textit{Further Reading} section will provide you with a list of texts which can be used to delve deeper into this interesting topic.
I highly encourage to to criticise my work — this is, obviously, without having to result to petty insults and the like — and send me an email with your feedback. It is not unlikely that I have made a mistake — or perhaps even several — over the course of this document and I always like to be corrected if there are factual, grammatical or spelling errors.
I highly encourage you to criticise my work — this is, obviously, without having to result to petty insults and the like — and send me an email with your feedback. It is not unlikely that I have made a mistake — or perhaps even several — over the course of this work and I always like to be corrected if there are factual, grammatical or spelling errors.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license, which means you are allowed to share it with others free of charge and I do encourage you to do so; you should never have to pay for this document in a digital format and I would like you to report any such occurrences to me, since commercial distribution is strictly prohibited by the license and those who make a profit from it are in violation of it. Physical copies can be obtained solely from me, at least commercially.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license, which means you are allowed to share it with others free of charge and I do encourage you to do so; you should never have to pay for this document in a digital format and I would like you to report any such occurrences to me, since commercial distribution is strictly prohibited by the license and those who make a profit from it are in violation of it. Physical copies can be obtained solely from me, at least commercially.
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%%%%%%%%%% About %%%%%%%%%%
\chapter*{About me}
\markboth{About me}{About me}
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%%%%%%%%%% About %%%%%%%%%%
\chapter*{About me}
\markboth{About me}{About me}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{About me}
My name is Marvin Johanning, I'm twenty-one years old and currently reside in a city many deem to not exist — which, obviously, is untrue for I \textit{do} live here and surely I am real. I like writing things, even though, perhaps, I am not great at it; yet I enjoy doing so and only through practice can you improve, which is why I write as much as possible as frequently as I can.
My name is Marvin Johanning, I am twenty-one years old and currently reside in a city many deem to not exist — which, obviously, is untrue for I \textit{do} live here and surely I am real. I like writing things even though, perhaps, I am not great at it; yet I enjoy doing so and only through practice can you improve, which is why I write as much as possible as frequently as I can.
I have recently switched from writing in LibreOffice to \LaTeX, as LibreOffice has proven itself to be headache-inducing when working with large amounts of text which you wish to reformat at a later date.
I tend to write about things relating to languages — be it real or programming languages —, computers and, though rarely, politics. All of these can be found on my website. My biggest writing project to-date is \textit{The Intricacies of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics} (ISBN: 978-3-752952-49-0), which incidentally was what lead me to use \LaTeX, information regarding which can, too, be found on my website.
I tend to write about things relating to languages — be it real or programming languages —, computers and, though rarely, politics. All of these can be found on my website. My biggest writing project to-date is \textit{The Intricacies of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics} (ISBN: 978-3-752952-49-0), which incidentally, was what led me to use \LaTeX, information regarding which can, too, be found on my website.
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\caption{Inferno's window manager with start menu}
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For indeed it seems what have stridden upon a system wholly encompassed by the colour of despair, with no task to accomplish but to gaze upon its grey insipidness. You should not fret, though, for this is but a disguise; hiding beneath its ghastly appearance lie programs who are waiting eagerly to be used. To aid you in your journey, you shall henceforth be provided with photographs of the system as I see it, since I believe this will simplify your journey considerably; indeed, those poor souls whom the ability to use Inferno has not been bestowed, for they lack a proper system install it onto, are what these photographs will aid most substantially, as they may therefore see the happenings of our doings without needing their own installation.
For indeed it seems we have stridden upon a system wholly encompassed by the colour of despair, with no task to accomplish but to gaze upon its grey insipidness. You should not fret, though, for this is but a disguise; hiding beneath its ghastly appearance lie programs who are waiting eagerly to be used. To aid you in your journey, you shall henceforth be provided with photographs of the system as I see it, since I believe this will simplify your journey considerably; indeed, those poor souls whom the ability to use Inferno has not been bestowed, for they lack a proper system install it onto, are what these photographs will aid most substantially, as they may therefore see the happenings of our doings without needing their own installation.
But withal, those keenly-eyed amongst us may have observed the rather small square icon at the very bottom left of the screen, whose appearance is reminiscent of that of a tree, which is situated next to a box of a sickly grey colour containing the text ``Log''. The latter's function should be quickly understood by even the more simple-minded — it opens a window containing logs, which tell us about things that have inevitably gone wrong — and the function of the tree-like one, too, should be easily understood; for what hides in this precise spot on most operating systems? Why indeed, it is the start menu whose function, in most systems, encompasses the display of programs to start.