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diff --git a/appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eb92d15c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<sect2><title>Contents of Linux</title> + +<para>Last checked against version &kernel-contversion;.</para> + +<para>The Linux kernel is at the core of every Linux system. It's what makes +Linux tick. When a computer is turned on and boots a Linux system, the +very first piece of Linux software that gets loaded is the kernel. The +kernel initializes the system's hardware components: serial ports, parallel +ports, sound cards, network cards, IDE controllers, SCSI controllers and a +lot more. In a nutshell the kernel makes the hardware available so that the +software can run.</para> + +<para>Linux installs the following files:</para> + +<sect3><title>Program Files</title> +<para>kernel and kernel headers</para></sect3> + +</sect2> |