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====== MINIX 3 Users Guide Table of Contents ======
The Users Guide provides information on how to install and configure MINIX 3. If you're new to MINIX 3, you should start here.

**Part I: Getting Started**

  - **Introduction**
    - [[.:welcometominix|Welcome to MINIX 3]]
  - **Installing MINIX 3**
    - [[.:hardwarerequirements|Hardware Requirements]]
    - [[.:diskpartitions|Disk Partitions]]
    - [[.:doinginstallation|Doing the Installation]]
    - [[.:postinstallation|Post-Installation Configuration]]
    - [[.:multipleoperatingsystems|Running Multiple Operating Systems]]
    - [[.:installationtroubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]
    - [[.:osdataexchange|Exchanging data between operating systems]]
  - **Installing Applications**
    - [[.:installingbinarypackages|Installing Binary Packages]]
    - [[.:installingsourcepackages|Installing Source Packages]]
  - **The X Window System**
    - [[.:introductiontox|Introduction to X]]
    - [[.:windowmanagers|Window Managers]]
  - **Virtualization**
    - [[.:runningonvmware|Running on VMware]]
    - [[.:runningonvmwarefusion|Running on VMware Fusion (Spanish)]]
    - [[.:runningonqemu|Running on Qemu (and KVM)]]
    - [[.:runningonbochs|Running on Bochs]]
    - [[.:runningonparallels|Running on Parallels]]
    - [[.:runningonvirtualbox|Running on VirtualBox]]
    - [[.:runningonvirtualpc|Running on VirtualPC 2007]]

**Part II: Using MINIX 3 **

  - **Common Text-Based Applications**
    - [[.:commandlineinterface|Command line interface]]
    - [[.:manualpages|Manual Pages]]
    - [[.:texteditors|Text Editors]]
    - [[.:gnuutilities|The GNU Utilities]]
    - [[.:gnudevelopmenttools|GNU Development Tools]]
  - **Internet Applications**
    - [[.:webbrowsers|Web Browsers]]
    - [[.:emailapps|Email Applications]]
    - [[.:filetransfer|File Transfer]]
    - [[.:apachephp|Apache and PHP]]
  - **Peripherals**
    - [[.:beagleboneweather|BeagleBone Weather]]

**Part III: System Administration **

  - **Basic System Administration**
    - [[.:introtosysadmin|Introduction to System Administration]]
    - [[.:settingrootpasword|Setting the Root Password]]
    - [[.:managinguseraccounts|Managing User Accounts]]
    - [[.:workingwithstorage|Working with Storage]]
    - [[.:serialconsoles|Serial Consoles]]
    - [[.:manpagesforadmins|Manual Pages for Administrators]]
  - **Starting and Stopping MINIX 3**
    - [[.:bootmonitor|The Boot Monitor]]
    - [[.:multipleoperatingsystems|Running Multiple Operating Systems]]
    - [[.:shutdown|Shutting Down]]
  - **Configuration and Tuning**
    - [[.:installationoptimizations|Installation Optimizations]]
    - [[.:apic|APIC mode]]
    - [[.:sata|SATA]]
  - **Security**
    - [[.:securing|Securing MINIX 3]]
    - [[.:settingupssh|Setting Up the SSH Daemon]]
  - **Networking**
    - [[.:networkconfiguration|Network Configuration]]
    - [[.:bootingovernetworkusingpxe|Booting over the network using PXE]]
  - **Technical Notes**
    - [[.:harmlessdiagnostics|Harmless Diagnostic Messages]]
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