Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Edition (DVD): The Complete Reference

By Richard Petersen

Describes how to install, configure, and manage Red Hat Linux X operating system. This book has sections that focus on the different ways Red Hat presents its distribution - as a desktop workstation,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072230754
• ISBN13: 9780072230758
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Reference Book

Very detailed explanation of the operations of Fedora Core 4. Was able to get services running that I have had trouble with. Recommended the book to a class of students to buy for a reference library.

A Complete, but General Introduction

One thing I really like about this book is that each section starts off with a little introduction that gives some background on that section. Things like how and why it came about, what it is supposed to be doing. A lot of books start out with something like: To Install GNOME.... This one starts out: GNOME is.... And it gives you a web site where you can go get the latest version. Sure GNOME is on the CD included with the book, but versions change frequently in the open source community and if what's on the CD does happen to be the latest version, it won't be for long. The other good point about this book is that it is a complete reference. In one book it covers the whole system. This means that it cannot go into as much depth as a dedicated book, but here is at least a start on everything that you're likely to need to know. And if it isn't here, there are references as to where to go get things.