Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible

By Christopher Negus

Book Overview

Get step-by-step instructions for making Linux installation simple and painless; Familiarize yourself with the Linux shell, file system, and text editor; Use the XWindow System to customize your desktop menus, icons, window manager, and xterm; Create and publish formatted documents with Linux applications; Get step -by-step instructions for making Linux installation simple and painless; Gain key system administration skills including setting up users, automating system tasks, backing up and restoring files, and understanding the latest security issues and threats. Plus, this edition includes thorough coverage of updated installation procedures, new KDE desktop tools, how to use the Mozilla web browser and gaim instant messaging, how to administer automounting file systems, and how to burn CDs and configure CD writers. This book is accompanied by the UNLIMITED EDITION(tm) web site. Only original buyers of the book will have access through special codes to the site, and can then be privy new chapters monthly, updates on the state of the software, Linux-related articles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764536303
• ISBN13: 9780764536304
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 1080 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 2.4" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

This is the one book you need!

I started with Red Hat Linux about 2 years ago, but didn't have time to learn much at all. I bought this book the other day, and I already have it working on my windows network. Its actually doing most of the jobs my other servers were doing. I just saved myself a ton of money on software license fees. I highly recommend this book for anyone new to linux as well to the experienced linux pro. 10 Stars********** I also highly recommend SAMBA Essentials for Windows Administrators. ISBN: 0-13-040942-1

Wow! Amazing!

I bought [a] computer (new)...(733 Mhz Cyrix chip w/ 20 gig HD and 128 Mb RAM) and this Red Hat Linux Bible ready to explore Linux for the first time. As I installed the OS, I'm thinking, "This will never work." But, to my astonishment, I got my linux box on my LAN and started surfing the Internet at cable-modem speeds in less than an hour! This amazing book contains three CDs and documents lots of free software. I'm particularly excited about the Apache web server and the MySQL server. It looks like the Perl, C, C++, and Python programming languages are here, too. I'll have to look for the Java compiler, the Tomcat JSP server, and the PHP server.As for home use with Star Office? We'll just have to see. This is so cool!

It is a gem of a bible

Linux has come of age. Red Hat 7.2 is the version that brings it to the masses. In 2000, I was strugling on loading Linux to my Notebook - most of the drivers were not recognized. There many agonizing days before it started to work - without modem support. And linux literature was disparate and difficult to come by. Red Hat Version 7.2 makes things almost as easy as a Microsoft OS to newbies. And the book goes through the steps in extremely digestable formats. Red Hat support does not come along with the CDs - but this is not really necessary. The book covers the topics very well. And if you need to troubleshoot on areas not covered by the book, there are a wealth of info through google and deja.Best wishes on your migration to Linux. It is a fun OS to use and the migration path is now, almost, painless.

Fantastic book!

I have been in IT (Novell, Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix) for many years and have been playing with Linux on a project by project basis. This book cleared up alot of the things that I didnt understand and made Linux a usable workstation platform for me. I am currently getting into some really high end firewalling solutions and webservers for a client and I will be using Linux and this book!!

Great book

This is probably one of the best books for a newbie (like me) to Linux. The author explains in a simple non-cryptic fashion and the book covers everything that you ought to know about Linux to start you off.Thanks to the book, I now have a full-fledged personal server running in my office off an old PII machine.Overall, an excellent book. I highly reccommend it to anyone who wishes to start off on Linux and knows nothing about it.