Red Hat Linux Bible: Fedora and Enterprise Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1104 pages
• Published by: Wiley; Bk&CD-Rom edition December 8, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764543334
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764543333
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
• Weighs: 3.2 pounds

Product Description
* The latest edition of the top-selling guide to Red Hat Linux
* Provides all the information needed to master the latest version of Red Hat Linux, covering desktop and server basics for Linux newbies as well as advanced techniques and all the latest bells and whistles for Red Hat veterans
* Includes step-by-step instructions that make installation simple and painless
* Explains how to take advantage of the new desktop interface; use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor; automate system tasks; and back-up and restore files
* Features new to this edition include expanded coverage of using Red Hat Linux with Mac OS X, managing and manipulating file systems and disk tuning, system rescue advice, and details on using VmWare and VNC (virtual network computing)
* This is the only book on the market that contains Red Hat's three CD-ROM distribution

Back Cover Copy
If Red Hat Linux can do it, you can do it too

With Red Hat Linux separating into the open source community Fedora Project and the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, new opportunities arise for Red Hat Linux users. Red Hat Linux Bible leads you through the possibilities and choices between Fedora and enterprise installations. Covering everything from detailed instructions to running desktop applications and setting up more than a dozen server types, this book also features new sections on shell scripting, encryption techniques, setting up RAID disks, using yum, and much more.

Inside, youll find complete coverage of Red Hat Linux

• Install, tune, and configure Fedora and Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3
• Navigate GNOME™ and KDE™ desktops to run the latest applications
• Learn to use the Linux shell, file system, and text editors
• Try out the latest security techniques for detecting and dealing with attacks and setting up encryption keys
• Discover how to install extra software packages to play games, enhance security, and administer Linux
• Install Linux on a laptop and manage power events with acpid
• Use the newest Linux multimedia tools for audio, video, and CD burning
• Configure Samba file/printer sharing, iptables firewalls, CUPS printers, and other features using Red Hat GUI tools
• Use Red Hat Linux as an AppleTalk® or NFS server for Mac OS® 9 or OS X computers
• Manipulate file systems, tune disks, and support multiple users

Complete 3 CD-ROM version of Red Hat Linux software from Red Hats Fedora Project

The Fedora Core includes: Linux kernel, GNU C compiler, GNOME desktop, Apache Web server, Samba Windows file/print sharing, CUPS print service, Sendmail mail server, and BIND DNS server. Additional packages include: KDE desktop, cdrecord, gimp, vsftpd, spamassassin, xmms, yum, and approximately 1,400 additional packages.

Reader Reviews
Sometimes an author is at the mercy of those controlling the content he writes about. Red Hat Inc. developed a great Red Hat Linux ten operating system, then at the last minute changed its name to Fedora Core 1. If you liked Red Hat Linux 9, you will like the full Fedora Core 1 that comes on 3 CDs in the "Red Hat Linux Bible: Fedora and Enterprise Edition" even better. It is richer in features and even more solid than RHL 9. While I think Red Hat Inc. did a great job building Fedora Core 1, so far they have done a mediocre job, at best, of marketing it. They even left the word "Linux" out of its name. For those reasons, inside this book, I sort through: * How Fedora Core came about * The differences between Fedora Core 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 * When you would choose Fedora Core or RHEL Otherwise, this book is just an improved edition of my Red Hat Linux Bible (that comes after RHL 9 Bible). It still steps you through how to install, use, administer, and build servers in most any Red Hat Linux distribution you choose. I pulled in two friends to update the sections on security and shell scripting. I added sections on RAID and yum. (Check out some yum respositories to find free, high-quality add-on software.) All the projects we built for our "Linux Toys" book for RHL9 run on Fedora Core 1 without modification. The foundation for this book is the Red Hat Linux 8 Bible (just voted the "Best Linux Book" by readers of LinuxWorld Magazine) and computer best-selling Red Hat Linux 9 Bible. While I usually leave marketing to marketing people, I just felt that these words just weren't getting out: Fedora Core is the best free Linux available today and this book is a great way to get it and learn it (in my humble opinion). -- Chris Negus Author of Red Hat Linux Bible (all editions) & Linux Toys