Master Red Hat Linux VISUALLY [Paperback]

Michael Bellomo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2000 | ISBN-10: 076453436X | ISBN-13: 978-0764534362

By tightly integrating text and graphics, this guide shows you how Red Hat Linux works -- and makes it easier than ever to harness the power of a Linux workstation or server. Step-by-step instructions and hands-on tips show you how to accomplish specific tasks, solve real-world problems, and master undocumented techniques. Master every facet of Red Hat Linux, from customizing GNOME and configuring users and groups to setting up Web access and dealing with security issues.

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Master Red Hat Linux Visually
"A publishing concept whose time has come!" —The Globe and Mail

"A master tutorial reference ? from the leaders in visual learning!" —Infoworld

Read Less, Learn More The Revolutionary Way to Learn!

• Visual Learning By tightly integrating text and graphics, this guide shows you how Red Hat Linux works ? and makes it easier than ever to harness the power of a Linux workstation or server.
• Practical Know-How Step-by-step instructions and hands-on tips show you how to accomplish specific tasks, solve real-world problems, and master undocumented techniques.
• Complete Mastery Master every facet of Red Hat Linux, from customizing GNOME and configuring users and groups to setting up Web access and dealing with security issues.

Red Hat Linux 6.2 on 2 CD-ROMs, including:

• GNOME graphical user interface
• Apache Web server
• Plus Internet utilities, a firewall script, and more!

About the Author

About the Author Michael Bellomo received a degree in law from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Despite this awful start, he moved into the technical field and became certified in Unix System Administration from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently he has over five and a half years experience as a Unix (Solaris & Linux) and Microsoft Windows NT Network Manager serving with software and financial technology companies in the Silicon Valley. He is the author of the two latest Linux releases from IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., Linux Administration For Dummies and Debian/GNU Linux For Dummies, and the Microsoft Windows book Windows 2000 Administration For Dummies. He has also contributed several chapters to Linux For Dummies, 2nd Edition and The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) Bible, both by IDG Books Worldwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 561 pages
• Publisher: Visual (July 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076453436X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764534362
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,246,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Bellomo holds an MBA from the University of California at Irvine, a Juris Doctor in Law from UC San Francisco, and a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing Techniques from UC San Diego.

Currently he is a manager at a major biopharmaceutical company, dedicated to the manufacture of plasma-based medicines and therapies.

Michael has written 19 books in various non-fiction fields, including technology, business operations, and 'mass market' science. Michael's books have been published internationally in Italian, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Korean, German, Russian, and Chinese.

Since the Silicon Valley dotcom boom, he has worked as a financial e-commerce manager, a think-tank analyst studying how new technologies (TiVo, eBay, Blackberry) change consumer markets, and as a risk assessment engineer with a DoD consulting firm.

Michael was part of the team that analyzed what went wrong during the Columbia shuttle disaster. He has worked on projects ranging from how to stop bioterrorists to streamlining NASA's ability to send payloads to the International Space Station. Due to his background as a voiceover artist, he was selected by NASA to be the featured narrator for a DVD presentation sent to Congress on the development of the Orbital Space Plane.

He is the co-author of two Amazon bestsellers involving technology and science: eBay Your Business and Microbe: Are We Ready For The Next Plague?, a chilling work on how vulnerable we are to new, exotic diseases and acts of biological terrorism. The book is now a required text for upper division biology courses at California State University, Sacramento and San Francisco City College.

In December 2006, Michael was invited as a guest lecturer and panel participant at Harvard University for his latest popular science book, The Stem Cell Divide. The book is a look into the kaleidoscope of scientific wonder, religious dogma, and the hype machine surrounding the field of stem cell science research.

Michael lives in Los Angeles, California.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thorough book that is helpful in all respects, July 29, 2002

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This review is from: Master Red Hat Linux VISUALLY (Paperback)

I bought this book because I was new to Red Hat and I am very glad that I finally received it. It is a well-written book that covers all the basics plus many essential advanced topics. It could have a little more coverage of the GnoRPM program, but that is OK. I definitely would be in a pickle without this book! If you need to know linux and benefit from visual aids, this is your "must-have" book.

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST and FASTEST way to learn LINUX, November 7, 2000

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...Reviewers Comments:

First of all let me say, this is a fat book. 560 pages and 1200 screen shots should tell you something. The book also includes two CD ROM's with RedHat Linux, rpm's (to get you started fast), and documentation.

This book is primarily suitable for novice Linux users, who will find they can get up to speed very fast with this text. If you are visually oriented, this book is what you want. The screen snap shots allow you to pick things up amazingly fast. His examples will lead you step by step through just about everything you might want or need to know.

I liked the sections on Apache (a free web server) and GNOME in particular. Both of these applications are free like Red Hat Linux. Apache is considered to be the worlds premier web server--it is yours now. If you are considering a job in the computer industry--Linux (Unix) and Apache will take you a long way.

So although the book is big, I found it a fast read. The author leads you visually, with screen shots, through lots of common tasks that you need to know. I can't imagine a faster way to pick up this material. the graphics make it all much more interesting. I found I read and retained more this way. It was a lot more fun. Good job Micheal!

Michael Bellomo is one of my favorite computer book authors. If you read just one of his books you won't hesitate to buy another book by him. Bellomo keeps things simple. I think he must either have taken great notes as he went about learning this material, or else he has a natural flare for understanding what people want to know.

This book, Master RED HAT Visually, typifies that. I remember the first time I dug into Linux. Things that are relatively simple in MS Windows are more challenging in Linux. Like how do you stop a program that will not respond to a kill command? That can and will drive you nuts.

I had lots of trouble, especially with the graphical user interface (GUI). I had a program lock up on me and I had to reboot to get it working again (OK, so I didn't know what else to do at the time!) The point is you won't make mistakes like this if you read this book!

This book is a cheap investment in your sanity. Bellomo will help you avoid such pitfalls and speed you on your way to the path of Linux enlightenment.

Finally, there are many GUI's for Linux. I recommend you pick of the big ones like this one, GNOME, and stick with it until you know everything about it.

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Conrad Senior

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but oversimplified., July 27, 2000

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This review is from: Master Red Hat Linux VISUALLY (Paperback)

The book was quite oversimplified in its explanations, thus it never really allowed you to learn much of use.