Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide [Paperback]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764549677 | ISBN-13: 978-0764549670 | Publication Date: November 8, 2002 | Edition: 1

* Ideal to help Red Hat Linux beginners get up and running with Red Hat Linux
* Provides complete beginner-level coverage and offers comprehensive overview of user-level topics and basic administrator-level chores, such as the shell prompt, building a basic firewall, and managing users
* Explores the Red Hat Network, technical support, and frequently asked questions about Red Hat Linux
* CD-ROM contains a 2-CD distribution of the latest version of Red Hat

Copyright © 2004 by Red Hat, Inc. Material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, V1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/).

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From the Back Cover

Red Hat sealed and approved! Compiled by Red Hat's own documentation team and reviewed by a Red Hat qualified technical expert, this comprehensive, authoritative guide delivers all the know-how you need to install, use, and customize the latest version of Red Hat Linux.

From identifying system requirements to configuring a network, this handbook provides the most specific user-focused information available. Detailed advice guides you through every option listed in the installation program. You'll find an entire chapter devoted to the new OpenOffice.org office productivity applications as well as a chapter covering the improved graphical interface, which includes the new GNOME 2.0. Whether you're a Red Hat Linux newcomer or a user upgrading from an older version, you'll benefit from the technical advice and FAQs, too.

This guidebook is your single official source for documentation, instruction, and answers about Red Hat Linux 8.

An insider's look into Red Hat Linux technology
* Select the most appropriate installation option for your needs
* Solve problems that arise during installation and understand error messages
* Understand and configure the new Red Hat 8 desktop environment
* Discover how to add and update packages on your Red Hat system
* Get online with Mozilla and manipulate images using GIMP
* Configure a firewall to protect your data and privacy from hackers
* Explore package management with RPM

"The Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide is the ideal resource for people who want to start running Red Hat Linux on their own."
-Erik Troan, Director of Product Marketing, Red Hat

CD-ROM includes Red Hat Linux 8 Publisher's Edition on two CD-ROMs

System Requirements: Pentium-class PC with 64MB RAM (128MB recommended), CD-ROM, 650MB free hard drive space (2.5GB recommended). See the About the CD-ROM appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

The Red Hat Documentation Team represents over ten years of experience in all aspects of Linux development, programming, and administration. They are also the authors of the Official Red Hat Linux Administrator’s Guide, the perfect companion book for Red Hat system administrators.

Contributors from the Red Hat Press Documentation Team: Tammy Fox, John Ha, Sandra A. Moore

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: *Red Hat; 1 edition (November 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764549677
• ISBN-13: 978-0764549670
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,468,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for getting started with Red Hat 8.0, November 27, 2002

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"dpwall" (AL, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide (Paperback)

Red Hat 8.0 is a very good first attempt at the desktop OS market by Red Hat. This book looks like a collection of some of the excellent documentation from Red Hats web site. It covers basic installation and use well. For more advanced use you will have to look elsewhere(It couldn't tell me how to setup power management on my laptop). The book concentrates heavily on using Gnome, but has an appendix on using KDE. The section on using the command line interface (CLI) is a good introduction for beginners. I would recommend this book for someone who was interested in trying Red Hat Linux. Then after gaining some experience they could move to a more advanced Linux/Unix book. This book and CD set is a great deal if you are not able to download the CD image and documentation from Red Hat, or if you prefer printed manuals.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good book for Linux self-learner, December 29, 2002

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thomas leung (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide (Paperback)

I am a novice in Linux. At the beginning, I feel this book is too expensive to buy. The other Chinese version of the Linux textbooks [are lower-priced]. However, I choose this one finally, because some of them are too simple and the other are too difficult for beginners.

This offical guide points out a lot of examples for you. You can follow the examples and learn the concept immediately. Moreover the authors use the simple English to explain the difficult idea. I haven't used the dictionary during my studying. You do not feel tired after studying and can start your Linux job at once. Some of IT text books are too thick like Microsoft Press - Exchange Server 2000 and you will forget part of your learning in the last chapter.

If necessary, I will try to buy the same series of Linux text books later. If the price can lower, I think it is a good news for all users.

5.0 out of 5 stars Red Hat, August 21, 2005

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Jeremy Micheal (Memphis,Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide (Paperback)

The red hat users guide is well written but for beginers it would seem like a foriegn language but after you get the hang of this operating system you will begin to undertand more and more about the things in this book me personally i had trouble for many years keeping my microsoft windows applications working new viruses were coming out everday there platform was just to unstable and it got to the point to were i was either going to have to buy another windows product for hundreads of dollars that would fail or i could buy a new operating system for next to nothing , sure i would have to learn new software but its worth it in the end to have a more stable system the only thing i really had trouble with was getting an internet connection and working with the KPPP but with this books help i can set up internet connections over the phone with any provider within a few minutes with ease this is a great guide for any first time user or exsisting users