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Red Hat Linux 7.2 Unleashed
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by Bill Ball
Sales Rank: 1689517
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List Price: $49.99
$37.99
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Paperback: 1000 pages
Publisher: Sams December 12, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067232282X
ISBN-13: 978-0672322822
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
Back Cover Copy
With the advent of the new 2.4-series kernels, a new XFree86 architecture and distribution, and advances soon slated to hit the KDE and GNOME markets, the time is ripe to craft the definitive and classic intermediate to advanced work covering Red Hat Linux. Red Hat Linux 7.2 Unleashed does not incorporate any previous material. All chapters concentrate on Red Hat Linux software and tools, and more specifically those software packages included with Red Hat Linux. There is new topic coverage in areas such as:
* The architecture of the new Linux kernel;
* Use of the new version 4.0 of the rpm command;
* USB;
* KDE 2.1/2.2;
* GNOME 1.4;
* Ximian GNOME;
* Broadband access issues, routing, gateways, firewalling (SOHO networking);
* Support for new filesystems;
* The new XFree86 architecture and features;
* Disk tuning;
* New printing services (Red Hat now uses LPRng) ;
* Security.
About The Author
Bill Ball is the best-selling author of a dozen books about Linux, including several previous editions of Red Hat Linux Unleashed, Que's Using Linux, and Sams Publishing's SuSE Linux Unleashed. He is a technical writer, editor, and magazine journalist, and has been using computers for the past 26 years. He first edited books for Que in 1986, and wrote one of the first best-selling Linux books, Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours, in 1997. He has long been a fan of Linux and XFree86, and uses the software on Intel-based PCs, the Apple PowerMac, and MIPS platforms. He is an active member of the Northern Virginia Linux Users Group (NOVALUG), and lives in the Shirlington area of Arlington, Va. He can be contacted through tux/~bball.
Customer Reviews & Comments
In my opinion this book is nearly worthless. I am a computer savy hobbiest learning how to create a personal web site. The books I used for PHP and MySQL are generally geared towards using those programs under Linux. I picked up this book to try to learn and install Linux. It has been a complete waste of money. The book covers many topics but NONE of them in depth. It repeatedly tells you to look at the man pages and other online sources for info, offering no explanations. It also tells you to ask your 'system administrator' to install or configure components. Hello! That's me. I've found much more helpful info online. Don't waste your money on this one!
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Red Hat Linux 7.2 Unleashed
List Price: $49.99
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