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Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)
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by Judith Samson, Dallas Releford, and Jason Byars
Sales Rank: 871824
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List Price: $24.99
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Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Sams; Pap/Cdr edition December 22, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672318458
ISBN-13: 978-0672318450
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Product Review
Linux seems to have slipped a bit from the public eye, but it's still very much on the radar screens of people who care about low-cost, high-quality operating systems for utility servers and power users' workstations. The release of Red Hat Linux 7 and the Linux 2.4 kernel have moved its ease of use and functionality up a couple of notches. A team of three writers has documented the OS and some of its core applications for Linux novices in Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours. The book focuses on Red Hat Linux as a platform for individual users. Although that--as opposed to network services provision--is not Linux's strong suit, stand-alone Linux operations are a great way to get experience in advance of a more ambitious deployment.
This book takes the form of a series of exercises that novice users can perform as they explore the Red Hat Linux way of computing. The authors employ a style that's typical of books that document command-line environments: they intersperse input and output listings with plain-English comments about what each means. Tables list options, procedures guide readers through controlled situations, and tips give details on odds and ends. Perhaps best of all, this book comes with Red Hat Linux 7 on a CD-ROM, which saves you the trouble of downloading it or buying it separately. --David Wall
Topics covered: Red Hat Linux 7 and the Linux 2.4 kernel, explained in beginners' terms, with an eye toward stand-alone operation, instead of networking. The authors give specific guidance through file-system navigation, use of the GNOME environment, and system configuration. Additionally, there's coverage of simple Internet connectivity via a modem and PPP, as well as simple local area network (LAN) setup.
Book Description
Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours provides new users a tutorial approach to learning how to use Linux -- and it provides readers who are already familiar with Linux insights into the features of the latest version of Red Hat Linux -- the most popular distribution among Linux users in the United States and overseas. The book covers all the most important topics for the reader who wants to get Red Hat Linux up and running and productive as quickly as possible. Written by Judith Samson, the principal of a Linux consulting company, the book assumes no prior knowledge of either Linux or the Red Hat distribution. Everything is explained using simple terms in a careful, step-by-step manner. The book's CD includes a complete Red Hat Linux starter kit, including the most recent version of the Red Hat distribution.
Customer Reviews & Comments
With all due respect to the power of the United States Department of Justice, the real threat to the power of Microsoft is not the fickle bludgeon of a legal apparatus but the tsunami-like power of the market. To a sophisticated group of developers fed up with inefficient and buggy software, the open source model offers more than just an alternative. It is a way to create software using a distributed form of quality control that simply does not or cannot exist in a traditional development process. The leading element of the open source movement is the operating system Linux, which provides a degree of stability unheard of in the Microsoft world. I recently received a message from a former student where he informed me that their Linux server had not been rebooted in one and a half years. Given the power and force behind this movement, it is clear that knowledge of Linux is one of those skills where demand will continue to dramatically rise. To benefit from this change, a book like this one is necessary. Using it, it is possible to start from ground zero and begin using and appreciating Linux in less than a day. Two CD ROMs are included which contain Red Hat Linux version 7 and many other programs and utilities that are used with Linux. Granted that the software can be obtained over the web, the presence of the CDs helps make the book a true bargain. For the sake of simplicity, the CDs alone are probably worth the cost of the book. That aside, the lessons are efficiently organized and teach you what is needed to get up and going with Red Hat Linux with no unnecessary asides. While I am not a fan of the Microsoft monolith, nothing infuriates me more than when I am reading about an alternative product and have to wade through diatribes about the "bad guys." To their credit, the authors avoid stepping into that pile of goo. The wise and wizened warriors understand that things come and go on a regular cycle and not all new things are really new or lasting. However, Linux is more than just a lasting thing. It may be the initial product in an entirely new way of creating and marketing software. In these circumstances it bodes well for your future if you know Linux and this book is a good place to start.
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