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Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed
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by Bill Ball and David Pitts
Sales Rank: 1245121
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Paperback: 1112 pages
Publisher: Sams; Pap/Cdr edition October 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672319853
ISBN-13: 978-0672319853
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.9 x 2.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
Product Review
There are a number of versions of Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed, including a distribution agnostic one without a CD. Most of the content is duplicated across all of them. NFS usage, for example, or setting up XFree 86, is the same, regardless of distribution.
In practice, the biggest difference between the book for Red Hat version 6 and the one for Red Hat 7 is the Red Hat distribution CDs that are included with the latter. It's an excellent way to get Red Hat 7, if you don't have the previous version of the book. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed is more useful than the manuals that are provided by Red Hat with the retail distribution. What you get here is 1,000 pages of practical information on configuring and using the software. For example, all of the chat clients that are supplied--from the original chat utility itself to ICQ and AIM--are covered in detail. More importantly, the Red Hat manuals basically cover desktop use, while RedHat Linux 7 Unleashed covers networking aspects such as Samba, Apache, NIS, NFS, network management, remote printing, and network security. Also, it goes into areas that the manual doesn't touch, including C/C++ programming, scripting, and building new kernels--to hit just the highlights.
If there's a downside to this book, then, strangely, it has to be the emphasis on the Red Hat distribution. For example, because Red Hat 7 doesn't include the excellent ReiserFS journaling file system, this isn't covered--if you want to use it, you'll have to figure out how to download, install, and set it up yourself.
Nevertheless, RedHat Linux 7 Unleashed certainly is the best manual that's available currently for Red Hat Linux 7, and a fount of hands-on information. --Steve Patient, Amazon.co.uk
Book Description
Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and manage version 7, the latest version of Red Hat operating system. Version 7 boasts the latest table Linux kernel, a new and improved installation program, updated libraries nd a host of other improvements, including the new Xfree86 4.x. Learn how the operating system works from the inside out.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I am a senior engineer for managed network security operations, and fairly new to Linux. I bought this book to gain familiarity with installing, configuring, and optimizing Red Hat Linux 7, specifically. I recommend this book as a reference, but don't rely on it too heavily if you need information on kernel 2.4 features. Since Red Hat Linux 7 installs 2.2.16-22 by default, with a pre-2.4 kernel as an option, this situation is understandable. The book seems marketed to more advanced users, with the words "from knowledge to mastery" on the cover and the warning "user level: intermediate-advanced" on the back. However, I would place the book squarely in the beginner-intermediate bracket. There's far too much introductory material to qualify this book as an advanced guide to Red Hat Linux. For the sake of completeness, I appreciate the authors' inclusion of basic material. As a beginner, I was "introduced" and not "overwhelmed." Gurus, though, will want to look elsewhere. Chapter 24, Linux C/C++ Programming Tools, was my favorite section. The concepts in this chapter seemed central to the Linux experience. I was surprised to see "make" and "gcc" explained so late (pages 772-3) in a book of this size. Most parts of the book recommend installing software using rpm's. When rpm's are not available, the guidance in chapter 24 can be critical. Chapter 27, Configuring and Building Kernels, was also significant for the same reasons. Being a security professional, I was not surprised by chapter 23, System Security. To address this topic more thoroughly, I plan to read Bob Toxen's book. The bottom line is this: Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed is a solid work, but it's probably better titled "Red Hat Linux 7 Introduced." I'm sure the authors (who are all very Linux-savvy) could write a more advanced follow-up.
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