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Synopsis
Combines the strengths of a tutorial and those of a reference to give you the knowledge and skills to master Red Hat Linux. Takes a truly practical approach to the study of Red hat Linux by the use of tutorial examples that show you what you will see on the screen each step of the way. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
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About the Author
Mark G. Sobell is the author of many best-selling books, including A Practical Guide to Linux, A Practical Guide to Solaris, A Practical Guide to the UNIX System, and UNIX System V: A Practical Guide (all from Addison-Wesley). Mark has more than twenty-five years of experience working with UNIX and Linux. He is the president of Sobell Associates Inc., a consulting firm that designs and builds custom software applications for UNIX and Linux systems and provides training and support.
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From the Back Cover
A Practical Guide to Red Hat® Linux® 8 provides everyone--new users to experienced programmers--with the knowledge and skills they need to master Linux. Written by best-selling author Mark Sobell, this book is a clear, thorough, and logically organized tutorial and reference.
Part I is a comprehensive tutorial that introduces the basics of GNU/Linux. It explains how to use the basic utilities, the filesystem, and many features of the shell command interpreter. Illustrations and step-by-step examples demonstrate how each command works. Part II covers more advanced topics, such as graphical user interfaces (GUIs), networking, text editors, programming tools, system administration, the new features of Red Hat Linux version 8, and the three major shells, including shell scripts. Part III is a detailed reference to more than 85 GNU/Linux utilities.
This authoritative guide includes:
- Instructions for users and administrators covering security and RH features, including Red Hat Network (RHN), Red Hat system administration tools, and Red Hat Package Manager (RPM).
- A full chapter on the use and customization of the Red Hat default GNOME 2 desktop manager and the new Metacity window manager
- A full chapter on how to use and customize the KDE 3 desktop environment
- Lucid descriptions of utilities illustrated by many
- practical examples
- Detailed coverage of the Linux programming environment and tools, including the C compiler, make, and source code management
- In-depth discussion of networking and the Internet, including types of networks, secure network utilities, and distributed computing
- An emphasis on security issues throughout, including highlighted warnings and a dedicated appendix
- Extensive information and full-length examples about using shells interactively and as programming tools, with chapters on the Bourne Again Shell (bash), the TC Shell (tcsh), and the Z Shell (zsh)
- Appendixes covering regular expressions, online resources, security, and POSIX standards
- A comprehensive glossary of more than five hundred words and phrases
Helpful features such as tips, cautions, and security alerts supplement the lessons of the text.
The accompanying CD-ROMs contain Red Hat Linux version 8.0.
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