Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) Review

• Provides just what administrators need to configure, manage, maintain, and upgrade a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system
• Red Hat is the most popular Linux distribution, with 70 percent of the U.S. market; RHEL subscriptions climbed to 87,000 during the quarter ending February 2004-up 85 percent
• Covers all four RHEL versions-Desktop, Workstation, Enterprise Server, and Application Server
• Delivers the lowdown on the X Window System, printer configuration, Samba, Internet server set up, administration of users and groups, backups and file restoration, and security

Red Hat Linux for Dummies

Red Hat Linux for Dummies Review

The complete version of Red Hat Linux 6.2 on 2 CD-ROMs

Includes tips on navigating the GNOME interface

Install Red Hat Linux on your PC — and join the open source revolution! Based on the bestselling Linux^® For Dummies^®, this friendly guide shows you step by step how to set up Red Hat Linux on your personal computer — and declare independence from Windows. From dealing with shells and scripts to customizing your desktop, it delivers just what you need to go open source. all this on 2 bonus CD-ROMs Red Hat Linux 6.2, including Kernel 2.2.15, Apache Web Server 1.3.11, and Samba 2.0.6 Plus a firewall script, Internet utilities, tools to create images, games, and more! System Requirements: Linux compatible PC with hard drive, CD-ROM & 3 ½" floppy drive. See CD Appendix for important information about using IBM-compatible PCs with Linux Plus leading Internet software

Discover how to: Install Red Hat Linux, step by step Work with files and directories Rev up Linux performance Get comfortable with the new GNOME interface Create documents with ApplixWare Troubleshoot common problem areas

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Red Hat Linux 8 for Dummies

Red Hat Linux 8 for Dummies Review

Install Red Hat Linux 8, get connected, and get to work
Meet the new, improved GNOME interface and go online with cable and DSL
Want a powerful, versatile, and free PC operating system? This handy guide with two CD-ROMs has what you need to toss those other guys out the Windows. Before you can say "tech support," you'll have Red Hat Linux 8 installed and be cruising the Internet, using the newly integrated OpenOffice Suite and RealPlayer, and working with the friendly, revamped GNOME interface.
All this on 2 bonus CD-ROMs
Includes the Publisher's Edition of Red Hat Linux 8 with Apache Web Server, GNU compiler, GNOME and KDE Desktop, and more
System Requirements: Pentium-class PC with 32MB RAM (96MB recommended), CD-ROM, 650MB hard drive (2.5GB recommended).

Red Hat Linux All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies

Red Hat Linux All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies Review

Red Hat continues to improve its version of Linux. And Red Hat Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you eight different quick-reference guides in a single book. Taken together, these eight books provide detailed information on installing, configuring, and using Red Hat Linux.

What you’ll like most about this book is that you don’t have to read it sequentially chapter by chapter, or, for that matter, even the sections in a chapter. You can pretty much turn to the topic you want and quickly get the answer to your pressing questions about Red Hat Linux, be it about using the word processor or setting up the Web server. This book is for you if you're looking to

• Install and configure Red Hat Linux from the CD-ROMs included with the book
• Connect the Red Hat Linux PC to the Internet through a DSL or cable modem
• Set up dial-up networking with PPP
• Get tips, techniques, and shortcuts for specific uses of Red Hat Linux

Red Hat Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies has eight books, each of which focuses on a small set of related topics. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, check the book names on the spine or consult the Table of Contents. These different minibooks in the desktop reference explain:

• The basics of Red Hat Linux
• The various aspects of a Red Hat Linux workstation
• Networking
• Using the Internet
• System administration
• Security
• Servers
• Programming

It’s time to get started on your Red Hat Linux adventure. With this guide, you can take out the CDs and install Red Hat Linux. Then, turn to a relevant chapter and let the fun begin. Before you know it, you’ll become an expert at Red Hat Linux!

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) Review

• Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Red Hat
• Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hat release
• Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphical user interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable, setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understand style
• Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to execute Windows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audio server–plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mail and configuring virtual private networks
• Includes the Red Hat Linux Fedora Publisher’s Edition on one DVD

Red Hat Linux 9 For Dummies

Red Hat Linux 9 For Dummies Review

Red Hat Linux, with its splashy brand name and recognizable logo, is undeniably one of the driving forces behind the Linux revolution—and, by far, the most popular Linux flavor. It’s used by businesses, individuals, and governments world wide to cut costs, improve performance, and just plain get the work done. You can use it as a desktop workstation, a network server, an Internet gateway, a firewall, the basis of an embedded system (such as a smart VCR or a robot), or even as a multiprocessor supercomputer. And thanks to the thousands of people who continually refine different parts of Linux, Red Hat Linux keeps getting more flexible and robust with each new release.

Ready to put the power of the penguin in your PC? This handy plain-English guide to Red Hat Linux 9 shows you how—no experience required!  It gets you up and running with everything you need to know to:

• Install, configure, customize, and fine-tune Red Hat Linux 9
• Get connected to the Internet
• Work with Word documents
• Set up a Web server
• Customize your own flexible, powerful workstation
• Connect to a wireless network
• Build a firewall

With world-renowned Linux expert and crusader Jon “maddog” Hall and Paul Sery as your guides, you’ll quickly master what you need to know about:

• Connecting to the Internet via broadband DSL and cable modems or old-fashioned dial-up modems
• Getting connected to your Local Area Network (LAN)
• Building simple Internet and LAN services, including Web pages and print servers
• Using Red Hat Linux to play CDs and MP3s and listen to radio stations
• Using OpenOffice desktop productivity suite, Evolution desktop organizer/and email client, the streaming multimedia player, and other cool applications

On the 2 Bonus CD-ROMs you’ll find:

• Publisher’s edition of Red Hat Linux 9
• Apache Web Server
• GNU compiler
• GNOME and KDE Desktop

This amazing book/CD package is hands-down the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to put the full power of Linux to work for you.

Red Hat Linux Fedora All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Red Hat Linux Fedora All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Review

• Completely updated for the newest release of Red Hat Linux, with nine stand-alone, task-oriented minibooks that enable readers to understand all aspects of the Red Hat Linux operating system
• Includes a new minibook on the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite; a new chapter on wireless Ethernet local area networks (LANs); new material on USB devices; and enhanced information on accessing databases, working with graphics and images, and using Linux multimedia tools
• Written in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style, the book offers nearly 900 pages of coverage on basic to advanced Red Hat Linux topics, making it the perfect desktop reference to help readers find quick answers or learn how to perform a particular task
• Includes a DVD that contains all of the CD-ROMs that make up the full Fedora Core distribution, including the source code.

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies Review

• Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Red Hat
• Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hat release
• Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphical user interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable, setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understand style
• Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to execute Windows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audio server–plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mail and configuring virtual private networks
• Includes the Red Hat Linux Fedora Publisher’s Edition on one DVD

Samba for Dummies (With CD-ROM)

Samba for Dummies (With CD-ROM) Review

This guide shows administrators how they can use Samba to share files, printers and other devices over a mixed-platform network without installing new software on the Windows client.