Red Hat Linux 9 Professional Secrets

Red Hat Linux 9 Professional Secrets Review

* The ultimate guide to what's under the hood of Red Hat Linux 9, completely revised to unlock its deepest secrets
* Designed to answer the questions of intermediate-to-advanced Red Hat Linux users who really want to understand the ins and outs of Red Hat Linux and what goes on behind the scenes
* Takes the reader beyond the obvious information about this complicated operating system, revealing hidden features, tricks and alternate methods that can't be easily found elsewhere: little-known installation options, ways to tweak the TCP/IP configuration files for maximum network efficiency, techniques for optimizing OpenOffice, and much more
* Includes two CD-ROMS containing Red Hat Linux 9 Publisher's Edition

Red Hat® Linux® Secrets®

Red Hat® Linux® Secrets® Review

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Red Hat Linux Secrets documents little-known features and offers expert solutions to specific problems -- from setting up an Internet host to running a business to developing software. With complete coverage of the latest installation changes and hardware configurations, as well as the new graphical user interfaces, this technical guide gives you the tools you need to implement Red Hat Linux effectively. Includes CD-ROM with Red Hat Linux 6, including:
* Kernel 2.2.10
* Apache Web Server 1.3.6
* Netscape Communicator 4.61 and Samba 2.0.3 for file and print sharing with Microsoft Windows

Red Hat Linux 7.3 Secrets

Red Hat Linux 7.3 Secrets Review

Following the model of the 7.1 edition, this book is divided into five parts: "Setting Up Red Hat Linux"; "Exploring Red Hat Linux"; "Internetworking Red Hat Linux"; "Managing Red Hat Linux"; and "Programming Red Hat Linux". A key feature of this book is that it includes chapters that explain how to configure and use various types of PC hardware in Red Hat Linux: video cards, monitors, and X Window system; SCSI and IDE devices; CD-ROM drives and sound; printers; modems and terminals; networks; and laptops and PC card. This book provides administrators and power users with hidden techniques so that they might improve the performance from the Red Hat distribution. Undocumented, hard-to-find features are revealed, turning readers into experts. The other topics that are covered are: installation, GNU utilities; Linux applications and utilities; text editing; Internet connection setup; Web, Mail, news, and FTP servers; Samba and NFS; basic and advanced system administration; software installation and upgrade; kernel reconfiguration and upgrade; system and network security; shell and Perl scriping; and Tcl/Tk scripting. This book has the 3-CD version of the Red Hat Linux distribution.