Learning Red Hat Linux, 2nd Edition [With 2 CDROMs]

by Bill McCarty and McCarty

With roughly 20 million users worldwide, Linux is the most talked about success story of open source and free software. Even devotees of Microsoft Windows and Apple's Macintosh are attracted by the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596000715
• ISBN13: 9780596000714
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

New to Linux

I am from the world of Windows, but felt that my career was suffering by putting off learning any kind of Unix/Linux. So I bought this book and in less than two hours I was dual booting my Win2k laptop with Linux. Incredible. Now having read this book, in less than a week I now know the command line utilities and how to get around the shell. The install found all my drivers on my Sony Viao and I was surfing the net from my cable modem without a problem. I highly recommend this book for anybody wanting to break into the world of Linux. Bill McCarty did an excellent job in giving the newbie the confidence to tackle a new OS. Great job.

The best intro Linux book

O'Reilly and Bill McCarty have done it again - they've gone ahead and created an awesome intro Linux book. In the same vein as Running Linux by Matt Welsh (the bible), this is a really good book for anyone who wants to get into Linux.I have been a Linux user since 1991 back when no one really knew about Linux and the Kernel was still at 0.99. I cut my teeth on SLS and Slackware releases of Linux before moving to RedHat and the O'Reilly books have been just incredible. In fact, I still have the first edition of Running Linux by Matt Welsh that I bought in 1995. Having said all that, I just bought this book for the free copy of Red Hat 7.2 included in it. But I still spent a couple of hours going through the book and I am thoroughly impressed with the treatment each subjects gets in this book. Starting with the installation to configuring and installing X, GNOME to setting up networking, this book is a complete resource for anyone starting up with Linux.

Perfect for both newbie and intermediate

Easy to read and digest. Explains RedHat Linux in a manner which will satisfy the complete beginner and the intermediate user. Especially good if you're oinly computing experience is as a MSWindows user although its' content is such that you don't have to approach it from this background. One of the most well written computer books I have read.

Great Starter Book

Great Starter book! Was up and running in Linux in no time. Found the book clear and informative, and screenshots were quite nice to have been included. Once you whip through this book, you'll want a more indepth book quickly. However, great book to start you down the path of revolution.

Buy this book if dont even know what "Linux" is!

Its great for a user that is new to the wonderful world of open-source operating systems. If until now your experience with operating eyetems has been limited to Windows, then get this book!The author does a great job of explaining the often-tedious process of installation in plain easy-to-understand english!This book will get you started and have you running Linux in your machine in no time. Although if you want details and want to go into more depth, a book like Running Linux by the same publication will come in handy.