Red Hat Linux 8 Bible [With 3 CDROMs]

by Christopher Negus

* An update to the perennial bestseller-with more than 110,000 copies sold of all editions * Hailed by Al Stevens in Dr. Dobb's Journal as, "The best overall Red Hat user's book, hands down, no... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764549685
• ISBN13: 9780764549687
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 1104 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

I was here looking for when the next edition of the Red Hat Linux Bible would release - because I faithfully buy the updated version that Chris Negus writes - and noticed some reviews saying they did not like this book. I have to throw in my 2 cents because I completely disagree. This book is by far the most comprehensive and helpful coverage on Red Hat Linux 8. The other books that I have read on this topic pale by comparison. Hey Chris, keep up the excellent writing.

Best all-around

Yes, there are better books for virtually every topic.From apache to sendmail to whatever, you have at least half a dozen 300-1000 pages books that will make you a specialist in that area.But do you have the time, money or desire to read all that? Do you need to be an expert in this or that? Do you even know what field you need to be an expert in?Negus' RH Bibles series cover it all. Everything you need to know to get every subsystem working, from email to wireless LAN. It turns a handful of CDs into a full blown server that can do everything short of mixing drinks for you!And just like good wine, it keeps getting better with time. Actually, it's not that good of an analogy :-) Don't keep your old Bible, buy the new one, the new chapters are worth it.Thank you Mr. Negus for writing this great reference book!

THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR 'RED HAT' APOSTLES

With improved topics that include KD3 and GNOME2, this well-balanced text is a respectable one-stop shop for followers of 'Red Hat Linux 8 Operating System'. The layout of this book is fantastic. Every aspect of the software (including installation and configuration) received generous attention. The overall outlook of the book (and its attached CD-ROM) indicates that a beginner can handle it; although that I would recommend it for an intermediate or advanced user of the software. Most beginners may be weighed down by its extensive details.

Wow

This book is quite amazing, very thorough discussion on Red Hat Linux v8.0. It is extremely good for beginners, explains everything very well without boring you to sleep. And it also not a bad beginners book in general UNIX either. I bought it to help me set up my own server, chapters 10-25! helped me with that. My only complaint is that I wish there were more images, but then again its not really needed since most linux users operate via terminal I'm sure.