Red Hat Linux Secrets [With Includes the Latest Version of Red Hat Linux...]

by Nabajyoti Barkakati

With more developers and systems administrators looking to Linux as an inexpensive OS solution for single-user boxes, Web servers and network servers, Linux is becoming a viable alternative to NT or UNIX. This text shows the reader how to use Linux and solve specific problems, and guides users of all levels through the whole of Linux. There are 25 chapters organized into five parts: configuring a Linux system, running Linux, exploiting hardware in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764531751
• ISBN13: 9780764531750
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 895 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Secrets for Red Hat Linux is fantastic

I orginally bought Red Hat Linux Unleashed. It's a much bigger book than this one but contains much less usefull info than this does. I am a beginning Linux user and this book has had an answer to every question I've had to ask so far, especially when it came to installing a second NIC. After reading a couple of other books and searching online this book was the only one able to take me step by step through the process of adding a second NIC, the other books assumed I knew more than I did. It's easy to read and well organized and I would highly recommend it for the novice Linux user. The book also has the info to take me to the next level of Linux expertise. After you have the basics down, the more advanced sections still utilize the step by step method of the basic sections never assuming I already know some aspects of whatever subject is being discussed, like the other literature did.

Well done.

I went to the bookstore looking for a good reference on RedHat Linux System Administration. I was skeptical when I started skimming this book. I mean, I've read quite a bit of bad RedHat Linux documentation in my day. However, I was surprised. Although it was not the "complete reference" that I was hoping for, I was impressed by the clear and comprehensive explanations of the topics that it did cover. A great book for beginner to intermediate Linux users. Waiting for the RedHat 6.0 edition is a good idea though. For instance, my laptop won't run the older XFree86 versions that come with RedHat 5.x.

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This IDG book has no author email addr. nor errata web page.

Linux works from "many eyes" giving feedback to the authors and developers of the system. This IDG book does not list any email address for the author, nor does it have an errata web page. IDG: Get a clue!

Excellent and detailed coverage of Linux

The '96 Linux Secrets is probably one of the best Linux books on my bookshelf. The coverage is complete and addresses many issues that are not covered by other texts. Definitely looking forward to the '98 edition.