Red Hat® Linux 9® Professional Secrets® - Softcover

Barkakati, Naba

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764541331 ISBN 13: 9780764541339

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

∗ 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

About this title

About the Author

Naba Barkakati is an electrical engineer and the author of more than two dozen computer books which have been translated into Greek, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and various other languages. He is an authority on C/C++ programming as well as Linux systems and is currently a Senior Level Technologist at the Center for Technology and Engineering in the U.S. General Accounting Office.

From the Back Cover

It takes an expert to unlock the deepest secrets of Red Hat Linux 9 to show you what’s really under the hood and how to release its full potential. From trouble–free installation to shell, Perl, and Tcl/Tk programming to setting up an Apache Server with SSL, this is the insider’s guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Red Hat Linux 9.

Harness the power of Red Hat Linux 9

• Install Red Hat Linux on a laptop
  (see Chapter 2)
• Configure XFree86 for PC video cards
  (see Chapter 3)
• Set up CUPs print queues
  (see Chapter 4)
• Manually load drivers for unrecognized sound cards
  (see Chapter 5)
• Recover a forgotten root password
  (see Chapter 12)
• Mount an NTFS partition
  (see Chapter 12)
• Set up a Wi–Fi wireless LAN
  (see Chapter 13)
• Upgrade and customize the kernel
  (see Chapter 21)

CD–ROMs include everything you need to install and use Red Hat Linux 9 Publisher’s Edition

System requirements: 200 MHz Pentium–class processor with 128 MB of RAM and 650 MB of hard drive space

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764541331
• ISBN 13: 9780764541339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1080