Mastering Linux - Softcover

Danesh, Arman; Jang, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0782129153 ISBN 13: 9780782129151

Publisher: Sybex, 2001

Synopsis

Join the Linux Revolution!

Newly revised and updated, Mastering Linux, Second Edition is the best all–in–one Linux resource available anywhere. Inside, you′ll find everything you need to know to install, configure, use, and optimize this increasingly popular and respected operating system. You′ll even find the operating system itself the Publisher′s Edition of Red Hat Linux 7, absolutely free on the enclosed CD!

Whatever you want to achieve with Linux, Mastering Linux makes it easy, providing the clear instruction and unique insights of a Linux expert who understands the needs of the non–Unix world.

Coverage includes:

• Installing Linux
• Configuring and using the GNOME and KDE graphical user interfaces
• Configuring and using X–Windows v. 4
• Using Linux commands
• Managing files in Linux
• Connecting to the Internet and e–mailing with Linux
• Using Netscape 6 for Linux
• Faxing from Linux
• Using Linux on a LAN
• Using Linux as part of a Windows network
• Connecting and configuring USB peripherals
• Creating a Linux Web server
• Setting up and using a Linux mail server
• Running DOS and Windows applications using Wine
• Configuring your Linux system with LinuxConf
• Re–compiling the Linux kernel

Note: CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

About the Author

Arman Danesh is pursuing an advanced degree in Computer Science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Formerly MIS Manager at Landegg Academy in Switzerland, where he was responsible for hundreds of Linux desktop installations and multiple Linux servers, Arman is the author of several Sybex books, including Mastering Corel Linux, Mastering Red Hat Linux 6, and the first edition of Mastering Linux. He is also Internet columnist for the South China Morning Post and editorial director for Juxta Publishing Limited.

From the Back Cover

Join the Linux Revolution!
Newly revised and updated, Mastering Linux, Second Edition is the best all–in–one Linux resource available anywhere. Inside, you ll find everything you need to know to install, configure, use, and optimize this increasingly popular and respected operating system. You ll even find the operating system itself –– the Publisher s Edition of Red Hat Linux 7, absolutely free on the enclosed CD!

Whatever you want to achieve with Linux, Mastering Linux makes it easy, providing the clear instruction and unique insights of a Linux expert who understands the needs of the non–Unix world.

Coverage includes:

• Installing Linux
• Configuring and using the GNOME and KDE graphical user interfaces
• Configuring and using X–Windows v. 4
• Using Linux commands
• Managing files in Linux
• Connecting to the Internet and e–mailing with Linux
• Using Netscape 6 for Linux
• Faxing from Linux
• Using Linux on a LAN
• Using Linux as part of a Windows network
• Connecting and configuring USB peripherals
• Creating a Linux Web server
• Setting up and using a Linux mail server
• Running DOS and Windows applications using Wine
• Configuring your Linux system with LinuxConf
• Re–compiling the Linux kernel

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0782129153
• ISBN 13: 9780782129151
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 992