Special Edition Using Linux (Special Edition Using)

This latest version of Special Edition Using Linux shows how to install, configure, use, and network the latest generation of freeware Linux operating systems. The authors focus mostly on the freeware version of Red Hat Linux 5.1, though Caldera OpenLinux 1.2 and other popular distributions also receive attention.The book includes lots of information on how to successfully accessorize Linux with various add-ons. The authors explain how to install and use XFree 86, the popular X Windows system. They also show what you can do with various utilities.Using Linux offers excellent coverage of networking matters. Not only do Tackett and Burnett do a great job of showing how to get the Apache Web server running under Linux, they show how to configure TCP/IP and set up a Domain Name Service (DNS). Some fluff - "how to surf the Web" material - inevitably sneaks in, but it doesn't detract much from this otherwise solid book. Continuing in the best-selling tradition of the Special Edition Using Linux series, Special Edition Using Linux, Fourth Edition, is a one-stop comprehensive reference and tutorial for users who want to install and use Linux productively. You will learn how to perform essential tasks such as managing users and groups, setting up and using network services and managing their files and directories. This book updates the audience on the new features found in the most recent Red Hat and Caldera distributions, and also covers how to set up an Internet web server using Apache.

• Learn how to install Red Hat(TM) Linux 5.1 on a variety of systems--including DEC Alphas
• Install and configure Caldera's OpenLinux(TM) Lite
• Includes StarOffice for Linux, the number one office suite for Linux. Comes complete with word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and communications programs
• 3 CD-ROMs contain the latest versions of the Red Hat, Caldera(R) and Linux distributions along with StarOffice

Continuing in the best-selling tradition of the Special Edition Using Linux series, Special Edition Using Linux, Fourth Edition, is a one-stop comprehensive reference and tutorial for users who want to install and use Linux productively. Th -Covers the most recent versions of Red Hat, Slackware, and Caldera, the three most popular Linux distributions -Contains three CDs, one for each of the distributions covered in the book -Written to be accessible by the beginner, yet contains information on more advanced topics for the intermediate users as well Accompanied by three CDs, a comprehensive reference manual and tutorial guide leads Linux users through basic tasks, including setting up an Internet server, and covers the new features of the most recent Red Hat, Caldera, and Slackware distributions. Original. (Intermediate).