Red Hat Linux Fedora

Linux is an operating system, based on Unix, that has become a viable desktop system for many users, especially those involved with system and network administration. This book covers all the most important topics for the reader who wants to get Linux up and running and to become productive with the operating system as quickly as possible. The book covers topics such as installing, setting up, and negotiating the new desktop environment, and also includes: An explanation of what is happening behind the scenes - the reader learns how the system works as well as what to do, in simple, layman's language. Special attention to new features of the latest release, especially tools that make tasks that used to be difficult easier. Instruction on troubleshoo...

The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide contains useful information about your Red Hat Linux system. In fact, much of the information you'll find within can be extended to just about any Linux distribution. From fundamental concepts such as using RPM and Gnome-RPM to the finer points of using disk partitioning, we hope you'll find this book to be a valuable resource. This guide is for you if you want to learn a bit more about how your Red Hat Linux system works. Among the featured entries, you'll learn about: Partitioning concepts - Both an introduction to disk partitions and the strategies behind "finding a home" for more than one operating system on hard drives; Text mode installation -- Despite Red Hat Linxu's GUI installation, you ma...

Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization is a reference for power-users and administrators covering all security issues, including Filesystems Security, Securing root accounts and Firewalls. Other Security books talk about how to apply certain patches to fix a security problem -- but this book shows you how to secure all applications so that the chances for a security breach are automatically minimized. Application performance benchmarking will also be covered. This book introduces you to many application-specific performance and benchmarking techniques and shows you how to tune your computer as well as your networks. This book covers all the primary Red Hat Linux Applications such as Apache Web Server, WuFTP, FTP server, BIND DNS server, Sendmail SMT...