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Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition View Larger Image | Bill McCarty
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, 4th Bk&CD edition, Published April 2004, 326 pages, ISBN 059600589X | List Price: $39.95
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The GNU/Linux® success story is well known. Firmly established as a high-performance
operating system, its worldwide installations are increasing at phenomenal rates.
Much of this success has been on the server side, but more and more PC users are
turning to Linux on the desktop, as well.
For those grounded in Microsoft Windows® or Apple Macintosh® graphical interfaces,
the first look at a powerful Unix-style operating system can be daunting. This
book provides a clear, no-nonsense introduction to the popular Red Hat® distribution
of Linux. It takes you through installation and shows you the key parts of the
system, always with an eye toward what can go wrong and what you need to know
to get over the humps.
Linux is known as a secure environment and a good platform to run a web server.
These topics are among the many covered in this book. But did you know you can
also burn CDs, sync a PalmPilot™, and edit slideshow presentations with
powerful tools on Linux? Those topics are covered here, too.
Red Hat currently provides two distributions, both documented in this book. The
first is their commercial, subscription-based product, called Red Hat Enterprise
Linux and also available through retail channels as Red Hat Professional Workstation.
The second is the freely distributed Fedora distribution. The Publisher's Edition
of Fedora is included in this book on two disks.
New in this edition are installation instructions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
and Fedora, package updating for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, information
on the GRUB bootloader, and the CUPS printer system.
Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora tells you how to:
- Prepare your system for installing Linux
- Install and configure Linux and the two popular desktop environments, GNOME
and KDE.
- Run the most popular productivity tools on Linux: mailers, web browsers,
OpenOffice, and Evolution.
- Obtain and set up software through the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
- Set up a Linux system for networking, either on your local area network
(LAN), or via a dialup connection to the Internet.
- Use the system-administration tools included with Red Hat, GNOME, and KDE,
including such valuable utilities as Samba file-sharing and the Apache web
server.
- Understand and write shell scripts so you can peek under the hood and extend
the power of Linux.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Why Run Linux?
Why Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora?
What Is Linux?
Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
16. Preparing to Install Linux
Minimum Hardware Requirements
Collecting Information About Your System
Preparing Your Hard Disk
31. Installing Linux
Installing the Operating System and Applications
Start the Installation
The Firstboot Service
Logging into the Desktop
Getting Help
74. How Linux Works
User Accounts
How Linux Organizes Data
Using X
87. Using the GNOME and KDE Desktops
Using the GNOME Desktop
Using the KDE Desktop
110. Using Linux Applications
OpenOffice.org
Evolution
Pilot/Handspring Tool
CD Creator
127. Conquering the bash Shell
Issuing Shell Commands
Working with the Linux Command Prompt
Useful Linux Programs
152. Installing Software Using the RPM Package Manager
The Package Management Tool
The redhat-install-packages Command
The rpm Command
Querying the RPM Database
Installing a Package
Uninstalling a Package
Updating a Package
Freshening a Package
Advanced RPM Techniques
Keeping Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Up to Date
Keeping Your Fedora Core System Up to Date
173. Configuring and Administering Linux
Configuring Your System by Using the System Settings Menu
Administering Your System by Using the System Tools Menu
Controlling Services by Using the Server Settings Menu
202. Connecting to the Internet
Networking Overview
Configuring an Internet Connection
The Mozilla Web Browser
gFTP FTP Client
Using wvdial
Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
223. Setting Up Network Services
Configuring Hosts
Samba
Running Apache
The Secure Shell
Implementing a Basic Firewall
Checking Your Security by Using Nmap
Network Security Tips
251. Advanced Shell Usage and Shell Scripts
The Power of the Unix Shell
Filename Globbing
Shell Aliases
Using Virtual Consoles
X and the Shell
Shell Scripts
Understanding Shell Scripts
275. Linux Directory Tree
277. Principal Linux Files
281. Managing the Boot Process
296. Linux Command Quick Reference
Index
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