- Paperback: 1000 pages
- Publisher: Que; 1st Special edition edition (Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0789720582
- ISBN-13: 978-0789720580
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 18.8 x 6.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,196,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- See Complete Table of Contents
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The biggest appeal of this book is its companion software with three separate versions of Linux on CD-ROM--Red Hat Linux 4.1, Slackware Linux 3.1, and Caldera Open Linux Lite 1.1. You'll be able to try out all three versions without going through the trouble of downloading (though these are old versions of each flavour).
The text focuses on Red Hat Linux, though it's similar to the other two versions on the CD-ROM and you can easily transfer lessons to the others. The authors begin by explaining how to install Linux and how to configure it properly for your hardware environment. Then, they talk about key commands--file management and the like--before spilling the beans on how to run programs.
The information on how to get DOS and Windows programs to run under Linux with dosemu and other jury-rigs is notable. There's even a list of programs (popular and less so) that have been made to run under Linux; each entry comes complete with the e-mail address of a person who claims to have done it.
From there, the book moves on to explain X Windows, time-sharing servers, vi, Internet tools, and the mechanics of using Linux as an Internet server (though there are other whole books that cover the subject in more depth). Overall, this book distinguishes itself by showing you how to do unusual things with Linux. Get this book if you want to see your new operating system do some unusual tricks. --Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Linux is a significant force in the server room and the desktop, delivering reliability, ease of installation and administration, high performance, security, and robust applications. Special Edition Using Linux 6E is written to the just-released 2.4.x kernel and includes the following topics: installation and configuration of Red Hat Linux, Caldera OpenLinux, and Debian GNU/Linux; configuration and use of Samba, Netscape, sendmail, SSH, and Webmin; coverage of KDE 2.0 and its integrated utility suite; configuration of the X Windows System; installation and managment of applications; creation of a VPN with FreeS/WAN; customization of your shell environment; networking with Linux; Novell NetWare integration; and more. Special Edition Using Linux 6E details the latest Linux technologies, such as Ximian GNOME and the 2.4 kernel.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
A theory book; no practical hands-on use,
This review is from: Using Linux: Special Edition (Special Edition Using) (Paperback)
Contrary to other reviews, this is not a good book on Linux. Too advanced for a new user, no real info for an advanced, it fails to fill any need. It has chapters on the look of destops, loads of info on changing the colour scheme, etc, but virtually no info on functionality: no practical uses. 2 chapters on the cosmetics of KDE and Gnome, but no comparisons, no pros-and-cons of each. It has 5 pages on how to use Realplayer (the easy part), but only half a page on how to install it (the hard part). There is no step-by-step insructions on how to perform tasks, no instructions on installing device drivers or software, no "how-to's". It's hard to figure out who this book was written for: too complex for beginners (it assumes you know all about command prompts and compiling applications), no practical info for advanced (no network troubleshooting, no detailed configuration instructions). On the back cover it says "user level: Intermediate-advanced", but in the introduction it says it's for people installing Linux for the first time, and not for Guru's.There are much better books on the market.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!!! Great Software!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Using Caldera OpenLinux Special Edition (Special Edition Using) (Paperback)
I can not say enough about this book, from helping you get your linux machine onto the net , to configuring your sound , cd-rom , network cards, modem.If you are going to buy one book for Linux , look no further.Any machine that I sell will have this book with it. 10 STARS to all at Caldera and and Que! Thanks for making Linux fun!!!!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book but problem with CD,
By A Customer
This review is from: Using Caldera OpenLinux Special Edition (Special Edition Using) (Paperback)
This book is very good in the sense that it covers almost everything from how to use Linux effectively (play games, use office suite, play audio CD, etc) to system administration tasks. Good price for such a complete book. The problem is that I can not run the CD from my CD ROM drive. Whenever I run the setup.exe, my CD ROM just tried to read it, but then it stop responding. I don't know why this happen but I cleaned my CD ROM drive already and the problem still exists. So far I never had problem with my CD ROM. I just bought this CD-RW 1 week ago. Must be problem with this CD software.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
