Product Description
Covers the essentials that firsttime Linux users need to know about installing and using Linux on their desktop. Topics include preparing your PC for Linux, installing, connecting to a network or the Internet, working with the GNOME interface, playing media files, and working with the file system.
Covers specialized uses of Linux including using Linux as a server as well as an embedded or turnkey system, a supercomputer, a realtime controller. Covers the latest tools for browsing the Internet, being productive, and keeping your connection secure.
Series features: Includes the simple and fun reference style that has made the For Dummies series a favorite for over 200,000 firsttime Linux users.
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Two CDs included with this book contain the latest distribution of Red Hat Linux.
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Synopsis
A LINUX handbook. It includes information on: understanding the LINUX command system and putting it to work; applying helpful configuration utilities; selecting a shell program and tailoring it to fit specific needs; setting up the whole operating system as a Web or internal network; maintaining a LINUX system; and more. It covers Web features, including using a Web browser, email, ftp, IRC, Telnet, WAIs News, TCP/IP, explaining a range of different acronyms. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a version of Red Hat LINUX for Intex x86 PCs and a version of Apache, a Web server for LINUX.
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