Book Description
* Linux is the most popular open source operating system; Red Hat has strong international distribution and, according to IDC, controls approximately 700f the Linux market in the United States
* Red Hat updates twice a year; this book shows Linux newcomers as well as users of earlier versions how to install, configure, and use the newest version
* Covers preparing the hard drive for Linux, connecting to a network or the Internet, working with the GNOME interface, playing media files, and working with the file system
* Features a new security chapter that shows how to implement firewalls and other basic and advanced systems
* CD-ROM includes Red Hat Linux 9 Publisher's Edition
* Red Hat updates twice a year; this book shows Linux newcomers as well as users of earlier versions how to install, configure, and use the newest version
* Covers preparing the hard drive for Linux, connecting to a network or the Internet, working with the GNOME interface, playing media files, and working with the file system
* Features a new security chapter that shows how to implement firewalls and other basic and advanced systems
* CD-ROM includes Red Hat Linux 9 Publisher's Edition
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Install and configure Red Hat Linux 9 – no experience needed!
Interface with GNOME,TM connect to a wireless network, and build a firewall
Put the power of the penguin in your PC with this handy, plain-English guide to Red Hat Linux 9. In no time, you can have Red Hat Linux installed, get connected to the Internet, play media files, work with Word documents, set up a Web server, customize your own flexible, powerful workstation, and do it all for peanuts!
All this on 2 bonus CD-ROMs
- Publisher’s Edition of Red Hat Linux 9
- Includes Apache Web Server, GNU™ compiler, GNOME and KDE Desktop, and more!
