Research Catalog

Title

• Learning Red Hat Linux / Bill McCarty.

Author

McCarty, Bill, 1953-

Publication

Beijing ; Cambridge [Mass.] : O'Reilly, c2003.

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Details

Description

xvi, 319 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +

Summary

See:

Subject

• Computer Systems
• Linux
• Operating systems (Computers)

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs.

Note

• "A guide to Red Hat Linux for new users"--cover.
• Accompanied by 2 CD-ROMs containing Red Hat Linux. Publisher's ed., version 8.0.
• Previous ed.: 2002.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Why run Linux? -- 2. Preparing to install Red Hat Linux -- 3. Installing Red Hat Linux -- 4. How Linux works -- 5. Using the GNOME and KDE desktops -- 6. Using Linux applications -- 7. Conquering the bash Shell -- 8. Installing software using the RPM package manager -- 9. Configuring and administering Linux -- 10. Connecting to the Internet -- 11. Setting up a networked workstation -- 12. Setting up Internet services -- 13. Advanced Shell usage and Shell scripts -- A. Linux directory tree -- B. Principal Linux files -- C. Managing the boot process -- D. Linux command quick reference.

ISBN

0596004699

OCLC

51271648

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library