- Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Red Hat
- Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hat release
- Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphical user interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable, setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understand style
- Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to execute Windows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audio server–plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mail and configuring virtual private networks
- Includes the Red Hat Linux Fedora Publisher’s Edition on one DVD
Table of Contents:
Introduction. Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux.
Chapter 1: And in the Opposite Corner . . . a Penguin?
Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Red Hat Linux.
Chapter 3: Ready, Set, Install!
Chapter 4: Getting Red Hat Linux.
Part II: Got Net?
Chapter 5: Dial-Up Modems Still Get the Job Done.
Chapter 6: Broadband Rocks!
Chapter 7: Connect Locally, Communicate Globally: Connecting to a LAN.
Chapter 8: Only You Can Prevent Network Break-Ins.
Part III: Linux, Huh! What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything!
Chapter 9: Gnowing GNOME.
Chapter 10: Gnowing More Applications.
Chapter 11: Surfin’ the Net and Groovin’ to Tunes.
Chapter 12: Live from the Net.
Chapter 13: Going to the Office.
Chapter 14: Days of Wine and Applications.
Part IV: Revenge of the Nerds.
Chapter 15: Building Your Own, Private Network.
Chapter 16: Creating Basic Linux Network Services.
Chapter 17: Securing Your Future.
Chapter 18: Bringing In the Red Hat Linux Repair Man.
Chapter 19: Building a Streaming Audio Server.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: Ten Problem Areas and Solutions.
Chapter 21: Ten Security Vulnerabilities.
Part VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Red Hat Linux Administration Utilities.
Appendix B: Discovering Your Hardware.
Appendix C: Filing Your Life Away.
Appendix D: Becoming a Suit: Managing the Red Hat Linux File System.
Appendix E: Revving Up RPM.
Appendix F: About the DVD-ROM.
Index.
GNU General Public License.