Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed Book

There are a number of versions of Red Hat Linux Unleashed, including a distribution agnostic one without a CD. Most of the content is duplicated across all of them. NFS usage, for example, or setting up XFree86, is the same regardless of distribution. In practice, the biggest difference between the book for version 7 and the one for Redhat 6 is Redhat distribution CDs included with it. It's an excellent way to get Redhat 7.0 if you don't have the previous version of the book. Redhat Linux 7 Unleashed is more useful than the manuals provided by Redhat with the retail distribution. What you're getting is 1,000 pages of practical information on configuring and using the software. For example, all the chat clients supplied--from the original chat utility itself to ICQ and AIM--are covered in detail. More importantly, the Redhat manuals basically cover desktop use while RedHat Linux 7 Unleashed covers networking aspects such as Samba, Apache, NIS, NFS, network management, remote printing and network security. It also goes into areas the manual doesn't touch including C/C++ programming, scripting and building new kernels--to hit just the highlights. If there's a downside to this book then, strangely, it has to be the emphasis on the Redhat distribution. For example, because Redhat 7 doesn't include the excellent ReiserFS journaling file system it isn't covered--if you want to use it you'll have to figure out how to download, install and set it up yourself. Nevertheless, RedHat Linux 7 Unleashed is certainly the best manual currently available for Redhat Linux 7 and a fount of hands-on information. --Steve PatientRead More