Beginner Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
Specially designed to enhance the learning process, this book is packed tight with the tasks you need to master this popular, free derivative of the Unix operating system. Linux is a hot operating system, in part because it is free, reliable, and powerful, and in part because it represents an alternative to Microsoft.
The book covers Linux and offers installation and configuration advice along with Red Hat's distribution of Linux on CD-ROM. You learn how Linux works, as well as:
- Command lines
- File basics and processes
- Linux commands
- An in-depth explanation of the X Window system
- Networking
- Electronic mail
- Multitasking
- Shell management
- Programming
