This Paperback Book item from Sams was reviewed on 11-Oct-2008.
Search ISBN:0672319853 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed Reference Book. Classifications : Red Hat Linux Operating Systems Computers & Internet Subjects Books General Linux Operating Systems Computers & Internet Subjects Books General Unix Operating Systems Computers & Internet Subjects Boo . Click the following link to view the cover of Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed. Related topics: Red Hat. Linux. Operating Systems. Subjects. Books. General. Linux. Operating Systems. Subjects. Books. requestid: 58485789-f87b-4b7c-b59c-b4ed7e02a7f7
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1) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. As this book titled RedHat Linux 7 Unleashed (RH7U), it is covered with many in-depth explanations on what RH70 offered. My expectation is also fulfilled, as I want to know all about Linux Basic and tend to get certified with RHCE and Linux Sair/GNU. I read this book companied with RHCE Study Guide and about to take the course on May 2002. Currently, as I write this review, I see the RH72 Unleashed and have some thoughts to buy that as well as this RH7U provide a good structured explanation. This book is just like the Manual book that RH Corp. should provide. I give 4 stars, as there is no book contains an all-in-one-solution to get your Linux running for production phase. This book offers a horizontal explanation on how you could get Linux started with minimal configuration. Linux means huge knowledge, that´s why you need special book to read if you would like to have your Linux in specific job like firewalls, routing, DNS, SAMBA, etc. Finally, this book is the best book I have to explain Linux!¤ 2) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. This book was my first foray into the world of Linux and I found too many errors for this to be a good start for a newbie. Case in point is Chapter 20 on ipchains. The sample firewall script is inclomplete (missing a definition of $ME in the constants section) and contains basic errors (such as showing an option as "-I" when it should be "-i"). Most galling is the publisher´s website. There is no section on errata to undo some of the mistakes that made it into print. Moreover, unless your web browser supports vbscript the web site will not load. It requires dissecting the start page source to find a way into the site. Buy the book for the disks, but expect to spend some time extricting yourself from the mistakes in it if you follow all the author´s examples.¤ 3) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. The book I received does not match the sample pages that are displayed.¤ 4) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. If you are looking for a good book on Linux/Unix I strongly suggest you DON´T BUY this book. I bought this book mainly because it has the RH7 3 cd set but was also hoping it would be useful in the future since at the time I really didn´t know much about Unix. The author can´t explain many topics at all. He just assumes that you already know all the stuff and that you are reading the book as a novel. ...¤ 5) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. This book gives simple, clear answers to the simple questions.
However, for more complex Linux code, go elsewhere. I find the chapters Shell Scripting and Automating Tasks give poor examples and the explanations are unclear. For someone new to Linux, this book is a good starting point but for someone looking for a little more technical info than your average Linux manual, this book fails. Two reasons I purchased this book was to learn cron and introduction to shell scripting. Both chapters regarding these topics are hard to read and examples given are futile. For something regarding bash shell scripting, O´Reilly´s Learning The Bash Shell by far outweighs the merits of this book, in that particular area, mind you. However the syntax for simpler items regarding Linux is clear and common-sense oriented. But there are so many Linux books covering these fields, it would be nice to see a manual put forth covering detailed code in the manner this book explains simpler terms.¤ 6) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and manage version 7, the latest version of Red Hat operating system. Version 7 boasts the latest stable Linux kernel, a new and improved installation program, updated libraries and a host of other improvements, including the new Xfree86 4.x. Learn how the operating system works from the inside out.¤ 7) Paperback Book Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed by Sams. There are a number of versions of Red Hat Linux 7 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 XFree 86, is the same, regardless of distribution. In practice, the biggest difference between the book for Red Hat version 6 and the one for Red Hat 7 is the Red Hat distribution CDs that are included with the latter. It´s an excellent way to get Red Hat 7, if you don´t have the previous version of the book. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed is more useful than the manuals that are provided by Red Hat with the retail distribution. What you get here is 1,000 pages of practical information on configuring and using the software. For example, all of the chat clients that are supplied--from the original chat utility itself to ICQ and AIM--are covered in detail. More importantly, the Red Hat 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. Also, it goes into areas that 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 Red Hat distribution. For example, because Red Hat 7 doesn´t include the excellent ReiserFS journaling file system, this 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 certainly is the best manual that´s available currently for Red Hat Linux 7, and a fount of hands-on information. --Steve Patient, Amazon.co.uk¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 8-Nov-2008, 0672319853752063319857, 530-8 
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