Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed

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Summary: I you own RH 8.0, you need this book
Review: Bill Ball is an expert when it comes to explaining all things technical--especially Linux. From installation to icons, networking to Gnome, Red Hat 8 Unleashed covers everything for newbie and expert alike. No stone is left unturned. After you buy Red Hat 8, buy this book for a one-stop information resource that will greatly enhance enjoyment of your Red Hat system.

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Summary: BEWARE, Sams Publishing, no customer support!
Review: I bought this book because of the good references. When I opened the CDROM envelop, I found that CD #1 was cracked. I sent the cracked CD #1 to the attention of Assoc. Publisher Mark Taber, Sams Publishing, and kindly asked for a CD #1. This was March 17th, 2003 (it is Aug. 2nd, 2003 now). First it was backorder, than complete silence. No replies to e-mails, and phone calls are any use at all.

So beware, if you buy a book with a bad CD from Sams Publishing, you are on your own.

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Summary: Intermediate, Not for Beginners
Review: Large Volume that contains a lot of info but confusing as it keeps sending you to other chapters As it says on the Back cover
It is Intermediate, not for Beginners. Double CD contains most of software you need but partitioning for dual-boot can be difficult.

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Summary: No Linux reference collection would be complete without it
Review: Linux expert Bill Ball's Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed includes new and additional material based on the latest release of Red Hat Linux. Incorporating a more advanced approach to presenting information about Red Hat Linux, this comprehensive (1040 pages) instructional manual provides Linux users with the best and latest information intermediate to advanced Red Hat including installation, configuration, system administration, server operations, and security. All of the "user friendly" chapters effectively concentrate on Red Hat Linux software packages. There is an updated topic coverage in areas such as: the architecture of the Linux kernel 2.4.18, USB, KDE , GNOME 1.4, broadband access issues, routing, gateways, firewalling (SOHO networking), the new XFree86 4.2 architecture and features, disk tuning, GCC 2.2, Perl 5.6.1, Python 2, new printing services (CUPS), and security. No Linux reference collection would be complete without the inclusion of Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed. User Level: Intermediate - Advanced

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Summary: A bit light
Review: With negligible weaknesses and overwhelming strengths, this "Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed" remains a winner any day! It is one of the few 'Red Hat' texts that completely analyzed the Operating System. No information was spared: on both the Professional and the Personal editions of 'Red Hat 8'.
Every aspect of the software, (including OpenOffice and Ximian Evolution), were treated. The details and simplicity of this book makes it a desired tool for both beginners and experts alike. Advanced 'Red Hat' users would value the information it offered concerning how the Operating System copes with a multi-system environment. The same applies to all those who administer or maintain Linux-based servers.
This is one of the few books that used straightforward terms to unleash every fact about 'Red Hat Linux 8' Operating System. It is pleasurable to read, and covered both the Professional and Personal editions of the software. The flexibility options that the attached CD-ROM provides is wonderful. This is one valuable book which 'Red Hat Linux 8' users should go ahead and invest on. Both beginners and advanced users of the OS would find their respective niches in it.

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Summary: get it, install it, use it!
Review: ya gotta love the Unleashed books, 'cause you get tons of good information and the software, too! you can save money by buying one used if you wait a while but this book is just too good

the book has two disks of Red Hat Linux 8 and it was a breeze to install