Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators

Finally, the straight dope on how Linux works, how to make it work, and where it fits-and doesn't fit-in your existing Windows NT and 2000-based networks. You've already figured out networking from the Microsoft point of view. Now you can use that knowledge, and the expertise of Mark Minasi, to learn everything you need to know about Linux including:

• Installing and configuring Linux, including troubleshooting graphics (X Window System), Ethernet, and laptops
  
• Administering Linux entirely from the command line
  
• Setting up Linux on minimal hardware-even a Pentium 100
  
• Understanding how open source works, what a "distribution" is, and how people make a business out of giving away software
  
• Configuring Samba and using it to make a Linux box emulate an NT or 2000 file server
  
• Setting up DNS on Linux, including Active Directory-compatible dynamic DNS
  
• Creating the Linux equivalent of an NT/2000 domain with NIS and NFS
  
• Tapping the speed and reliability of Linux's sendmail e-mail server
  
• Configuring Linux GUI: X Window, window managers, and desktop environments
  
• Modifying and recompiling the Linux kernel (with in-depth explanations of why you might want to)
  

The enclosed CD contains a complete copy of Linux-Mandrake7.1, including both the base operating system and dozens of server and workstation applications. Throughout the book, specially highlighted Mandrake Notes point out behaviors and techniques unique to the Linux-Mandrake 7.1 distribution.