Mastering Linux

Newly revised and updated, Mastering Linux, Second Edition is the best all-in-one Linux resource available anywhere. Inside, you'll find everything you need to know to install, configure, use, and optimize this increasingly popular and respected operating system. You'll even find the operating system itself -- the Publisher's Edition of Red Hat Linux 7, absolutely free on the enclosed CD!
Whatever you want to achieve with Linux, Mastering Linux makes it easy, providing the clear instruction and unique insights of a Linux expert who understands the needs of the non-Unix world.
Coverage includes:

• Installing Linux
• Configuring and using the GNOME and KDE graphical user interfaces
• Configuring and using X-Windows v. 4
• Using Linux commands
• Managing files in Linux
• Connecting to the Internet and e-mailing with Linux
• Using Netscape 6 for Linux
• Faxing from Linux
• Using Linux on a LAN
• Using Linux as part of a Windows network
• Connecting and configuring USB peripherals
• Creating a Linux Web server
• Setting up and using a Linux mail server
• Running DOS and Windows applications using Wine
• Configuring your Linux system with LinuxConf
• Re-compiling the Linux kernel

Introduction

Part I: Welcome to Linux

Chapter 1: What Is Linux?

Chapter 2: Choosing a Distribution

Part II: Installing Linux

Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Install Linux

Chapter 4: Installing Linux

Chapter 5: Special Installations

Part III: Using Desktop Environments

Chapter 6: An Overview of X Windows

Chapter 7: Installing and Configuring X Windows

Chapter 8: Using GNOME and X Windows

Chapter 9: Using Applications with GNOME and X Windows

Chapter 10: Advanced GNOME Configuration

Chapter 11: Using KDE

Chapter 12: Advanced X Windows Configuration

Part IV: Mastering the Essentials

Chapter 13: Introducing Linux Commands

Chapter 14: Working with Files

Chapter 15: Using LinuxConf and the Control Panel for System Configuration

Chapter 16: Understanding the Shell

Chapter 17: General System Administration

Chapter 18: Using Peripherals

Chapter 19: Linux Multimedia

Chapter 20: Recompiling the Linux Kernel

Part V: Basic Connectivity

Chapter 21: Understanding Linux Networking

Chapter 22: Connecting Linux to the Internet

Chapter 23: Using the World Wide Web

Chapter 24: Reading E-Mail

Chapter 25: Faxing from Linux

Part VI: Using Linux in the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO)

Chapter 26: Where to Use Linux in the SOHO

Chapter 27: Installing Linux for the SOHO

Chapter 28: Configuring Linux for an Ethernet Network

Chapter 29: Integrating Linux in Windows and Novell Networks

Chapter 30: Linux and DOS/Windows

Chapter 31: Security and Linux As an Inexpensive Router

Part VII: Using Linux As a Web, Database, and E-Mail Server

Chapter 32: Building Your Own Web Server

Chapter 33: Linux Database Servers

Chapter 34: Integrating Your Database with Your Web Site

Chapter 35: Linux as a Mail Server: The Power of Sendmail

Appendices:

Appendix A: X Windows Colors

Appendix B: X Windows Fonts

Appendix C: Linux Around the World (Non-English Linux Distributions)

Appendix D: Red Hat Linux's Default Sendmail.ch File

Appendix E: Sources of Linux Information

Appendix F: The Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO

Appendix G: Linux Command Reference

Appendix H: GNU General Public License

Appendix I: Linux on Non-Intel Hardware

Appendix J: Kernel Compilation Glossary

Appendix K: About the Second CD

Index