Product: 0596008015

This book makes a handy quick refference for Linux setup and customization. The audience for this book is the experienced Linux user, but the reader doesn’t have to be an advanced Linux user (though, it helps). As someone who’s been using Linux for 7 years, there are some things explained in this book that are new to me, some things that I can do blindfolded, and some that I remember, but need to refresh when I actually need to do them.

This book explains how to do such things as customizing the GUI and the user’s ability to modify it, setting up removable media to mount/unmount automaticly (or not for a server), switching from/sharing with Windows, making backups, emergency system recovery, kernel customization, and a whole bunch of other things that it would fill an entire book (this one) to list them all. There’s also information on setting up Linux servers, laptops and network devices (routers and firewalls).

This book generally asumes that the the main installation work has been done, and focuses more on post-installation customization and emergency recovery. For example, it doesn’t explain how to install GNOME and KDE, but it does explain how to customize them. It also doesn’t assume that the user is using a specific distribution, but it does focus more on Red Hat/Fedora, Debian, and SUSE, as these distributions are the ones best suited for a bussiness office.

If you are the administrator for a bussiness office using Linux, this book is a must-have. If you are a hobbyist, this book is still reccomended. I personally have made refference to it to solve an annoyance already, and I’ve only had it for 3 days.
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