Sams Publishing Unleashes Red Hat Linux 7; Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed Builds Upon the Award-Winning and Best-Selling Linux Reference

Business Wire, Oct 9, 2000

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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000

Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed (Sams Publishing, ISBN 0-672-31985-3, USA-$49.99) continues the success of Red Hat Linux Unleashed, which has sold nearly 250,000 copies to date.

This book offers complete coverage of the new features and enhancements in the highly anticipated Red Hat Linux 7 upgrade.

In August, Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed was awarded the second place honor in Linux Magazine's Editor's Choice Awards, the Tuxies. Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed uses the same clear, example-driven style of the award-winning title. This book, like its predecessor, addresses advanced-level users with comprehensive reference material and extensive problem-solving examples.

Teaching the Red Hat Linux operating system from the inside out, Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed describes how to install, configure and manage version 7. The book contains discussions of SMTP and protocols, Network Information Service, Samba, connecting to the internet and configuring and building kernels. Additional topics covered include new security issues, new XFree86 4.0 distribution and conversion of audio CD tracks to .mp3 format.

Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed contains the complete 3 CD distribution of Red Hat Linux 7 and has been fully tested against the final release product from Red Hat.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

William Ball, full-time Linux evangelist and consultant based in the Washington DC area, is a technical writer, editor and journalist. Ball has authored many Sams Publishing titles including Red Hat Linux Unleashed, Third Edition, Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours, How to Use Linux and Que's Using Linux. His expertise ranges from Linux server deployment to installing Linux on small devices such as laptops and portable devices.

ABOUT SAMS PUBLISHING

Sams Publishing began in 1946 as a leading provider of electrical books. Today, with best-selling titles such as Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 24 Hours and Red Hat Linux Unleashed, Sams Publishing is one of the largest and most successful computer book publishers in the world, with 450 titles in print. Sams Publishing is focused on teaching tomorrow's programmers, developers and systems administrators the skills they need to build and maintain leading-edge technology -- from introductory tutorials to comprehensive reference books.

ABOUT MACMILLAN USA

Macmillan USA is a unit of Pearson Technology Group, the world's largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information technology, engineering and reference content. As one of the industry's leading innovators in both print and digital formats, Macmillan's imprints include Sams Publishing, Que Publishing, BradyGAMES Strategy Guides, Que Learning Systems, Macmillan Software, and Macmillan Lifestyle, publisher of the best-selling Complete Idiot's Guide line of reference books. Pearson Technology Group is an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's leading education and professional publisher.

PRODUCT INFORMATION                            SALES INFORMATION
Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed                      Sams Publishing
William Ball, et al                            201 W. 103rd Street
MSRP $49.99 US                                 Indianapolis, IN 46290
ISBN 0-672-31985-3                             1-800-428-5331
1000 pg.

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