-- Linux Sustaining Growth. Linux could be the operating system (OS) of choice for the future according to International Data Corp. (IDC). In its March 31, 1999 bulleting, IDC said Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the shipments of all other OS environments.
-- Smart, Low Cost OS. Smart network managers have known for some time that running open-source Linux on servers in an efficient, low cost way to manage Web, DNS, and email servers. Now that companies such as IBM, Compaq, Intel, HP, and Dell are all partnering with leading distributors, Linux is really being embraced in the corporate setting.
-- Need for Beginner's Guide. System administrators will not have the same kind of technical support with open-source Linux as they would with other commercial big-vendor OS's. Therefore, there is a huge need for a technically accurate guide to Linux Administration coveting the most current Linux kernel (2.2) and the most current popular vendor offerings, Red Hat, Caldera.
-- A Must Have Guide for Administrators Bringing Linux to Their Network. Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide is a practical guide to Linux for systems and network administrators who are moving from Windows NT to Linux or are experimenting with bringing Linux into their network topology
-- Covers the latest Linux kernel (2.2) with focus on the most recent release of the leading distribution Linux, Red Hat Linux 6.1, but will also include coverage of the current releases of Caldera's OpenLinux 2.2 and SuSE Linux 6.0.
-- Additional features include:
-- CD-ROM contains Red Hat Linux 6.1
-- 16-Page Blueprints will illustrate key differences of administrating Linux vs. NT
- ISBN10 6611805524
- ISBN13 9786611805524
- Publish Date 23 September 2008 (first published 1 February 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 April 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Companies
- Format eBook
- Pages 662
- Language English