red hat book commendation ?

carioca · 07-06-2008, 01:41 PM

hi linuxers,
I'd like to learn to install and configure the redhat. thus, I want to get a handfull redhat handbok (english)from a beginner to advanced user. what's the most recommended redhat handbook mainly for a fresh user? I mean a book which is very easy to learn not only for geeks. best regards.

sycamorex · 07-06-2008, 02:17 PM

Unless you have a lot of money to pay for RHEL, install CentOS. Basically, it's a clone of RedHat without logos and a few proprietary programs.
http://www.centos.org/

and then you can follow the installation tutorial:
http://www.howtoforge.com/installati...tos5.1-desktop

some more tutorials
http://wiki.centos.org/
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://tldp.org/

If you are going to use linux for work or home server, CentOS is an excellent choice.

If you just want to use it as a desktop computer at home, Fedora 9 would be more usable.

hth

Micro420 · 07-06-2008, 03:51 PM

I second CentOS. Best distro ever, aside from the actual Red Hat! I just don't understand why Cent OS isn't more commonly used.
I would recommend the Michael Jang book on the RHCE exam. Even though you aren't going for your RHCE, it teaches you a lot about Linux, and specifically, about Red Hat.