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A P RACTICAL G UIDE TO F EDORA AND R ED H AT E NTERPRISE L INUX
SEVENTH EDITION
M ARK G. S OBELL
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sobell, Mark G.
A practical guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux / Mark G. Sobell.Seventh edition.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-13-347743-6 (pbk.)
1. Linux. 2. Operating systems (Computers) I. Title.
QA76.76.O63S5945 2013
005.4'46dc23
2013037169
Copyright 2014 Mark G. Sobell
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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-347743-6
ISBN-10: 0-13-347743-6
Text printed in the United States on recycled paper at Edwards Brothers Malloy in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Third printing, October 2015
Praise for Previous Editions of A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Sobell tackles a massive subject, the vast details of a Linux operating system, and manages to keep the material clear, interesting and engaging.... If you want to know how to get the most out of your Red Hat, Fedora, or CentOS system, then this one of the best texts available, in my opinion.
Jesse Smith
Feature Writer for DistroWatch
Since Im in an educational environment, I found the content of Sobells book to be right on target and very helpful for anyone managing Linux in the enterprise. His style of writing is very clear. He builds up to the chapter exercises, which I find to be relevant to real-world scenarios a user or admin would encounter. An IT/IS student would find this book a valuable complement to their education. The vast amount of information is extremely well balanced and Sobell manages to present the content without complicated asides and meandering prose. This is a must have for anyone managing Linux systems in a networked environment or anyone running a Linux server. I would also highly recommend it to an experienced computer user who is moving to the Linux platform.
Mary Norbury
IT Director
Barbara Davis Center
University of Colorado at Denver
from a review posted on slashdot.org
I had the chance to use your UNIX books when I when was in college years ago at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. I have to say that your books are among the best! Theyre quality books that teach the theoretical aspects and applications of the operating system.
Benton Chan
IS Engineer
The book has more than lived up to my expectations from the many reviews I read, even though it targets FC2. I have found something very rare with your book: It doesnt read like the standard technical text, it reads more like a story. Its a pleasure to read and hard to put down. Did I say that?! :-)
David Hopkins
Business Process Architect
Thanks for your work and for the book you wrote. There are really few books that can help people to become more efficient administrators of different workstations. We hope (in Russia) that you will continue bringing us a new level of understanding of Linux/UNIX systems.
Anton Petukhov
Mark Sobell has written a book as approachable as it is authoritative.
Jeffrey Bianchine
Advocate, Author, Journalist
Excellent reference book, well suited for the sysadmin of a Linux cluster, or the owner of a PC contemplating installing a recent stable Linux. Dont be put off by the daunting heft of the book. Sobell has striven to be as inclusive as possible, in trying to anticipate your system administration needs.
Wes Boudville
Inventor
A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux is a brilliant book. Thank you Mark Sobell.
C. Pozrikidis
University of California at San Diego
This book presents the best overview of the Linux operating system that I have found.... [It] should be very helpful and understandable no matter what the readers background: traditional UNIX user, new Linux devotee, or even Windows user. Each topic is presented in a clear, complete fashion and very few assumptions are made about what the reader knows.... The book is extremely useful as a reference, as it contains a 70-page glossary of terms and is very well indexed. It is organized in such a way that the reader can focus on simple tasks without having to wade through more advanced topics until they are ready.
Cam Marshall
Marshall Information Service LLC
Member of Front Range UNIX
Users Group [FRUUG]
Boulder, Colorado
Conclusively, this is THE book to get if you are a new Linux user and you just got into RH/Fedora world. Theres no other book that discusses so many different topics and in such depth.