* Organization: Following the successful model of the 7.1 edition, this book is divided into five parts: Setting Up Red Hat Linux; Exploring Red Hat Linux; Internetworking Red Hat Linux; Managing Red Hat Linux; and Programming Red Hat Linux. * Key feature: A key feature of this book is that it includes chapters that explain how to configure and use various types of PC hardware in Red Hat Linux: Video Cards, Monitors, and X Window System; SCSI and IDE Devices; CD-ROM Drives and Sound; Printers; Modems and Terminals; Networks; and Laptops and PC Card. * Secrets' series goal: True to the Secrets series, this book provides administrators and power users with hidden techniques so that they might improve the performance from the Red Hat distribution. Undocumented, hard-to-find features are revealed, turning readers into experts. * Other topic s covered: installation, GNU utilities; Linux applications and utilities; text editing; Internet connection setup; Web, Mail, news, and FTP servers; Samba and NFS; basic and advanced system administration; software installation and upgrade; kernel reconfiguration and upgrade; system and network security; shell and Perl scripting; and Tcl/Tk scripting. ABOUT THE CD-ROM * This book has the 3-CD version of the Red Hat Linux distribution.