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On the Linux Unleashed, Third Edition CD, you will find Red Hat 5.1 Linux.
Chosen by Infoworld as the Desktop Operating System product of the Year two years in a row, the Red Hat Linux Operating System continues to widen its lead over alternative OSs for users needing a reliable, secure, and high-performance computer environment on their desktop and server PCs.
With Red Hat Linux 5.1, you gain the freedom you want on your desktop. Choose from multiple window managers. Get on the Net, build some programs, and format floppy disks (all at the same time), and enjoy an extremely stable operating system that multitasks more smoothly than other OSs. Systems running Red Hat Linux are able to run continuously for months on end.
Right out of the box, Red Hat Linux can provide Internet services, including Web, email, news, DNS, and more, for multiple sites, with real virtual hosting. With RPM (Red Hat Package Manager), you can keep your systems up-to-date with the latest security releases and install new software with a single command. RPM can help system security by letting you see what files on your system have changed.
With full source code (except for commercial apps), what could be a better learning platform? Learn how an operating system works from the ground up. Red Hat Linux comes complete with C, C++, F77 compilers, programming languages (python, perl, Tcl/Tk, scheme0), and tools for math- and engineering-related applications (spice, GNUplot, xfing). The Apache server provides a platform for learning CGI programming and HTML authoring.
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