From: Amy.Sorokas@macmillanUSA.com
To: Amy.Sorokas@macmillanUSA.com
Subject: SAMS PUBLISHING = LINUX, LINUX, LINUX
Date: 23 Oct 2000 11:25:18 -0400

SAMS PUBLISHING OFFERS THE BEST IN LINUX REFERENCES

Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed (ISBN 0672319853) by William Ball continues the
success of Red Hat Linux Unleashed, an award-winning and best-selling
title!
     
A Comment on Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed from the author_
"It was my pleasure and great privilege to work with one of the best team
of writers and Linux experts when putting together Red Hat Linux 7
Unleashed.  This new book, aimed at the intermediate to advanced Linux
user, provides a host of new details about using the newest version of Red
Hat Linux, and builds a solid platform of knowledge to help advanced users
and system administrators cope with+the challenges faced in today's
computing environment.  The reader will find numerous solutions concerning
working with other operating systems, connecting to the Internet, network
security, and getting the most of the Linux experience." -William Ball
     
A Comment on Red Hat Linux 7 from Red Hat's Chief Technology Officer_
"Red Hat Linux 7 provides enhanced security, new ease-of-use features,
optimized software for higher-end Intel chips and increased 3D support,
along with dozens of new enterprise-ready applications, extending its lead
as the most powerful and widely used open source server environment in the
world.  Through the new Red Hat Network-available now to all Red Hat 7
users on a free trial basis-Red Hat is pioneering a new way to deliver open
source products, services, support and information on-line in real-time."
-Michael Tiemann, Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat

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SAMS TITLES AWARDED THREE TUXIES IN SEPTEMBER 2000
Editor's Choice Awards from Linux Magazine
Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed -2nd Place
Maximum Security-3rd Place
Sams Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours-4th Place

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NEW LINUX TITLES FOR FALL/WINTER 2000
Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours, Third Edition  (ISBN 0672319934)
MSRP $24.99 US 
Craig and Coletta Witherspoon 
Available NOW
For absolute Linux beginners, this book teaches Linux fundamentals from the
ground up.  Readers learn the nuts and bolts of using, installing and
configuring Linux.  Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours also points out
the differences between the major distributions and helps readers decide
which distribution of Linux is best for them.

Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours  (ISBN 0672318458) MSRP
$24.99 US
Chris Caviness, Judith Samson and David Gay 
Available December
Red Hat Linux is the most popular among Linux users in the United States
and Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours is an easy-to-understand,
step-by-step tutorial for new Linux users.  The book covers all the basics
of installing, setting up and negotiating the new desktop environment as
well as an explanation of what is happening behind the scenes, discussion
of the new features of Red Hat Linux 7 and instruction on trouble shooting
practices and debugging tools.

Red Hat Linux Systems Administration Unleashed  (ISBN 0672317559) MSRP
$49.99 US 
Thomas Schenk 
Available NOW
This book has all the core information a system administrator needs to know
to administer any system that includes Red Hat Linux.  Focusing on the day
to day operating and user issues a system administrator must deal with in a
24-hour environment, Red Hat Linux Systems Administration Unleashed
includes file system and disk management, backups and disaster recovery,
shells and scripting, and internet services.

Linux Programming Unleashed, Second Edition  (ISBN 0672320215) MSRP $49.99 US
Kurt Wall et. al. 
Available December
Written for intermediate to advanced Linux programmers, this book discusses
how to program core systems, interprocess communications, user interfaces,
devices drives, X Windows system and much more.  This comprehensive
reference includes the topics most necessary to program for Linux.

Installing Red Hat Linux 7 (ISBN 0672318261) MSRP $29.99 US
Bill Von Hagen
Available NOW
Installing Red Hat Linux 7 provides just the information an experienced
Linux user needs to upgrade an existing Red Hat installation or to migrate
to Red Hat Linux 7 from another Linux distribution.  This short volume is a
great portable quick reference to the key installation questions for Red
Hat Linux 7.

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OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE INCLUDE
Linux Socket Programming by Sean Walton  (ISBN 0672319357) MSRP $49.99
US--Available December
KDE 2.0 Development by David Sweet  (ISBN 0672318911) MSRP $49.99
US--Available November
sendmail for Linux by Rich Blum (ISBN 0672318342) MSRP $34.99 US--Available NOW
Running Qmail by Rich Blum (ISBN 0672319454) MSRP $34.99 US--Available NOW
Sams Teach Yourself GTK+ Programming in 21 Days by Donna Martin (ISBN
0672318296) MSRP $39.99 US-Available NOW
Sams Teach Yourself QT Programming in 24 Hours by Daniel Solin (ISBN
0672318695) MSRP $29.99 US-Available NOW
Sams Teach Yourself C Programming for Linux in 21 Days by Jesse Liberty and
David Horvath (ISBN 0672318954) MSRP $39.99 US-Available NOW

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To request more information, contact:
Amy Sorokas
Publicist, Sams Publishing
Macmillan USA
201 West 103rd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46290
amy.sorokas@macmillanusa.com

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