From: "Les Villanyi" <lesv@linuxpress.com>
To: "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@eklektix.com>
Subject: Re: New from Linux Press: How to Install Linux for Red Hat Linux 
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:19:19 -0800


For Immediate Release

Linux Press introduces How to Install Linux(r) series

How to Install Linux(r) for Red Hat(r) Linux(r) is first in series


PENNGROVE, CA (January 18, 2000) - Linux Press today announced its newest
line of books, How to Install Linux. Part of the popular Linux Resource
Series, How to Install Linux will target specific Linux distributions and
provide complete and easy to follow installation instructions for the
operating system as well as for packages.

How to Install Linux for Red Hat Linux covers the entire installation
process of Red Hat Linux 6.1 from both the text-based approach and using the
new GUI-based installation program. The two CD-ROMs include the Red Hat
Linux 6.1 version of the Linux Operating System and a Bonus CD with selected
Red Hat PowerToolsTM and other handy files. Using Red Hat's Package Manager
(RPM(r)), you can quickly install the wide variety of files included
covering games, utilities, Internet Server, programming languages, C/C++
compiler and office productivity tools.

Information covered in How to Install Linux for Red Hat Linux includes: New
GUI Installation Process, Partitioning Your Hard Drive, Package Management
with RPM, System Administration, System Configuration, Latest stable 2.2.X
Kernel, Automatic Hardware Detection, and GNOME & KDE Window Managers.

Linux President Randy Just comments on the new series:

"Although the Linux user base now numbers in the millions, there are many
potential users who still haven't installed it. How To Install Linux
provides those potential users with excellent documentation and the most
popular Linux Distribution (Red Hat) available."

How to Install Linux for Red Hat Linux is a 438-page softcover book and will
be available direct from the publisher and through major distributors and
bookstores the week of February 7, 2000.

About Linux Press
Linux Press, founded in 1997 and based in Penngrove, California, was formed
to meet the growing need for quality Linux and Free Software documentation.
Linux Press has book titles currently available throughout the world,
including the Debian Linux User's Guide, Linux Volume 1: ac to zcat, the
basics, and The Best of Linux Distributions.

Linux Press Contact Information
Contact: Les Villanyi
Phone/Fax: 707-773-4916
E-mail: lesv@linuxpress.com Internet: www.linuxpress.com
Address: PO Box 220, Penngrove, CA 94951

How to Install Linux for Red Hat Linux. Penngrove: Linux Press, 2000.
ISBN 0-9659575-5-1  Retail price: $26.95 US   £17.99 UK