Download or read book CentOS 5 Essentials written by Neil Smyth and published by eBookFrenzy. This book was released on 2010-09-03 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is designed to provide detailed information on the use and administration of the CentOS 5.x Linux distribution. For those new to CentOS, the book covers the basics of configuring the desktop environment, resolving screen resolution issues and configuring the email client to send and receive email messages via web based services such as GMail. Installation topics such as dual booting with Microsoft Windows and configuring wireless networking are covered together with all important security topics such as configuring a firewall.For the more experienced user, topics such as configuring email and web servers, Xen and KVM virtualization, Secure Shell (SSH), remote desktop access and file sharing are covered in detail to provide a thorough overview of this enterprise class operating system.