Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators: The Secret Decoder Ring

Finally, the straight dope on how Linux works, how to make it work, and where it fits-and doesn't fit-in your existing Windows NT and 2000-based networks. You've already figured out networking from the Microsoft point of view. Now you can use that knowledge, and the expertise of Mark Minasi, to learn everything you need to know about Linux including:

Installing and configuring Linux, including troubleshooting graphics (X Window System), Ethernet, and laptops

Administering Linux entirely from the command line

Setting up Linux on minimal hardware-even a Pentium 100

Understanding how open source works, what a "distribution" is, and how people make a business out of giving away software

Configuring Samba and using it to make a Linux box emulate an NT or 2000 file server

Setting up DNS on Linux, including Active Directory-compatible dynamic DNS

Creating the Linux equivalent of an NT/2000 domain with NIS and NFS

Tapping the speed and reliability of Linux's sendmail e-mail server

Configuring Linux GUI: X Window, window managers, and desktop environments

Modifying and recompiling the Linux kernel (with in-depth explanations of why you might want to)