Part 2: Doing Windows in Red Hat Linux 6

Red Hat linux 6 does windows—with a small 'w'. The Gnome desktop environment is a world-class windowing environment. using Gnome, you can have your windows any way you'd like them—even mimicking the look and feel of Windows 98 if that is your pleasure. And Gnome is not the only desktop environment available with Red Hat Linux 6.

Now that top-of-the-line applications such as Corel's WordPerfect for Linux are available, there's no reason not to make Red Hat Linux your personal platform of choice.

Chapter 6: Desktop Environments explains the concept of multiple woindowing environments, and how to switch between them. You'll also learn how to use the initial log on screen options.

Chapter 7: Gnome Applications provides a guided tour of the powerful suite of applications that ship with the Genome desktop.

Chapter 8: Wordperfect for Linux tells you how to obtain and install WordPerfect, and how to use some of its sophisticated features.

Chapter 9: Doing the Database Thing provides an introduction to working with the PostgreSQL database server that ships with Red Hat Linux 6.