Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of the most highly regarded and widely used enterprise-level operating systems available today. Not only is it considered among the most stable and reliable operating systems, but it is also backed by the considerable resources and technical expertise of IBM’s Red Hat division.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Essentials provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 distribution. For beginners, the book covers topics such as installation, the basics of the GNOME desktop environment, configuring email and web servers, and installing packages and system updates. Additional topics, including running RHEL on Windows with Windows Subsystem for Linux, are also covered, along with important security topics such as configuring a firewall and user and group administration. We will also learn about the Red Hat Lightspeed AI capabilities built into RHEL.

For the experienced user, topics such as remote desktop access, the Cockpit web interface, logical volume management (LVM), disk partitioning, swap management, KVM virtualization, Secure Shell (SSH), Linux Containers, Image Mode deployment, and file sharing using both Samba and NFS are covered in detail to provide a thorough overview of this enterprise class operating system.