1. An up-to-date reference on Red Hat 8 with comparisons to Red Hat's 7 and 6 when warranted.
2. A combination of how to use and administer Linux and operating systems concepts (making this text unique to Linux textbooks) written in an easy-to-read manner.
3. Improved chapters on computer networks, regular expressions and scripting. Revised and additional examples to support the concepts in these chapters.
4. Comparisons between Red Hat Linux and other Linux distributions when such comparisons will be useful.
5. A set of ancillary material including a complete lab manual, text bank, power point notes, glossary of terms, instructor's manual and supplemental readings. The supplemental readings will allow for a smaller book while still retaining all of the important content.
6. Improved chapter reviews, added end-of-section activities, additional tables, improved figures (where possible) and did you know boxes inserted to provide useful facts.