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DVD Includes openSUSE 10.3   openSUSE Linux Unleashed presents comprehensive coverage of the community version of SUSE Linux, one of the most popular and most complete Linux distributions in the world.   This book provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering openSUSE. You’ll learn how to unleash the vast array of software products included in openSUSE so that you can use it as a desktop computer, as a professional workstation, or as a powerful server.   openSUSE Linux Unleashed includes a broad range of coverage: from using software you need everyday–such as email clients, web browsers, and productivity software including the OpenOffice.org productivity suite–to configuring and administering a wide range of network and server products, such as the Apache web server, and MySQL database.   Additionally, this book provides details on openSUSE’s acclaimed YaST administration tools, web programming, networking, and choosing from a wide selection of graphical interfaces and desktop environments, including both KDE and GNOME.   Plan your openSUSE installation based on your computing needs Configure and use the X Window System–the Linux graphical interface–and the two primary desktop environments for Linux–KDE and GNOME Run OpenOffice.org and other productivity tools Create your own websites and weblogs Manage the kernel and its modules Set up networks Run the Apache web server Use the LAMP web programming suite: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and the scripting languages Perl, Python, and PHP Play music, video, and games Preserve an existing Windows installation for dual-boot launching    Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register for convenient access to updates and other resources related to this book.   Michael McCallister has been making computing easier for the full spectrum of users for more than a decade. Currently a technical writing consultant with Compuware, he is also a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication and the National Writers Union. He has run a SUSE Linux installation since version 5.3 and knows firsthand how far the distribution has come over the years. Besides SUSE Linux Unleashed, he is the author of Computer Certification Handbook (Arco Press), and has had articles published in Linux Journal, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Java Developer’s Journal, Internet Voyager, and Isthmus.   Category: Operating Systems/Linux Covers: openSUSE Linux 10.3 User Level: Intermediate—Advanced 

Table of Contents:
             Introduction                                                                            1   Welcome to openSUSE                                                           2   Preparing to Install openSUSE                                                3   Installing openSUSE                                                               4   Further Configuration with YaST and SaX2                             5   Getting Started with openSUSE                                             6   Launching Your Desktop                                                        7   Printing with openSUSE                                                       8   Shaking Hands with Your Shell                                             9   Being Productive: Office Suites and Other Tools                  10   Sights, Sounds, and Other Fun Things                                11   Going Cross-Platform                                                        12   Connecting to the Internet                                                13   Using the Internet: Browsing the Web and Writing Email          14   Creating Basic Websites                                                    15   Managing Email Servers                                                     16   Collaborating with Others                                                  17   Secure File Transfer                                                           18   Managing Files, Volumes, and Drives                                  19   Managing Users, Managing Security                                   20   Managing Data: Backup, Restoring, and Recovery              21   Keeping Your System Current: Package Management          22   Managing the Boot Process and Other Services                  23   Securing Your Machines                                                     24   Kernel and Module Management                                        25   Setting Up Networks and Samba                                       26   Managing Web and FTP Servers                                         27   Managing Domain Names                                                  28   Programming Tools                                                           29   Managing Databases                                                         30   Using Perl and Python                                                        31   Creating Dynamic Websites                                               32   Performance Tuning                                                          33   Command-Line Master Class                                     

About the Author :
Michael McCallister has spent all of this century and a part of the last making computing easier for the full spectrum of user levels and experience. He is currently a technical writing consultant with Compuware.   Michael has run a SuSE Linux desktop at home since version 5.3 and knows firsthand how far the distribution has come over the years. Besides SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed, he is the author of Computer Certification Handbook, published by Arco Press (2000), and his technology stories have been published in places such as Linux Journal, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Java Developer’s Journal, Internet Voyager, and Isthmus. He is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication and the National Writers Union. He blogs about working, writing and open source at Notes from the Metaverse (http://metaverse.wordpress.com).  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780768674439
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Sams Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0768674433
  • Publisher Date: 22 Oct 2007
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Series Title: Unleashed


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