OpenSUSE Linux Unleashed

by Michael McCallister

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
DVD-ROM includes:
The complete openSUSE 10.3 binary distribution--the equivalent of five CDs--packed with thousands of applications and utilities
The latest Apache web server
Samba for Windows-based file and printer sharing
The OpenOffice.org office productivity suite
Games for the desktop
Hundreds of additional programs, utilities, and development tools
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/LinuxCovers: openSUSE Linux 10.3User Level: Intermediate-Advanced

708 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2007

About the author

Mike McCallister is devoted to the idea that technology need not be feared, and can be mastered by anyone. After all, he grew up in the days when computers filled entire rooms, and spent 13 years as a civil service clerk doing nothing more technical than recording WordPerfect macros.

He is devoted to making computing easier for the full spectrum of user levels and experience. As a technical communicator, freelance computer magazine writer, and book author, he understands that ordinary people can and should make the most of their tools.

Besides Linux, WordPress and other open source software, interests include tools for communicating via the Web (blogs, social networks, wikis, and the like) and bridging the digital divide.

McCallister has been running Linux as his primary day-to-day desktop operating system since 1999, but he also documents software for a variety of platforms as the Senior Document Architect at PKWARE, Inc.

He writes a technology-oriented blog, Notes from the Metaverse. His technology stories have been published in places like:

LinuxJournal.com

LinuxWorld

Java Developer's Journal

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

He is a compulsive joiner. Among the relevant groups: Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication, and president of the Wisconsin chapter; Web414, Milwaukee's Web Community; and the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981.

He absolutely loves going to BarCamps and BarCamp-style events, especially BarCampMilwaukee. Occasionally, you'll also find him at the Milwaukee Linux Users Group

When he's not staring at computer screens (which he admittedly finds strangely alluring), you'll often find him trying to make the world a better place. Or reading, watching a baseball game or other sporting event (live or on TV), hanging out with the grandkids and walking around urban landscapes.

Reviews

[Joredos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for every beginner.