Beginning SUSE Linux is the ideal guide for getting grounded in core Linux skills. The book begins by providing Linux background and installation wisdom. Youll learn how to get your system up and running, including verifying proper installation, connecting to the Internet, and reproducing common Windows tasks, such as multimedia playback and office functions. The book proceeds with invaluable tutorials, tips, and tricks to familiarize you with Linux options: writing documents, editing images, burnng CDs, learning shell scripting basics, and accessing files from a Windows PC across a network. All examples are written using SUSE Linux 9. 1. A full version of this operating system is supplied for free on the included DVD, so youll have everything you need to get a Linux system up and running
Keir Thomas has nearly two decades experience as a magazine journalist and author, working largely in the home computing field but also covering leisure. In recent years he’s also written fiction.
His most recent computing books are iPad and iPhone Kung Fu and Mac Kung Fu (Second Edition), and his novel The Rock & Roll Beers is now on sale as Kindle, Kobo, Android and iBook eBooks.
He has written over 10 other best-selling computing books, one of which won a Linux Journal award and one of which has been read by more than 1,000,000 people worldwide. His $0.99 Kindle computing ebooks, written as a “publishing experiment”, consistently top Amazon’s sales charts — beating titles by the world’s biggest publishers.
Prior to book authoring he edited several computer magazines in the United Kingdom and continues to write for many other titles. He blogs professionally for publishing giant IDG and in the past has written for several high-profile independent sites.
His work has been translated into many languages, including German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Polish.
Are you still reading? Wow. Good for you. Keir lives in Manchester with two cats and one woman. His hobbies include walking and cycling. There. That’s everything.