SUSE Linux

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 446 pages
• Published by: O'Reilly Media, Inc. July 21, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 059610183X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0596101831
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.6 pounds

Product Description


SUSE Linux: A Complete Guide to Novell's Community Distribution will get you up to speed quickly and easily on SUSE, one of the most friendly and usable Linux distributions around. From quick and easy installation to great hardware detection and support, it's no wonder SUSE is one of the most highly rated distributions on the planet. According to Novell, SUSE is installed more than 7,000 times every day, an average of one installation every 12 seconds.

This book will take you deep into the essential operating system components by presenting them in easy-to-learn modules. From basic installation and configuration through advanced topics such as administration, security, and virtualization, this book captures the important details of how SUSE works--without the fluff that bogs down other books and web sites. Instead, readers get a concise task-based approach to using SUSE as both a desktop and server operating system.

In this book, you'll learn how to:

• Install SUSE and perform basic administrative tasks
• Share files with other computers
• Connect to your desktop remotely
• Set up a web server
• Set up networking, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Tighten security on your SUSE system
• Monitor for intrusions
• Manage software and upgrades smoothly
• Run multiple instances of SUSE on a single machine with Xen

Whether you use SUSE Linux from Novell, or the free openSUSE distribution, this book has something for every level of user. The modular, lab-based approach not only shows you how--but also explains why--and gives you the answers you need to get up and running with SUSE Linux.

About the author:
Chris Brown is a freelance author and trainer in the United Kingdom and Europe. Following Novell's acquisition of SUSE, he taught Linux to Novell's consultants and IT staff and is certified in both Novell's CLP program and Red Hat's RHCE. Chris has a PhD in particle physics from Cambridge.

About The Author
Chris Brown started using UNIX as a Research Fellow at Sheffield University back in the 1980's. He got seriously involved with Linux around 1999, working in the USA as a product manager for an international training company where he developed a Linux curriculum. Nowadays Chris works as a freelance author and trainer in the UK and Europe. He was heavily involved in teaching Linux to Novell's consultants and IT staff following Novell's acquisition of SUSE, and subsequently in support of their internal rollout of Novell Linux Desktop. Chris is Novell CLP and RedHat RHCE qualified. He also has a Ph.D. in particle physics from Cambridge which he describes as "not terribly relevant".

Reader Reviews
I was (am) a complete noob to Suse and linux in general. I'm very experienced when it comes to OS-level stuff and computers, but I needed a good overall book to get my suse install going. Well, this wasn't the book to get. If everything works perfectly on your install, you're good to go - and you wouldn't need this book anyway! If, however, your install hiccups, then this book won't help. Like the install section, the rest of the book is basics only. Not much in the way of troubleshooting, either. I'm not saying it's not a good book. It may be perfect for the transition user, someone going from Win to linux and primarily interested in using desktop applications and doing simple admin tasks. Perhaps for that user segment, this is a five-star book. I wanted a bit more and for that, it doesn't deliver. An example is during the install section. There's no info on dual-booting a machine. I don't want to speak for others, but I imagine that's a common install of linux. It's certainly what I wanted to do. No info was contained on how to do it, however. The install that is done in the book offers little in explanation of 'why' you would do things - just do them. Again, perhaps only a fault if you want something other than a vanilla single-boot machine installation. Lastly, the book references version 10.1 and shipping version is 10.2. Some things have changed although not enough to say the book needs updating.