Beginning SUSE Linux
From Novice to Professional
Keir Thomas(Author)
Apress
Published on 15. February 2005
Book
Mixed media product
544 pages
978-1-59059-458-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Readers of all levels stand to benefit from this book's coverage of SUSE's ability to play MP3s and DVDs, burn CDs, perform office tasks and data backups, and offer a secure operating system environment. Whether it is a reader evaluating SUSE for deployment in a corporate environment, or a student interested in foregoing expensive licensing arrangements, this book serves as an invaluable guide to the Linux platform. Having solidified its position as Europe's most popular variant SUSE Linux continues to grow in popularity within the U.S. market. SUSE is an increasingly viable alternative to the Windows platform on both the desktop and server level.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews of the second edition:"The goals of this book are to convince users of other desktop operating systems that Linux is adequate to fulfill all of their computing needs, and to guide the brave through the switch to a Linux platform. The target audience is a computer user . ." (Alberto Squassabia, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (5), May, 2008)More details
Edition
1st Corrected ed., Corr. 3rd printing
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59059-458-2 (9781590594582)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4302-0006-2
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
11/2006
2nd Edition
Apress
€36.37
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11/2006
APress
€32.09
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Person
Keir Thomas is an award-winning author who has written several best-selling beginning-level Linux titles for Apress. A former computer magazine editor, he has been writing about computers, operating systems, and software for a decade. He has also edited many computing titles and works as a full-time author. He lives on the side of a mountain in England, and his hobbies include hiking and playing musical instruments.
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