Caldera OpenLinux Bible - Softcover

Negus, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764547062 ISBN 13: 9780764547065

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

If Caldera OpenLinux can do it, you can do it too… You're holding in your hands the definitive guide to Caldera OpenLinux — the only book you need to install, configure, and manage this popular distribution of Linux. Inside, you'll find soup-to-nuts coverage of Caldera OpenLinux, from setting up and launching applications from the KDE desktop to implementing Linux as a server and providing user support. Plus, Linux guru Chris Negus shares his security experience with you, so you can strategize your backup operations and protect your PC or network with firewalls, encryption, and more. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Caldera OpenLinux

• Use Lizard for easy installation
• Set up a dual boot system with Caldera OpenLinux and Windows
• Employ Linux as a print, file, FTP, mail, Web, news, or workgroup server
• Manage your system's resources from your desktop with Coas
• Create dial-up connections and connect your Lan to the Internet
• Set up multi-user accounts on your network
• Use multimedia features — create CDs, play video, and more
• Configure Caldera OpenLinux to work with your hardware

Bonus CD-ROM Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like—free—but they have no technical support. www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: 386, multi-processor Pentium II systems, or higher

About this title

About the Author

About the Author Chris Negus has worked with UNIX systems, the Internet, and (more recently) Linux systems for nearly two decades. Over that time, Chris worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, UNIX System Laboratories, and Novell, helping to develop the UNIX operating system. Features from many of the UNIX projects Chris worked on at AT&T found their way into OpenLinux and other Linux distributions. Over the past few years, Chris wrote several books on Linux and the Internet, including the best-selling Red Hat Linux Bible, Internet Explorer 4 Bible, and Netscape Plug-ins for Dummies, for IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. He also co-authored several books for Que Corporation, including the Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking (second edition) and Using UNIX (second edition). He also wrote articles for Internet World, NetWare Connection, and Visual Developer magazines. At home, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife, Sheree, and his boys, Caleb and Seth. His hobbies include soccer, singing, and exercising with Sheree.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764547062
• ISBN 13: 9780764547065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 912