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Naba Barkakati, an electrical engineer and a successful computer-book author, has experience in a wide variety of systems, ranging from MS-DOS and Windows to UNIX and Linux. He bought his first personal computer—an IBM PC-AT—in 1984 after graduating with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. While pursuing a full-time career in engineering, Naba dreamed of writing software for the emerging PC software market. As luck would have it, instead of building a software empire like Microsoft, he ended up writing successful computer books. Currently, Naba is a Senior Level Technologist at the Center for Technology and Engineering in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Over the past 17 years, Naba has written more than 25 computer books on a number of topics, ranging from object-oriented programming with C++ to Linux. He has written several best-selling titles, such as The Waite Group’s Turbo C++ Bible, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, X Window System Programming, Visual C++ Developer’s Guide, Borland C++ 4 Developer’s Guide, and Linux Secrets. His books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Polish, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Naba’s most recent books are SUSE Linux 9.3 For Dummies and Linux All-in- One Desk Reference For Dummies, both published by Wiley.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Setting Up Linux.

Chapter 1: An Overview of Linux.

Chapter 2: Linux Installation.

Chapter 3: X Window System Setup.

Chapter 4: Printer Setup.

Chapter 5: Sound Setup.

Chapter 6: Network Setup.

Part II: Exploring Linux.

Chapter 7: Linux Basics.

Chapter 8: GNU Utilities.

Chapter 9: GUI Desktops.

Chapter 10: Linux Applications and Utilities.

Chapter 11: Text Processing.

Chapter 12: Basic System Administration.

Part III: Internetworking Linux.

Chapter 13: Internet Connection Setup.

Chapter 14: Web Server.

Chapter 15: Mail Server.

Chapter 16: News Server and RSS Feeds.

Chapter 17: FTP Server.

Chapter 18: DNS and NIS.

Chapter 19: Samba and NFS.

Part IV: Managing Linux.

Chapter 20: Advanced System Administration.

Chapter 21: Software Installation and Update.

Chapter 22: System and Network Security.

Part V: Programming Linux.

Chapter 23: Software Development in Linux.

Chapter 24: Shell and Perl Scripting.

Chapter 25: Tcl/Tk Scripting.

Chapter 26: Java Programming.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Linux Commands.

Appendix B: Disk Drives.

Appendix C: CD and DVD Drives.

Appendix D: Ethernet Cards.

Appendix E: Modems and Terminals.

Appendix F: PC Cards.

Appendix G: Linux Resources.

Appendix H: Fedora Upgrade Procedure.

Appendix I: About the DVD-ROM.

Index.

End-User License Agreement.