SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed [With DVD]

by Michael McCallister

Master the newest version of SUSE Linux withSUSE Linux 10 Unleashed. This comprehensive guide to SUSE Linux includes a DVD with the full version of SUSE Linux 10.0 and provides you with intermediate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672327260
• ISBN13: 9780672327261
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 647 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good book

This is a solid overall introduction and the DVD with the OS is worth more than the book alone. I've used the DVD to install SUSE on three boxes now. The book does tend to be very beginner friendly. There are some advanced topics that are discussed but usually only at an introduction level. With the wealth of good online references sometimes a clearly layed out intro is all you need to point you in the right direction. I'm somewhat experienced with Linux, and use Unix at work daily as a simple user, so the book was a bit below my proficency, but its well, done, has a good index, and did I mention that the DVD would cost more to buy seaperate? I'd really strongly recommend this book to a complete newbie wanting to check out just how far Linux has come. SUSE 10 is as userfriendly as windows, and you can do 90% of what you do in windows in Linux.

5 stars for beginners, 3 stars for the more experienced

An excellent book for 'holding your hand' if you are new to SUSE and Linux. As the title indicates, it is specific to Suse10 and the book comes with a useful DVD with binary distribution of the software along with additional tools and utilities - usually a 5-cd juggling act! Therefore this package is highly recommended to those looking to give Linux a try for the first time. To those looking for solutions to complex problems, this will not be the book of choice. All too frequently a configuration was 'too big a subject for our context', which I would not have expected from the 'Unleashed' series; I have other subjects in the 'Unleashed' series with over twice as many pages and more gumption for problem solving so this was disappointing. So I give the book a mere 3 stars but the package with the DVD makes for a 4-star value.

Need intermediate Linux skills immediately? Here u go

"SuSE Linux 10 Unleashed" is a clearly written book that allows for plowing at the speed of light through it, though with some bumps along the way. There are many references throughout regarding the book's CDs, but there are no CDs. It's a single DVD. There are thus examples of inconsistencies (and prior editions) here and there. And some software mentioned in the text must be loaded from the DVD first, so be aware. Chapter 14 (Creating Websites) would have been better after chapter 26 (Managing Apache). Resizing partitions (in ch.18) is in theory correct but in practice a bit lacking. In fact, attempting to shrink a reiserfs will toss a warning your way explaining that partition shrinking is not well tested. The book did not catch this, and overall glossed the partitioning subject over a bit. Also, the Apache server installation (ch.26) would have better advised users to obtain the package from YaST -> Network Services -> HTTP Server rather than going the Software Management route. Otherwise, readers might not pick up BIND (as I saw it in my experiments, anyway). <br /> <br />The book touches on a very wide range of technologies, so the coverage of a specific piece may be on the light side (Samba, for example, is but a page), but thankfully, this is not always the case. <br />4 stars.

Our Linux Bible

I'm new to Linux desktops but have recently installed SUSE Linux 10 on three dual boot systems. These desktop computers each have two hard drives so one can choose to go into Linux or Windows XP during bootup. It's great now that they're working. This book, SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed, saved my beacon! I've purchased SUSE Linux 10 back two months ago from Novell, which came with it's own book. However, I didn't find that start-up book deep enough for all my questions so I shopped for the SAMS label and found Unleashed. My first installs had issues which this book and it's DVD copy of Linux, when reinstalled over my Novell version, now run flawlessly. My son and wife have also used Unleashed for reference and find it an easy well labeled guide. I find the comparisons to Windows modules essential for my understanding of the comparable Linux functions, however weird some of these names at first appear. I've found the section reference links very helpful to browse to for details specific to my hardware. There's a list of them after each section in the 648 page guide. You'll enjoy this one - it's a desk reference that keeps on helping!