... 20
Networking 21
Getting Started with SUSELinux 21
Install and configure SUSELinux 21
Explore SUSELinux 22
Use SUSELinux 22
Chapter 2: Installing SUSELinux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... a freely available SUSE Linux
Open Source Software (OSS). Novell’s commercial SUSELinux retail product
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“If you’re buying a modem,” for more information on purchasing a modem
for your...
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In This Chapter
ᮣ Explaining what Linux is
ᮣ Going over what SUSELinux includes
ᮣ Introducing you to what SUSELinux helps you do
ᮣ Getting started with SUSE Linux
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bet ... lasting relationship with SUSE Linux. Before you
can begin your SUSELinux experience, I spend a chapter
explaining what SUSELinux is and what you can do with
SUSE Linux (pretty much anything...
... and SUSELinux on
the PC; the SUSELinux installer can split up the space on the hard drive into
two parts — one part for Windows and the other for installing SUSE Linux.
During the SUSELinux ...
www.
suse. com
for more information (especially the latest news) about SUSE
Linux.
Making sense of Linux version numbers
Both the Linux kernel and a Linux distribution such as SUSELinux have their
own ... helpless if the GUI is unavailable for some reason.
Use SUSE Linux
After you explore the SUSELinux landscape and know what is what, you can
then start using SUSELinuxfor your day-to-day work — browsing...
... you plan to use in SUSE Linux.
To check if your PC’s hardware is compatible with SUSE Linux, visit the SUSE
Linux Hardware Database at
hardwaredb .suse. de.
Installing SUSE Linux
The companion ... drive works in SUSE Linux. Another type of
hard drive controller is SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), which
SUSE Linux also supports. To comfortably install and play with SUSE
Linux, you need ... GUI
screen.
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Completing the SUSELinux configuration
After the initial SUSELinux system boots,...
... can type Linux commands.
ߜ SUSE Help Center: Starts the SUSE Help Center, where you can get help
on various aspects of SUSE Linux.
ߜ Web Browser: Runs the Web browser.
ߜ Personal Information ... is set up to load SUSE Linux
by default, you don’t have to do anything — after a few seconds the boot
loader starts SUSE Linux.
You see a graphical boot screen that shows information about the ... network).
5. Select your printer type and click Next.
YaST prompts for more information, depending on the printer type you
selected. For example, for a parallel printer, you have to identify the par-
allel...
... decoders for DVDs are not available for Linux.
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... you
choose to use for your daily work.
For starters, the initial desktop for both KDE and GNOME looks like any other
popular GUI desktop, such as Microsoft Windows or Apple’s Mac OS desktop.
For example, ... ripped songs into MP3 format, you need an MP3
encoder that is not included with SUSE Linux.
ߜ Audio player applications are used to play digital music stored in files
in various formats such as MP3...
... Linux file system, and you discover
how to work with files and directories with several Linux commands.
Figuring Out the Linux File System
Like any other operating system, Linux organizes information ... (pronounced Guh-NOME) is another GUI forSUSE Linux. The acronym
GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment (and GNU, as you
probably know, stands for GNU’s not UNIX). GNOME is a graphical ... the pri-
mary menu for starting applications.
ߜ System Menu has the menu for system configuration and performing
tasks such as logging out or locking the screen.
ߜ Help Menu is for accessing online...
... files and folders in other formats as well. For example, from the menu,
choose View➪View Mode➪Detailed List View to see the folder’s contents
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Commands for directory navigation
In Linux, when you log in as root, your home directory is /root. For other
users, the home directory is usually in the ... Programs➪System➪Terminal➪Terminal.
In the sections that follow, I briefly show some Linux commands for working
with the files and directories.
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... locate command isn’t installed by default in SUSE Linux, but it’s very
easy to install. See Chapter 23 for information on how to use it.
Commands for mounting and unmounting
Suppose you want ... Internet access is almost a necessity nowadays. For example, if
you want to access your e-mail, browse the Web, or get online updates
for SUSELinux from an Internet server, you need your PC ... direc-
tory in the Linux file system.
Type more /etc/fstab in a terminal window to look at the
/etc/fstab file for
clues to the names of devices such as a floppy drive and DVD/CD drive. SUSE
Linux distributions...
... install SUSELinux from this book’s companion DVD on a PC that
has an Ethernet card, the Linux kernel automatically detects the Ethernet
card and installs the appropriate drivers. The SUSELinux ... information.
Configuring the Ethernet Network
When you set up the network during SUSELinux installation, the installation
program prepares all appropriate configuration files using the information
Ethernet ... directly connect your SUSELinux PC to the
Internet, the connection is always on, so you run a greater risk that someone
may try to break into the PC than do dialup users. SUSELinux includes a fire-
wall,...
... what’s this SUSELinux thing good for? Can you do
anything useful with it? This Part answers your ques-
tions about how to do some productive (and maybe even
entertaining) work in SUSE Linux. I ... password) to a Web server. For example, a URL such as
https://some.site.com/secure/takeorder.html
may display an HTML form that requests credit card information
and other personal information (such as ... more formally the World Wide Web, made the Internet what it
is today? The Internet has been around for quite a while, but it did not reach
a mass audience until the Web came along in 1 993.
Before...
... newsgroup.
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comp.os .linux. development: Current Linux development work.
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comp.os .linux. development.apps: Linux application development.
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comp.os .linux. development.system: Linux operating system ...
development.
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comp.os .linux. hardware: Discussions about Linux and various types
of hardware.
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comp.os .linux. help: Help with various aspects of Linux.
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comp.os .linux. misc: Miscellaneous Linux- related ... topics.
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comp.os .linux. networking: Networking under Linux.
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comp.os .linux. setup: Linux setup and installation.
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comp.os .linux. x: Discussions about setting up and running the X
Window System under Linux.
You...