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openSUSE Linux Unleashed presents comprehensive coverage of the community version of SUSE Linux, one of the most popular and most complete Linux distributions in the world.

This book provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering openSUSE. You’ll learn how to unleash the vast array of software products included in openSUSE so that you can use it as a desktop computer, as a professional workstation, or as a powerful server.

openSUSE Linux Unleashed includes a broad range of coverage: from using software you need everyday–such as email clients, web browsers, and productivity software including the OpenOffice.org productivity suite–to configuring and administering a wide range of network and server products, such as the Apache web server, and MySQL database.

Additionally, this book provides details on openSUSE’s acclaimed YaST administration tools, web programming, networking, and choosing from a wide selection of graphical interfaces and desktop environments, including both KDE and GNOME.

• Plan your openSUSE installation based on your computing needs
• Configure and use the X Window System–the Linux graphical interface–and the two primary desktop environments for Linux–KDE and GNOME
• Run OpenOffice.org and other productivity tools
• Create your own websites and weblogs
• Manage the kernel and its modules
• Set up networks
• Run the Apache web server
• Use the LAMP web programming suite: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and the scripting languages Perl, Python, and PHP
• Play music, video, and games
• Preserve an existing Windows installation for dual-boot launching

DVD-ROM includes:

• The complete openSUSE 10.3  binary distribution–the equivalent of five CDs–packed with thousands of applications and utilities
• The latest Apache web server
• Samba for Windows-based file and printer sharing
• The OpenOffice.org office productivity suite
• Games for the desktop
• Hundreds of additional programs, utilities, and development tools

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Michael McCallister has been making computing easier for the full spectrum of users for more than a decade. Currently a technical writing consultant with Compuware, he is also a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication and the National Writers Union. He has run a SUSE Linux installation since version 5.3 and knows firsthand how far the distribution has come over the years. Besides SUSE Linux Unleashed, he is the author of Computer Certification Handbook (Arco Press), and has had articles published in Linux Journal, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Java Developer’s Journal, Internet Voyager, and Isthmus.

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Michael McCallister has spent all of this century and a part of the last making computing easier for the full spectrum of user levels and experience. He is currently a technical writing consultant with Compuware.

Michael has run a SuSE Linux desktop at home since version 5.3 and knows firsthand how far the distribution has come over the years. Besides SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed, he is the author of Computer Certification Handbook, published by Arco Press (2000), and his technology stories have been published in places such as Linux Journal, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Java Developer’s Journal, Internet Voyager, and Isthmus. He is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication and the National Writers Union. He blogs about working, writing and open source at Notes from the Metaverse (http://metaverse.wordpress.com).

                Introduction                                                                 1

        Why Use Linux?.................................................. 2

        Who This Book Is For.......................................... 3

        What This Book Contains.................................... 3

        Conventions Used in This Book............................ 5

     Part I   Installation and Configuration                                        7

           1   Welcome to openSUSE                                                9

        What Is openSUSE?............................................ 9

            openSUSE Linux..................................... 10

            The openSUSE.org Wiki........................... 12

            The openSUSE Install Program................ 13

            File Systems in openSUSE....................... 13

            64-Bit openSUSE.................................... 14

        Getting Help: Documentation and Other Sources 14

            Printed Documentation and the openSUSE Help Center         14

            Searching the Help Center....................... 15

            Man and Info Pages................................ 16

            openSUSE Online Support....................... 17

            The Linux Documentation Project............ 17

            The openSUSE Mailing Lists..................... 18

            Filing a Bug in openSUSE’s Bug Tracker.... 19

            Linux User Groups.................................. 20

        References....................................................... 21

           2   Preparing to Install openSUSE                                     23

        Planning Your openSUSE Installation................... 24

        System Requirements....................................... 25

            Linux on Laptops.................................... 27

            openSUSE and Legacy Hardware............. 27

            Avoiding Potential Hardware Problems..... 28

            Dual Booting, Partitioning, and Other Worries     29

            Dual Booting with Windows..................... 30

            How to Partition Your Drive(s)................ 31

        References....................................................... 32

           3   Installing openSUSE                                                    35

        Methods of Installing openSUSE......................... 35

        Preparing to Install from a CD-ROM or DVD........ 35

        Installing openSUSE with YaST........................... 37

            Setting Your Time Zone.......................... 38

            Selecting a Desktop Environment............ 38

            Initial Installation Settings........................ 38

            Partitioning............................................. 38

            Installing Software Packages................... 39

            Creating the Root User........................... 40

            Setting a Hostname and Domain Name... 41

            Configuring Network and Internet Connections  41

            Creating a User...................................... 44

            Configuring Hardware for the X Window System          45

        Logging In and Shutting Down the First Time...... 46

        References....................................................... 47

           4   Further Configuration with YaST and SaX2                  49

        Troubleshooting Installation Problems................ 49

        Configuring Hardware with YaST........................ 50

            Gathering Information About Your Hardware 50

            Modifying Disk Controller Settings............ 50

            Configuring Your Sound and Video Cards. 51

            Configuring a Joystick............................. 54

            Adjusting Your Keyboard Layout.............. 54

            Configuring Your Mouse.......................... 55

            Configuring Your Scanner........................ 56

            Configuring Your TV or Radio Card........... 56

        Setting Date and Time....................................... 57

            Using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to Keep Accurate Time      58

        Power Management.......................................... 61

            YaST Power Management....................... 62

        Portable PC Issues............................................ 64

            Power Management for Laptops.............. 64

            Working with PCMCIA Cards.................... 64

            Configuring Bluetooth Wireless Support... 64

            Configuring Infrared Interface (IrDA) Mode 65

        Configuring CD, DVD, and Rewritable Drives....... 66

            Integrating CD and DVD Drives into Your System         66

        References....................................................... 67

    Part II   Using openSUSE                                                        69

           5   Getting Started with openSUSE                                  71

        Logging In to openSUSE.................................... 72

            Logging In from the Shell........................ 72

            Logging Out of the Shell.......................... 72

        Working with the Linux File System.................... 72

        Essential File System Commands from the /bin and /sbin Directories         74

        Using the /boot and /dev Directories.................. 74

        Editing Configuration Files in the /etc Directory... 75

        Where All the Good Stuff Goes: Your /home Directory 76

        Finding Desktop Programs in /opt...................... 76

        Where Most of the Programs Go: The /usr Directory    77

        Variable Data: The /var Directory....................... 77

        Changing User Information and the Finger Program 77

        Choosing and Using a Shell................................ 78

            Cool Stuff That All Shells Have in Common 78

            Running bash.......................................... 79

            Running tcsh........................................... 81

            Running zsh............................................ 82

            Managing Files with Midnight Commander 82

            ksh and ash............................................ 83

            Choosing a Shell..................................... 84

        Editing Text....................................................... 85

            Working with vim and Its Clones............. 86

            Working with emacs and Its Clones......... 87

            Some of the Others................................ 88

        Why Can’t I Edit This File? How Permissions Work 89

            Changing Permissions............................. 90

            Directory Permissions............................. 92

        Working as Root............................................... 92

            Creating and Deleting Users.................... 93

            Shutting Down and Rebooting the System 94

        References....................................................... 95

            File System............................................ 95

            Shells..................................................... 95

            Editors................................................... 96

            Working as Root..................................... 96

           6   Launching Your Desktop                                             97

        Understanding the X Window System................. 98

            Configuring X in openSUSE...................... 98

        3D Video with Xgl............................................ 100

            Enabling Xgl.......................................... 101

            Configuring the Compiz Window Manager 102

        Choosing a Desktop Environment: KDE and GNOME     102

            KDE: The K Desktop Environment......... 104

            GNOME: The GNU Network Object Model Environment         106

        Managing Files from Your Desktop................... 107

            Using Konqueror in KDE........................ 108

            Using Krusader in KDE........................... 110

            Using Nautilus in GNOME....................... 111

        Configuring Your Desktop Environment............ 112

            KDE Control Center.............................. 112

            Customizing GNOME............................. 114

        What Is a Window Manager and Why Would I Want to Use It?         116

            Why Run a Window Manager?............... 116

            Starting Up with a Window Manager...... 117

            Running FVWM..................................... 117

            Running WindowMaker.......................... 118

            Running IceWM..................................... 119

        References..................................................... 120

           7   Printing with openSUSE                                            123

        Printing: An Overview...................................... 123

        Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)............ 124

        Configuring Printers with YaST......................... 125

        Configuring CUPS and Network Printers with KDEPrint   130

        Printing with CUPS........................................... 132

        Working with the Portable Document Format (PDF) 133

        Console Print Control...................................... 135

            Using Basic Print Commands................. 135

        Avoiding Printing Problems............................... 136

            Multifunction (Print/Fax/Scanner) Devices 136

            USB and Older Inkjet Printers................ 136

        References..................................................... 137

           8   Shaking Hands with Your Shell                                  139

        What Is the Shell?........................................... 140

        Using the Shell in openSUSE............................ 141

            Getting to the Shell............................... 141

            Creating Scripts.................................... 143

            Running Scripts..................................... 144

        The Power of the Command Line..................... 146

            Pattern Matching in the Shell................. 147

            Redirecting Input and Output................. 149

            Piping Data........................................... 149

            Background Processing......................... 150

        Basic Shell Programming................................. 150

            Displaying Messages............................. 150

            Using System Variables......................... 151

            Creating User Variables......................... 152

            The Backtick......................................... 153

            Arithmetic............................................ 154

        Advanced Shell Programming........................... 155

            User Input............................................ 155

            Flow Control........................................ 156

        References..................................................... 159

           9   Being Productive: Office Suites and Other Tools         161

        Comparing Linux Office Suites.......................... 161

            Running OpenOffice.org......................... 162

            Running KOffice.................................... 168

            Running GNOME Office.......................... 171

            Running Softmaker Office...................... 172

            Other Commercial Suites...................... 172

        Connecting with PDAs and Smart Phones......... 174

            Command-Line PDA Software for openSUSE 174

            Managing Your Finances........................ 175

        More Tools to Make You Productive................. 178

            Voice-over-IP (VoIP) with Skype and Ekiga 178

            Desktop Publishing with Scribus............. 180

            Diagramming and Flowcharting with Dia and Kivio        181

            Mindmapping with VYM......................... 182

            Fax and Scanner Applications................ 183

        References..................................................... 185

         10   Sights, Sounds, and Other Fun Things                       187

        Playing Music and Listening to the Radio........... 187

            Sound Formats.................................... 187

            Audio Player Overview.......................... 189

            Amarok................................................ 190

            Banshee............................................... 194

            JuK...................................................... 196

            Rhythmbox.......................................... 197

            XMMS.................................................. 198

            Internet Radio and Other Streaming Media 200

        Creating Music with the Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS)        200

        Burning CDs and DVDs.................................... 201

            Creating CDs and DVDs from Your Desktop 203

            Creating a CD from the Shell................. 205

            Creating DVDs from the Shell................ 206

        Watching Video............................................... 208

            Totem.................................................. 209

            Kaffeine................................................ 210

        Watching TV on Your Computer....................... 211

            TV and Video Hardware......................... 211

            Building Your Own Personal Video Recorder 212

        Linux and Your Digital Camera......................... 214

            Webcams............................................. 215

        Editing Images................................................ 216

            Editing Photos with The GIMP................ 216

            Drawing Pictures................................... 218

            Graphics Formats................................. 220

        Gaming on Linux............................................. 222

            Games with your Desktop Environment. 223

        Freeciv: A Free Strategy Game................. 223

        References..................................................... 224

         11   Going Cross-Platform                                               227

        Viewing Files from the Windows Side of Your Computer         227

        Emulating Other Operating Systems in Linux: An Overview     229

            A Few Misconceptions About Cross-Platform Tools      229

        Using Wine to Run Windows Applications.......... 229

            Installing and Configuring Wine.............. 230

            Installing Windows Applications Under Wine 231

            Running Wine........................................ 232

            Crossover Linux................................... 232

        Running Windows Applications with Win4Lin...... 234

            Installing Win4Lin Pro............................ 234

            Running Win4Lin................................... 235

        Running Windows Applications with VMware..... 236

            Installing VMware.................................. 236

            Making Space for Your Virtual Machine... 236

            Running VMware................................... 238

        Emulating a Mac with Basilisk II........................ 238

        Using dosemu and DOSBox............................. 239

        Xen: The Future of Virtualization?.................... 239

            Installing the Xen Server....................... 240

            Installing a Guest OS in Xen................... 241

        References..................................................... 242

   Part III   Using the Internet                                                    245

         12   Connecting to the Internet                                       247

        Basic Connectivity Information........................ 247

        Starting with a localhost Interface.................... 249

            Configuring localhost Manually............... 249

        Configuring Your Dial-up Internet Connection.... 250

            Using YaST to Set Up Your Dial-up Connection   251

        Configuring a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Connection  255

            Using YaST to Set Up Your DSL Connection 255

        Connecting Your Computer to a Wireless Network 259

            Getting Firmware and Drivers in Place.... 259

            Finding an Access Point......................... 260

            Configuring Your Wireless Card.............. 261

        When to Call Your Internet Service Provider..... 262

        References..................................................... 263

         13   Using the Internet: Browsing the Web and Writing Email 265

        Choosing a Web Browser................................ 265

            Mozilla, Firefox, and SeaMonkey........... 266

            Konqueror............................................ 269

            Epiphany.............................................. 271

            Opera.................................................. 271

            Flock.................................................... 272

        Choosing a Mail Client (Mail User Agent)........... 273

            Evolution.............................................. 274

            KDE Personal Information Manager: Kmail/KOrganizer and 0Kontact...................................................................... 278

            SeaMonkey Mail and Thunderbird........... 280

            Claws-Mail............................................ 281

            mutt.................................................... 282

        Managing Your Calendar (and Other Life Tasks) 283

            Evolution Calendar................................ 283

            KOrganizer........................................... 283

            Mozilla Sunbird..................................... 284

        Sending File Attachments................................ 284

            BinHex................................................. 285

            yEnc.................................................... 285

            UUEncode/UUDecode........................... 285

            MIME/Base64....................................... 286

            Using UUDeview to Decode a File Attachment    286

        References..................................................... 287

         14   Creating Basic Websites                                           289

        Choosing a Web Development Tool................. 289

            For the Beginner................................... 289

            Browser-Based Page Creators.............. 293

            Specialized Web Tools........................... 293

            Übergeek Web Page Tools.................... 295

        Practice: Building a Site with Quanta Plus.......... 296

            Weblogging with openSUSE......................... 302

            Blogging with Blosxom.......................... 304

            Movable Type and Typepad................... 305

            Blogging with WordPress....................... 306

            Popular Blog Services............................ 308

            Syndicating Your Blog........................... 308

        References..................................................... 309

         15   Managing Email Servers                                            311

        How Email Works............................................ 311

            Mail Transfer Agent............................... 313

            Mail Delivery Agent............................... 315

            Mail User Agent.................................... 317

        Email Server Configuration.............................. 320

            General Settings................................... 320

            Outgoing Mail....................................... 320

            Incoming Mail....................................... 322

        Fighting Spam and Viruses............................... 325

            procmail............................................... 326

            Antispam Tools..................................... 330

            Antivirus Tools...................................... 331

        References..................................................... 332

         16   Collaborating with Others                                         333

        Getting News from RSS WebFeeds.................. 334

            Aggregators in Browsers....................... 334

            Standalone Aggregators........................ 336

            Online Aggregators............................... 338

        Usenet News Today........................................ 339

        Choosing a Usenet Newsreader....................... 341

            Mail/News Clients................................. 341

            Standalone GUI Newsreaders................ 342

            Text-Based Newsreaders...................... 345

        Collaborating with Wikis................................... 345

            A Personal Wiki: Zim............................. 346

            MediaWiki............................................. 348

        Hosting Electronic Mailing Lists......................... 349

            Installing Mailman................................. 350

            Running a Mailman List.......................... 350

        Working with Instant Messengers and Internet Relay Chat      351

            Internet Relay Chat (IRC)...................... 351

            Linux Instant Messaging........................ 353

        References..................................................... 354

         17   Secure File Transfer                                                  357

        Choosing a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client.. 358

            Text-Based FTP Clients......................... 358

            Using sftp for Secure File Transfers........ 360

            GUI FTP Clients..................................... 361

        Peer-to-Peer File Transfer................................ 363

            Napster-Style File Sharing..................... 364

        Wrangling the BitTorrent........................... 367

        References..................................................... 370

   Part IV   Basic System Administration                                     371

         18   Managing Files, Volumes, and Drives                         373

        Choosing a File System................................... 374

            Understanding the Physical Structure of a Disk   374

            Working with ReiserFS.......................... 375

            The Extended File System (ext2, ext3).. 376

            JFS and XFS......................................... 376

            Choosing a File System......................... 377

        Creating and Managing File Systems with Partitioner     377

            Using Expert Partitioner......................... 378

        Mounting a File System...................................383

            The mount Command........................... 384

            The umount Command......................... 384

            Using /etc/fstab to Automatically Mount File Systems  385

        Logical Volume Management (LVM)................. 386

        Finding Files.................................................... 387

            Using find............................................. 387

            Using locate......................................... 388

            Using which.......................................... 389

            Using whereis....................................... 390

            Using kfind........................................... 391

            Using Beagle......................................... 391

        File System Manipulation................................. 395

            Creating a File System for Testing......... 396

            Mounting a Read-Only Partition on a Running System  397

            Examining a Floppy Image File............... 398

        Managing Files for Character Devices, Block Devices, and Special Devices  399

        References..................................................... 401

         19   Managing Users, Managing Security                          403

        User Accounts and Permissions....................... 403

            Setting Up User Accounts in YaST.......... 404

            System Users....................................... 407

            RWX: Understanding Permissions.......... 407

        Who Needs What? Managing Groups................ 408

            Adding Groups...................................... 408

        Passwords: The First Line of Security............... 409

            The passwd and shadow Files............... 410

            Selecting Passwords............................. 411

            User Authentication Settings with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)...................................................................... 411

        Monitoring User Activity................................... 413

            Shell Tools for Watching Users.............. 413

        Letting Mortals Play at Wizardry: SuperUsers... 414

            Changing User Identity with su.............. 415

            Using sudo to Grant Root Privileges....... 415

        References..................................................... 417

         20   Managing Data: Backup, Restoring, and Recovery     419

        Preparing for Preventing Data Loss.................. 419

            How to Lose Data................................ 419

            Assessing Your Needs and Resources.... 420

            Choosing a Backup Strategy................. 421

        Choosing Your Backup Medium........................ 423

            Mirrors and RAID Arrays........................ 423

            Removable Storage Media.................... 423

            Network Storage.................................. 424

            Tape Drive Backup................................ 425

        Using the YaST System Backup....................... 425

        Backup Software............................................ 428

            Backups with tar................................... 429

            Using Ark............................................. 430

            Using GNOME File Roller........................ 431

        Setting Up Mirror Disks and RAID Arrays........... 432

        Rescuing a Broken System.............................. 436

            Booting from the openSUSE DVD.......... 436

            Booting from a Rescue Disk Set............ 436

            Using System Restoration..................... 436

        References..................................................... 439

         21   Keeping Your System Current: Package Management 441

        Installing Software with YaST........................... 441

            Managing Software Installation Sources. 446

        The Basics of the Red Hat Package Management System (RPM)      448

            Downloading RPM Packages Outside of YaST 449

        Updating Your System with openSUSE Updater 451

            Running the openSUSE Update System.. 451

            Using the Online Updater to Monitor Update Servers    453

        Updating Your System with Smart................... 453

        Compiling Software from Source..................... 455

        References..................................................... 456

    Part V   Advanced System Administration                              457

         22   Managing the Boot Process and Other Services         459

        Understanding the Boot Process...................... 460

            Starting to Boot: BIOS to Boot Manager 460

            Choosing a Boot Manager: GRUB Versus LILO   460

            Loading the Kernel................................ 464

        System Services and Runlevels........................ 465

        Controlling Services at Boot with the YaST Runlevel Editor      468

            Using the Runlevel Editor....................... 469

            Expert Mode......................................... 470

        Manually Starting and Stopping Services........... 471

        System Monitoring Tools................................. 471

            KSysGuard........................................... 471

            KDiskFree and KwikDisk........................ 473

            GKrellM................................................ 473

        References..................................................... 475

         23   Securing Your Machines                                            477

        Understanding Computer Attacks.................... 478

        Assessing Your Vulnerability............................. 479

        Protecting Your Machine.................................. 481

            Securing a Wireless Network................. 481

            Another Word on Passwords and Physical Security      482

        Configuring the SUSE Firewall.......................... 482

        Protecting Applications with AppArmor............. 486

        Other Security Utilities to Consider................... 488

        What to Do if You’ve Been Hacked................... 489

        Keeping Up to Date on Linux Security Issues.... 490

        References..................................................... 491

         24   Kernel and Module Management                               493

        Linus’s Baby: The Linux Kernel......................... 494

            The Linux Source Tree.......................... 494

            Types of Kernels................................... 494

        Managing Modules........................................... 495

        When to Recompile......................................... 496

        Kernel Versions............................................... 497

        Getting New Kernel Sources............................ 498

        Patching the Kernel......................................... 499

        Compiling the Kernel....................................... 500

        Troubleshooting Problems............................... 502

            Errors During Compile........................... 502

            Runtime Errors, Bootloader Problems, and Kernel Oops         503

        Kernel Tuning with sysctl................................. 503

        References..................................................... 505

         25   Setting Up Networks and Samba                              507

        Networking with TCP/IP................................... 507

            TCP/IP Addressing................................ 508

            The Next Step: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing        509

            Ports.................................................... 510

        Network Organization..................................... 510

            Subnetting............................................ 510

            Netmasks............................................ 511

            Network Address Translation (NAT)....... 511

        Hardware Devices in Networking...................... 512

            Network Interface Cards (NICs)............ 512

            Network Cable..................................... 513

            Hubs.................................................... 513

            Routers and Bridges.............................. 513

            Switches.............................................. 514

            Wireless Access Points.......................... 514

        Initializing New Network Hardware................... 514

        Using the Network File System........................ 517

            Starting and Configuring the NFS Server 517

            Importing Directories with the NFS Client 518

        Playing Nice with Microsoft Windows using Samba 518

            Samba Client........................................ 518

            Samba Server...................................... 520

        Securing Network Services.............................. 525

        References..................................................... 526

         26   Managing Web and FTP Servers                                529

        What Is Apache?............................................. 529

            Installing Apache......................................... 530

            Building Apache from the Source Code.. 531

        Starting and Stopping Apache.......................... 532

        Runtime Server Configuration Settings............. 533

            Additional Settings in httpd.conf............. 535

        File System Authentication and Access Control. 535

            Restricting Access with allow and deny.. 536

            Authentication...................................... 536

        Apache Modules.............................................. 539

        Virtual Hosting................................................ 540

            Name-Based Virtual Hosting.................. 540

            IP-Address—Based Virtual Hosting.......... 541

        Dynamic Content............................................ 542

            CGI Programs...................................... 542

            Server-Side Includes............................. 543

            Active Content Modules........................ 544

        Other Web Servers......................................... 544

            thttpd.................................................. 544

            Caudium WebServer............................. 545

            Xitami.................................................. 545

            Zope.................................................... 545

            ColdFusion........................................... 545

            TomCat............................................... 545

            JBoss................................................... 546

        Building an FTP Server..................................... 546

        Configuring xinetd for Secure File Transfer........ 546

        Configuring Secure File Transfer Servers........... 547

        References..................................................... 548

         27   Managing Domain Names                                         549

        Essential DNS Concepts................................... 550

        DNS Hierarchy................................................ 552

            Zones.................................................. 554

            Records............................................... 555

        Configuring DNS with YaST2............................ 555

        Hosts File....................................................... 558

        Basic DNS Tools.............................................. 558

        Configuring Name Servers with BIND............... 560

        Logging.......................................................... 564

        Summary....................................................... 565

        References..................................................... 566

   Part VI   Programming                                                           567

         28   Programming Tools                                                  569

        Basic Programming in C Under Linux................ 570

            A Simple C Program.............................. 570

        Building Applications with Eclipse...................... 571

            Installing and Updating Eclipse............... 572

            Using the Eclipse Workbench................. 573

            Creating a Small Java Application in Eclipse 575

        Using the KDevelop Integrated Development Environment     576

        Using Anjuta to Create GNOME Applications..... 579

        Using the GNU Compiler Collection................... 581

        Managing Collective Software Development with CVS and Subversion        583

        Creating RPM Packages................................... 584

            Making a Spec File................................ 585

            Listing Files and Generating Patches....... 586

            Building and Testing Your RPM Package.. 587

        Other Linux Programming Resources............... 587

        References..................................................... 588

         29   Managing Databases                                                589

        What Is a Relational Database?........................ 589

        Implementing MySQL...................................... 591

            Installing MySQL................................... 591

            Completing MySQL Initial Configuration Tasks    593

            Creating Databases and Tables.............. 597

        Implementing PostgreSQL............................... 600

            Installing PostgreSQL............................ 601

            Accessing PostgreSQL........................... 602

            Creating Tables..................................... 604

        Using openSUSE Database Clients.................... 605

            OpenOffice.org Base............................. 605

            Rekall................................................... 607

        References..................................................... 609

         30   Using Perl and Python                                               611

        What Is Perl?.................................................. 612

        Working with Perl............................................ 612

        Perl Programming........................................... 614

            Perl Variables and Data Structures......... 614

            Operators and Other Statements.......... 615

            Regular Expressions.............................. 616

            Perl Command Line Arguments............. 617

        Perl Modules and CPAN.................................... 618

        The Future of Perl........................................... 619

        What Is Python?............................................. 620

        Working with Python....................................... 621

        Programming in Python................................... 622

            Python Variables and Data Structures.... 622

            Indentation........................................... 622

            Extreme Object Orientation................... 623

            Python Command Line Arguments........ 623

        Python Modules.............................................. 624

        Python IDEs and the Interactive Shell............... 625

        References..................................................... 626

         31   Creating Dynamic Websites                                      627

        Using PHP....................................................... 627

            Installing PHP........................................ 628

            Writing PHP Scripts............................... 629

            Adding More Functions to PHP............... 631

            PHP 5 vs. v4........................................ 632

        Setting Up an Interactive Site with Drupal......... 633

            Installing Drupal.................................... 633

            Installing Drupal Modules....................... 634

        Setting Up a Web-Based Community Forum.... 634

            Installing phpBB.................................... 634

            Configuring phpBB and Creating Forums 636

        References..................................................... 640

         32   Performance Tuning                                                 641

        Optimizing Services......................................... 642

        Tuning Hard Disk Drives................................... 644

            Choosing the Best Hardware................. 644

            Tuning Hard Drive Parameters at Boot... 646

            The hdparm Utility................................ 647

            Disabling File Access Time..................... 648

            Spreading Out the Load........................ 648

        References..................................................... 649

         33   Command-Line Master Class                                    651

        Command Line Basics..................................... 652

            Command Format................................ 652

            The man Pages..................................... 652

        File Management Commands.......................... 653

            Viewing File Information........................ 653

            Managing Directories............................. 655

            Changing File Permissions..................... 657

            Listing File Contents.............................. 657

            Searching Inside Files............................ 658

            Copying and Moving Files...................... 659

            Deleting Files........................................ 660

            Locating Files........................................ 660

        System Management...................................... 662

            Disk Usage........................................... 662

            Disk Free Space.................................... 662

            Running Processes................................ 663

            Finding System Hogs............................ 664

        Combining Commands.................................... 665

        References..................................................... 666067232945X, TOC, 10/8/07