Slackware Linux is a Linux distribution originally
created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. of
1993.
Slackware is one of the oldest Linux distributions,
and the oldest still being maintained.
Product Description: Install, Configure, and Customize Slackware Linux X provides the advice you need for working through the trouble spots you might run into when setting up Slackware Linux. With step-by-step instructions and a multitude of helpful screen shots, this book takes you through the installation, configuration, and customization process to make Linux work the way you need it to. It also includes an important troubleshooting chapter that will help you use the product more effectively. The included CD-ROM contains a full version of Slackware Linux.
Product Description: Sign the declaration of independence from Windows! After you install Slackware Linux on your PC, you have no need to feel that you must do Windows. This For Dummies edition opens the doors to computing with X Window System and its shells, directories, and editors. It introduces you to working with Open Source and navigating the GNOME and KDE interfaces as well as cranking up overall Linux performance.
A bonus CD-ROM brings you Slackware Linux 7, including Linux Kernel 2.2.13 for compatibility with the latest from Linux; GNOME and KDE desktop environments; and video display support with Xfree86 3.3.5.
Product Description: SlackWare Linux 4 Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and manage the latest version of SlackWare Linux. The book provides expert advice on installation and configuration, programming, administration and networking. It also provides wisdom and insights on how to control some of the more difficult-to-use aspects of SlackWare, like integrating SlackWare into Microsoft networks. Everything you need to know to use Slackware to set up an Internet site is covered. SlackWare Linux 4 Unleashed will also have coverage of working with open-source databases, and will cover programming in several languages and shells in detail.
Product Description: A complete Linux guide touches on everything from installation through advanced programming and networking and includes coverage of PPP and guidance on setting up and administering an Internet site. (Advanced).
Product Description: LINUX® users who want to learn how to set up, program, and run a relational database, or experienced C programmers who need to learn about relational databases will benefit greatly from this book. Forbes and Butzen have put together a comprehensive and practical primer on relational databases, using LINUX.
Butzen and Forbes cover relational theory, database design, programming in structured query language (SQL), the architecture of database applications, and programming databases in C, ODBC, JDBC, Java, HTML/CGI, or the shell. If you want to turn your LINUX system into a productive database platform, you need the information and resources available in this guide. You'll find a broad, clear, and thorough introduction to database programming, as well as the tools you need to begin programming immediately.
This book covers:
Theory of relational databases as defined by Codd and Date How to design a relational database, including normalization Describes how to use SQL to build and manage relational databases How to use open database connectivity (ODBC) and Java database connectivity (JDBC) tools under LINUX How to build HTML/CGI and Java front-ends The CD-ROM contains the Slackware LINUX operating system, the MSQL relational database package, and a version of Just Logic.
Product Description: LINUX® has the reputation for being a rock-solid Internet server that never crashes or goes down. When combined with powerful Internet applications like the Apache HTTP server (the most widely used Web server in the universe), LINUX becomes an unbeatable Internet server. This book covers how to set up Slackware LINUX as an Internet server, and then delves into the details of creating, editing, and defining Web content of all sorts -- mail, Web pages, maps, and more.
Slackware LINUX is the popular distribution of LINUX which was created by one of our series editors, Patrick Volkerding. This book shows you how to use this free operating system for all of your Internet server tasks.
Describes setting up LINUX as an Internet and an Intranet server Explains creating and editing Web pages Covers using LINUX to offer services like electronic mail and Usenet news Details offering multimedia files to the Internet with LINUX The CD-ROM contains the Slackware LINUX operating system, as well as a slew of Internet applications: Apache HTTP server, Web page creation and mapping tools, search engines/indexing software, multimedia servers, and mail servers.
Product Description: "This book is . . . a Linux user's godsend."--The Linux Journal. An update to the top-selling first edition, this version of Linux Configuration & Installation will cover in detail Internet tools, networking, programming, and XFree86. The CDs include the entire Slackware release and a wealth of Linux applications.
Product Description: This Book in designed to get you started with Slackware Linux operating system. It`s not meant to cover every single aspect of the distribution, but rather to show what it is capable of and give you a basic working knowledge of the system.
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