Integrating Linux and Windows (Open Technology Series) - Softcover

McCune, Mike

 
9780130306708: Integrating Linux and Windows (Open Technology Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0130306703 ISBN 13: 9780130306708
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2000

Synopsis

This book details how to run Linux and Windows in the same environment. Covers the 3 key aspects of integration: networking, loading Linux and Windows on the same computer, and program/data compatibility. Author focuses on the practical solutions that users need to get up and running quickly. Targeted to intermediate to advance users and sys admins, not programmers or developers.

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About the Author

MIKE McCUNE is a Chicago-based consultant specializing in PC-based networks and workstations running Windows, Linux, and NetWare. He has been consulting since 1990 for clients including IBM, Hewlett Packard, ITT, and GE.

From the Back Cover

The complete solutions guide for every Linux/Windows system administrator!

  • Your complete Linux/Windows integration guide
  • Detailed coverage of dual-boot issues, data compatibility, and networking
  • Implementing Samba file/print services for Windows workstations
  • Providing cross-platform database access

Running Linux and Windows in the same environment? Here's the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute solutions guide you've been searching for!

In Integrating Linux and Windows, top consultant Mike McCune brings together hundreds of solutions for the problems that Linux/Windows system administrators encounter most often. McCune focuses on the critical interoperability issues real businesses face: networking, program/data compatibility, dual-boot systems, and more. You'll discover exactly how to:

  • Use Samba and Linux to deliver high-performance, low-cost file and print services to Windows workstations
  • Compare and implement the best Linux/Windows connectivity techniques: NFS, FTP, remote commands, secure shell, telnet, and more
  • Provide reliable data exchange between Microsoft Office and StarOffice for Linux
  • Provide high-performance cross-platform database access via ODBC
  • Make the most of platform-independent, browser-based applications
  • Manage Linux and Windows on the same workstation: boot managers, partitioning, compressed drives, file systems, and more

For anyone running both Linux and Windows, McCune delivers honest and objective explanations of all your integration options, plus realistic, proven solutions you won't find anywhere else. This book will help you keep your users happy, your costs under control, and your sanity intact!

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Publisher
Prentice Hall
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0130306703
ISBN 13 
9780130306708
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
416