Multitool Linux: Practical Uses for Open Source Software - Softcover

Schwarz, Michael; Anderson, Jeremy; Curtis, Peter; Murphy, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201734206 ISBN 13: 9780201734201

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2002

Synopsis

This unique, practical resource delivers specific Linux-based open source solutions to dozens of today's most common computing and business challenges. Each modular chapter covers all you need to know to solve a specific set of problems -- with extensive examples, and detailed guidance on acquiring and running the Linux-based open source software you'll need. Multitool Linux begins by reviewing the skills and mindset you need to make the most of Linux and open source software. The authors present comprehensive coverage of Linux as a solution for networking problems, covering remote control applications, routing, virtual private networks, file and print services for Windows clients, email, Web services, and more. The book covers a wide range of Linux-based security solutions, including secure logins, file transfers, email security, and encryption. The book also includes a full section on multimedia, ranging from video production to CD burning, 3D graphics to image processing. Each chapter includes pointers to URLs with the latest versions of every open source package covered in the book. For all Linux users and developers who want to use Linux to solve a wider variety of problems.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Curtis is a Web applications designer for HealthPartners, a Minnesota HMO, where he runs a combined Linux and Windows network. He has extensive experience as a UNIX, Perl, C/C++, and Java programmer.

Steven Murphy is a UNIX and Linux programmer for HealthPartners. He is also a professional musician who uses Linux in his various musical and video editing tasks.

Jeremy Anderson teaches UNIX classes at Hennepin Technical College. He has expertise in UNIX, Linux, Perl, C/C++, and Java programming.

Michael Schwarz is a software engineer who has worked on Linux since its emergence. He is a frequent contributor toLinux Journal and the lead author of Multitool Linux (Addison-Wesley, 2002).

From the Back Cover

This resource-packed guide delivers pragmatic solutions for real-world Linux development needs―all using open-source software tools. Viewing Linux as a well-stocked toolbox, Multitool Linux shows programmers and sophisticated users how to create a wide variety of exciting and useful applications for business and entertainment, from speech synthesis and video production to network security.

The book begins with a general introduction to Linux and a look at working with its source code. A wide variety of programming projects―encompassing communications, privacy, music and audio, graphics, photography, and much more―are then explored in-depth. Each chapter is filled with examples, helpful screenshots, step-by-step tutorials, lists of open-source tools, and URLs for sites where those tools can be obtained for free.

Many of the tools discussed in the book will work not only with Linux, but with any flavor of UNIX―from FreeBSD up to expensive, proprietary versions of UNIX running on high-speed massively parallel hardware.

Multitool Linux shows you how to:

Control your computer remotely, from anywhere, at anytime, with any operating system

Run a whole network with one IP address

Communicate with Windows networks using Samba (SMB)

Extend Apache

Build a secure Webmail service supporting IMAP and SSL

Secure e-mail with GPG

Integrate your palm-connected organizer

Process images with GIMP and Imagemagick

And much more

If you want to learn how to install and operate Linux, look to other books and manuals. But if you have installed the software and are asking the question, "Now what?" Multitool Linux provides valuable and entertaining answers.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201734206
• ISBN 13: 9780201734201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576