Conventions Used in This Book

SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed is intended to be as complete as possible, but with all the applications included in the distribution, it's impossible to cover every option. You'll find a lot of lists and tables to help you through, however.

Where there are graphical tools to use, you'll find screenshots giving you visual cues to the steps you're working through.

To help you better understand code listing samples and the command-line interface, several formatting techniques are used to show input and responses. For example, where you have to type something in, the typeface looks like this:

ls 

If typed input is in response to a prompt, what you type will also be in bold:

Delete files? [y/n] y 

Words in commands that are between brackets are placeholders. If you see

<username> 

Enter the username at that spot.

The following elements give you useful tidbits of information that relate to the surrounding text.

Note

Notes give you additional information that may help you perform a task, give you some ancillary detail, or point to another spot in the book, or online, for more information about the current topic.

Longer notes, or sidebars, will help you with specific tasks, related technologies, and things on the horizon.

Tip

A tip will have a timesaving technique, a special insight, or something else to make you a smarter user.

Caution

Cautions will warn you about potential mishaps or steps to take before doing something potentially dangerous, such as running a command, editing configurations, or choosing a setting.

You should know that everything in this book was developed using SUSE Linux and open-source tools.

As you work through this book and learn more about the OS and its tools, always keep in mind the admonition SUSE Linux developers try to remind us of at the end of every installation: "Have a lot of fun!"