 Books: A User's Report
June 2001
by Elizabeth Zinkann
The different backgrounds and levels of expertise within the UNIX community provide us with rich and varied resources. Coincidentally, this month's column reflects that diversity, with book reviews on an alternative Web browser, a book for UNIX novices, a Linux administrator's guide, and a book about affiliate partnerships. Specifically, the reviews include: The Opera 5.x Book: Browsing the Web with Speed and Style by J. S. Lyster, (No Starch Press); Think Unix by Jon Lasser (Que); Red Hat Linux Administrator's Handbook, Second Edition by Mohammed J. Kabir (M & T Books/Hungry Minds Books); and The Complete Guide to Associate and Affiliate Programs on the Net by Daniel Gray (McGraw-Hill).
Reviewer's Note: The copy of the Opera book that I reviewed was an advance copy and in manuscript format. The final bound edition may differ in page length due to typesetting and graphics layouts. -- ez
The Opera 5.x Book: Browsing the Web with Speed and Style
J. S. Lyster
Foreword by Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Systems
No Starch Press
ISBN 1-886411-47-6
297 Pages
$29.95
CD-ROM Included
http://www.nostarch.com/
A browser provides a user's access to the Web and, in many cases, also acts as an email client. The two most popular browsers are Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator. An alternative choice is the Opera Web browser, which features many capabilities missing in both Explorer and Navigator. Opera takes less space, doesn't load plug-ins until you need them, possesses full windowing capabilities (so that you can actually work in two or more windows without draining your system's resources), and can save your work until a later date.<>
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