I've had lots of fun reading through your book. I'm learning something new from it every few minutes!" -- Celeste Stokely

Become a Solaris 9 pro the fun and easy way!

In the dark about Solaris 9? Open this book and let the sun shine in! It'll help you chart a course for StarOffice, explore CDE and GNOME desktops, and harness Solaris power to configure Web servers, access Internet services, build great Web sites, manage files and directories, and a galaxy of other tasks.

Dave Taylor is a Unix expert, technology consultant and educator, with over twenty years of professional experience. He's also principal of Growing Ventures, a management consulting firm focused on entrepreneurial startups, and founder of Intuitive Systems.

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If you're looking to learn all you can about the Solaris operating system from Sun Microsystems, you'll find that Solaris 9 for Dummies is a wonderful resource. Written with you, the user, in mind, it spends lots of time talking about productivity applications like StarOffice, introduces you to the power and capabilities of the command line, and even shows you how to configure and customize your CDE or GNOME desktop.


There's some system administration - because what would a Solaris book be without some basic idea of how to run and maintain the system - but the emphasis is really on learning how to be efficient and productive in the exciting Solaris operating system. Regardless of your experience level. That's right, you don't need to be a Unix geek or command line maven; this book can teach anyone, from the rank neophyte to the most advanced guru, how to have fun and get your job done in the Solaris environment.

A great place to start your exploration is with the sample chapter I've put online, Chapter 5: Doin' That E-Mail Thing. Of course, the Table of Contents is a great page to check out too, it'll give you a very clear idea of what's covered, and at what depth.

Also, if you're interested in receiving a review copy or would just like to drop me a note to say hi, please don't hesitate to pop over to my contact page, or explore my weblog, always full of some interesting and enlightening discussion or 'tother.