Autor: Naba Barkakati

Naba Barkakati, an electrical engineer and a successfulcomputer-book author, has experience in a wide variety of systems, ranging from MS-DOS and Windows to UNIX and Linux. He bought hisfirst personal computer–an IBM PC-AT–in 1984 aftergraduating with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. While pursuing a full-timecareer in engineering, Naba dreamed of writing software for theemerging PC software market. As luck would have it, instead ofbuilding a software empire like Microsoft, he ended up writingsuccessful computer books. Currently, Naba is a Senior Level Technologist at the Center for Technology and Engineering in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).Over the past 17 years, Naba has written more than 25 computerbooks on a number of topics, ranging from object-orientedprogramming with C++ to Linux. He has written several best-sellingtitles, such as The Waite Group”s Turbo C++ Bible, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, X Window System Programming, Visual C++ Developer”s Guide, Borland C++ 4 Developer”s Guide, and Linux Secrets. His books have been translatedinto many languages, including Spanish, French, Polish, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Naba”s most recentbooks are SUSE Linux 9.3 For Dummies and Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, both published by Wiley.