Linux Made Easy

The Official Guide to Xandros 3 for Everyday Users

Rickford Grant

464 pages, parution le 17/08/2005

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Résumé

No more excuses for using Windows!

Linux is an operating system, just like Windows or Mac OS. If you're holding this book, you're probably something of a Linux newbie. Maybe you're a Windows refugee or maybe you just want to try something new.

Linux Made Easy is a hands-on, step-by-step, project-based guide that will make it easier than ever for you to join the world of Linux and ditch Windows. And, with the Xandros version of Linux (included with this book), making the switch couldn't be more straightforward- even for newbies.

Linux Made Easy concentrates on the subjects most non-geeks care about, like installation, using the Internet, playing CDs, using scanners, working with digital cameras and photos, playing games, downloading software, syncing PDAs, printing, and making Internet phone calls. (We even treat you to a free 120-minute SkypeOut coupon.)

Whatever your level of expertise, Linux Made Easy will show you how to do everything with Linux that you're used to doing with Windows-and more. And you've got everything you need to get started right here: Xandros on CD and those free SkypeOut minutes so you can call Microsoft and ask for a refund on that unused version of Windows XP.

So, have fun and enjoy Linux!

WHAT'S IN THE CD PACKAGE

As you'll probably notice, this book comes with a CD containing the Xandros Linux distribution (the Open Circulation Edition). What you may not notice is that the package also holds a coupon with 120 free SkypeOut minutes, which you can use to call friends anywhere in the world on their landline or mobile phones. That's an especially fun thing to do because if you're calling them using Skype with Linux, your friends will think you're totally cool (and smart, because Linux makes you smarter). And while you're on the phone, be sure to tell them how much you love using Linux.

L'auteur - Rickford Grant

Rickford Grant, author of Linux for Non-Geeks and Linux Made Easy (both No Starch Press), has been a computer operating system maniac for more than 20 years. From the Atari XL600 to today's Linux machines, he has been the guy behind the help desk for family, friends, and colleagues. Rickford currently resides in Raritan, New Jersey, where he spends his working hours as a teacher and his free time cycling along the Delaware and Raritan Canal or annoying his neighbors with his Nyckelharpa (a Swedish key fiddle).

Sommaire

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Starting Out
Getting Things Done
Gadgetry
Applications
For the More Adventurous
Appendix: Proxy Settings
Glossary
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	No Starch Press
Auteur(s)	Rickford Grant
Parution	17/08/2005
Nb. de pages	464
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	802g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781593270575
ISBN13	978-1-59327-057-5