Linux for Dummies, 6th Edition

* From installing Linux to using it as a desktop operating system, this updated edition gets new users up to speed fast in the nonintimidating For Dummies style
* Lets beginning desktop users explore the top Linux distributions
* This edition focuses on six of the most popular Linux distributions: Fedora Core, SUSE, Mandrake, Xandros, Linspire (formerly Lindows), and Knoppix
* Thoroughly explains installing Fedora Core-the most popular distribution-in addition to each of the other distributions * Covers prepping a computer for Linux, connecting to the Internet, surfing the Web, using cool Internet tools, and manipulating files and directories
*The companion DVD features the full installable version of Fedora Core 3 and Knoppix and the ISO images (saving hours of downloading time) for the following distributions: SUSE live, Mandrake full version, Xandros Open Circulation version, and Linspire full version."

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Title of ebook: Linux for Dummies, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780764589461
parent-ISBN: 9780764579370
Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 7178 kb
Published: 01-2005
Released online for download: 01-28-2005
Author of eBook: LeBlanc, Dee-Ann

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Linux For Dummies

Chapter One

Getting Acquainted with Linux

In This Chapter

* Describing Linux

* Telling Linux apart from the rest of the operating system pack

* Depending on GNU and the GPL

* Marveling at the Linux Company (or lack thereof)

* Checking out popular Linux distributions

Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it!

- Arthur Dent

Welcome to the world of Linux, the operating system developed by over a thousand people around the world! In this chapter, you find out about Linux itself - what it is, where it comes from, and why it gets so much attention in the news these days. Prepare to have your assumptions about how software must be developed and sold challenged, and your mind opened to new possibilities.

Is Free Really Free?

Understanding Linux requires a radical shift of thought regarding the way that you acquire and use computer software. (Note: By radical, I mean getting to the root of the matter rather than putting on beads and camping out in the administration building.) Your first step toward shifting your mind-set is ... read full excerpt from Linux for Dummies, 6th Edition ebook

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