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Linux For Dummies

LeBlanc, Dee-Ann / Blum, Richard

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Linux For Dummies

Focusing on Fedora Core 6, this accessible guide shows newcomers how to create a full-featured Linux desktop setup that's comparable to a Windows system
Substantially revised and updated with new material on setting up a wireless home network, recycling an old Windows computer as a Linux home-networking server, running Linux on a laptop, editing digital photos, managing and playing audio and video, using open source productivity software, and more
The DVD features the full Fedora Core installation and Fedora Core CD ISOs; there's also a coupon for readers who prefer to get Fedora Core on CD-ROM
A companion Web site provides installation options and information on other popular Linux distributions, including SuSE, Mandriva, Linspire, Knoppix, and Ubuntu

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Title of ebook: Linux For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470278826
Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 4205 kb
Released online for download: 10-22-2007

Linux For Dummies

Chapter One

Getting Acquainted with Linux

In This Chapter

* Diving into Linux origins and features

* 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 more than 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 challenged about how software must be developed and sold, and your mind opened to new possibilities. ... read full excerpt from Linux For Dummies ebook