Linux for Dummies, w. 2 CD-ROMs - Softcover

LeBlanc, Dee-Ann

 
9780471752820: Linux for Dummies, w. 2 CD-ROMs
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0471752827 ISBN 13: 9780471752820
Verlag: Wiley & Sons, 2006

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Previous editions of Linux For Dummies have garnered rave reviews. However, there's one scary term applied to them--outdated! This Edition remedies that with easy-to-understand information on the latest version of the most popular Linux distributions, including Fedora Core, SuSE, Mandrake, Xandros, Linspire, and Knoppix. This guide walks you though installing, configuring, tuning, and using each version of Linux, the low-cost, secure alternative to expensive operating systems. For Dummies, this edition not only guides you step by step, it also includes an appendix of common Linux commands and a comprehensive index so youcan find what you need to know without taking extra steps.The bonus DVD includes: The full, installable version of Fedora Core 3 and Knoppix ISO images (that will save hours of downloading time) for SUSE live, Mandrake full version, Xandros Open Circulation version, and Linspire full versionIf you want to explore the different distributions of Linux, this is the guide for you!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dee-Ann LeBlanc, RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), is a writer, course developer, journalist, and trainer who specializes in Linux. While these various professions may sound scattered, they in fact reinforce one another by allowing her to see what people are doing with Linux in the real world and where they need help. She is the Linux Games editor for the Linux Journal, the Desktop editor for LinuxToday.com, and is the author of numerous books on Linux and other computer topics. Dee-Ann has also been a regular contributor to Computer Power User magazine for two years, writing this publication’s Linux content.
When Dee-Ann isn’t teaching, developing course materials, writing technical nonfiction or fantasy fiction, interviewing interesting people, chatting about Linux online or at conferences, or trying in one way or another to save the world, she hikes with her dogs and experiments on her husband Rob with new recipes. See the latest that Dee-Ann’s up to and join her readers’ mailing list at www.Dee-AnnLeBlanc.com and http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/. Contact Dee-Ann at dee@renaissoft.com.

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Use the DVD to sample Linux without installing

Pick a flavor and see what this stable, economical operating system can do!

If you've ever wondered whether the Linux penguin knew something you should know, here's where to find out. This plain-English guide walks you through installing Linux, using the desktop and tools like OpenOffice.org, securing your system, and more. You even get to check out seven different Linux flavors and pick the one you like best.

Discover how to

  • Prepare your computer and install Linux
  • Choose and set up software
  • Connect to the Internet
  • Explore Skype® phone service
  • Use the GNOME and KDE desktops
  • Work with multimedia tools

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Verlag
Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0471752827
ISBN 13 
9780471752820
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
6
Anzahl der Seiten
432
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