About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100764543105

ISBN-139780764543104

eBay Product ID (ePID)5934629

Product Key Features

Number of Pages408 Pages

Publication NameLinux for Dummies

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

SubjectOperating Systems / Unix, Operating Systems / Linux

TypeTextbook

AuthorDee-Ann LeBlanc

Subject AreaComputers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight21.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number5

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-114873

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal005.446

SynopsisWritten by an expert trainer, this easy-to-read guidebook walks the new Linux user through setting up a Linux PC, installing Linux, and using Linux on the desktop. It covers the three most popular Linux distributions, Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE, and offers savvy tips on how to get the most out of the Linux open source operating system., Set up a great Linux system-no experience needed! Compare distributions, use Linux multimedia tools, and check out OpenOffice.org Ready to explore the wonderful world of Linux? This is the place to start! Just follow the advice in this handy guide, and in no time you'll have your personalized Linux system installed and configured, know your way around the GNOME TM and KDE TM interfaces, be hooked up to the Internet, and start impressing your friends. All this on the bonus DVD Full Fedora Core distribution, including source code, on DVD Discover how to: Work with popular Linux distributions: Red Hat's Fedora, SuSE, and Mandrake TM Choose an ISP and configure dialup service Understand bash command syntax Install and use OpenOffice.org Manage the Linux file system, This friendly guide gives Linux newcomers the lowdown on how to install and use Linux on the desktop-and join the worldwide community of twenty million Linux users Shows how to get up and running with the latest versions of Red Hat Linux as well as two other popular Linux distributions: Mandrake and SuSE Covers prepping a computer for Linux, booting and stopping Linux, connecting to the Internet, surfing the Web, using e-mail, working with cool Internet tools, and manipulating files and directories Now revised with enhanced coverage of the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite. Includes a DVD that contains all of the CD-ROMs that make up the full Fedora Core Distribution, including the source code.

LC Classification NumberQA76.76.O63