Product Description

• 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #315829 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

From the Back Cover
Everything you need to install, run, and optimize Linux on your desktop

Here′s how to start using Linux, the popular and free operating system

Want to do the same tasks you can with Windows, except for free? Linux is the alternative open source operating system that′s beloved by users in the know. This newly updated guide gives you just what you need to get started with Linux — plain–English explanations, savvy tips and advice, and, best of all, the full Fedora Core installation on DVD!

• Understand core Linux tasks

• Use OpenOffice.org for common functions

• Manage and play multimedia

• Make your Linux box more secure

• Use Linux and Windows together

About the Author
Dee–Ann LeBlanc, RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), is a writer, course developer, journalist, and trainer who specializes in Linux. Although 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. In the past, she has been the Linux Games editor for the Linux Journal, the Desktop editor for LinuxToday.com, and has written and held positions with a number of other Linux and technology publications such as Computer Power User magazine. She has also written numerous books about Linux. Today, she is the SplunkBase Knowledge Manager for Splunk (www.splunk.com), an IT search company. It is her job to build a community around SplunkBase (www.splunkbase.com) that fills this IT troubleshooting resource with world–class content.

Richard Blum has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years as a network and systems administrator. During that time, he’s had the opportunity to work with lots of different computer products, including Windows, Netware, Cisco, Avaya, different flavors of UNIX, and of course, Linux. Over the years, he’s also volunteered for several non–profit organizations to help support small networks that had little financial support. Rich is the author of several Linux–based books for total Linux geeks, and a couple of Windows–based books for programmers.

Customer Reviews

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This book, ordered from Watergate books, was three editions out of date - that means the accompanying Linux disk is not one that caters for drivers written in recent years. The advertised edition is 8th. The one I was sent is the 5th edition. The hours wasted trying to get the system to run and to find drivers etc before realizing what was wrong are unbelievable. Amazon is becoming sloppy with how it chooses associates... take care when ordering.