Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook

Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
by: Rickford Grant (Author)
Publisher:No Starch Press
Edition:First Edition
Publication Date: March 1, 2004
Language:English
Print Length:320 pages
ISBN-10:9781593270346
ISBN-13:9781593270346
Book Description
This book is for any home user who has switched or is thinking of switching to Linux. Based on Red Hat’s Fedora Core, Linux for Non-Geeks avoids geeky subjects like server and network setup and concentrates on the subjects of interest to the average home user: Installation, the Internet, playing CDs and audio files, desktop customization, games, downloading software and fonts, USB storage devices, printing, and more. Readers with only basic experience with Windows or another Linux distribution will learn how to do everything on their Linux machine that they are used to doing with Windows. Includes a complete installation of Fedora Linux on two CDs.
About the Author
This book is for any home user who has switched or is thinking of switching to Linux. Based on Red Hat’s Fedora Core, Linux for Non-Geeks avoids geeky subjects like server and network setup and concentrates on the subjects of interest to the average home user: Installation, the Internet, playing CDs and audio files, desktop customization, games, downloading software and fonts, USB storage devices, printing, and more. Readers with only basic experience with Windows or another Linux distribution will learn how to do everything on their Linux machine that they are used to doing with Windows. Includes a complete installation of Fedora Linux on two CDs. Read more