Linux For Dummies 8th Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 432 pages
• Published by: For Dummies
• Edition: 8th Edition July 30, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470116498
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470116494
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

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.

Back Cover Copy
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
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  Use OpenOffice.org for common functions
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  Manage and play multimedia
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  Make your Linux box more secure
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  Use Linux and Windows together

Reader Reviews
I have twenty yrs experience with computers. I have installed other Linux variants successfully. After installing Fedora Linux per the instructions in this book - TWICE - with an fdisk inbetween installs, and following the instructions in this book, I was unable even to logon to the system - AND this book has NO LOGON TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION! Astounding. Fedora Linux (the flavor this book recommends) will prob always be Geek Linux. There are other Linux variants which are MUCH, MUCH more user friendly. This is the first DUMMIES book that I've found to be substandard. Great on opinions and generalizations, short on the details that really count.