CALDERA OPENLINUX 2.2 FAST & EASY [Paperback]

Coletta Witherspoon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0761523022 | ISBN-13: 978-0761523024 | Edition: 1

If you're new to Linux, this book is designed for you. Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 Fast & Easy gives immediate answers to your most pressing "how to" questions for this hot new operating system. Each page is filled with visual examples and step-by-step instructions so you know exactly what to do to get results. You will learn how to handle the sometimes-complex installation with ease and use new features to customize OpenLinux for your needs. Before you know it you will be running Linux applications, printing files, faxing documents, managing the file system, and exploring the Internet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (August 4, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761523022
• ISBN-13: 978-0761523024
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,106,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor printing style seriously affects book's usefulness, August 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CALDERA OPENLINUX 2.2 FAST & EASY (Paperback)

I received this book from Amazon.com today and I will be returning it. Each page of this book contains at least two illustrations of Linux screen displays. This could be very useful but unfortunately the printing is blue words on a blue background. This makes it almost impossible to read except with a magnifying glass. It's very similar to the printing used by credit card issuers who don't want you to understand their disclosure statements. Too bad.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you're reading this review, this book is not for you, May 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: CALDERA OPENLINUX 2.2 FAST & EASY (Paperback)

I was amazed at this thing--every page has two screenshots, with little arrows pointing to where you're supposed to click. So just in case you've been asleep the past 15 years and have never seen or used a GUI--AND, if you need to have every little detail explained to you, this book is just fine. Go ahead and buy it.

But for everyone else, this book is a huge waste of paper. It's too simple-minded for kids, who know better than to read a book to learn how to experience things. It's also too simple-minded for grownups who just never got around to doing computing. I'd give this book to someone I didn't like, who I wanted to insult.

At least it's not overly long.

I don't mean to be harsh: the authors did a creditable job of explaining how to do such fundamental stuff--it's like trying to write a book about how to walk. The concept just seems really stupid to me.