Corel Linux for Dummies (with CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Stephen E. Harris (Author), Erwin Zijleman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764506676 | ISBN-13: 978-0764506673 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000

Your friendly guide to the hot new Corel desktop environment!

Packed with plain-English explanations and timesaving tips and tricks, this fun and easy guide shows you step-by-step how to install Corel Linux on your personal computer. From customizing your desktop to managing your files and cruising the Internet, it delivers just what you need to join the Linux revolution.

Discover how to customize systems, use the File Manager, apply desktop themes, play with pictures and sounds, send e-mail, cruise the Web, and much more.

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Discover how to:

Install Corel Linux step-by-step
Customize your system
Use the fabulous File Manager
Apply dazzling desktop themes
Play with pictures and sounds
Send e-mail and cruise the Web

BONUS CD-ROM INCLUDES:

Corel Linux Distribution with its enhanced KDE desktop
Corel Install Express
Corel File Manager
Corel Update
Netscape Communicator Suite
Plus cool themes and more!

From the Back Cover

CD-ROM includes Corel Linux Distribution and KDE themes

Easy-to-follow instructions walk you through the installation process

Your friendly guide to the hot new Corel desktop environment Packed with plain-English explanations and timesaving tips and tricks, this fun and easy guide shows you step-by-step how to install Corel Linux on your personal computer — and declare independence from Windows. From customizing your desktop to managing your files and cruising the Internet, it delivers just what you need to join the Linux revolution. all this on the bonus CD-ROM Corel Linux Distribution with its enhanced KDE desktop: Corel Install Express, Corel File Manager, and Corel Update plus Netscape Communicator Suite, cool bonus themes, and more PC with 16MB of RAM (32 recommended), CD-ROM drive (2x or faster). For complete information and system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix.

Discover how to: Install Corel Linux, step-by-step Customize your system Use the fabulous File Manager Apply dazzling desktop themes Play with pictures and sounds Send e-mail and cruise the Web

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Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764506676
• ISBN-13: 978-0764506673
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,958,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book for Linux, July 16, 2000

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W. (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel Linux for Dummies (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Our office has made a concerted decision to gradually move into Linux. And this is the best book not only for newbies to jump start on the learning curve, but also for those old-hands to refresh their knowledge.

One of the more significant characteristics of this excellent book is that the author wrote it like a diary so that you can install and run the next generation OS with little or no effort, but he also very skillfully interposed the plain English writing with important advanced concepts. So skillful that you may be fooled into believing yourself to have become an overnight Linux expert! But seriously, this book can at least make you walk and talk like a Linux geek in a hurry.

Linux is rapidly evolving. Kernel 2.4 and KDE 2.0 are coming out soon. Both will cause very significant changes in the Linux environment. Everything you have learned now probably will have to be updated in the very near future. Thus, there is no need to get into those thick and supposedly advanced Linux books at the present time. This for dummies book is just right for everyone, including, of course, you and me.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book for Getting Started, July 5, 2000

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"erniedv" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corel Linux for Dummies (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

If you are thinking of trying out Linux - Buy THIS book. If you are thinking of trying out Corel Linux - Buy THIS book. If you are comparing against "Corel Linux OS Starter Kit" and you can only buy one book - Buy THIS book!

I've owned or scanned a lot of Dummies titles over the years. Most of them are so scaled down that they end up collecting dust on my bookshelf. They give me just enough information to be dangerous or they take you just far enough to leave you frustrated with what they don't tell you. Not so with this title from Steve Harris & Erwin Zijleman. I've found their explanations to be quite complete and accurate. They have a very good grasp of what kinds of post-installation tasks a new user will face and have done a wonderful job of making these simple to comprehend and accomplish. They've also managed to make it entertaining without "talking down" to the reader. I read this one cover-to-cover and have been back frequently to work on implementing what I've learned.

As with any "Dummies" book, there are things that aren't there. (I guess that's why Steve is working on "Corel Linux Bible"!) For example, it is presumed that Corel Linux will recognise all of your hardware successfully, so the explanation of Samba presumes that you have a working network card. In my case, I have older hardware that isn't automatically recognised. The good thing about this book is that it made the process of setting up Samba so easy that I actually tried it. Even though my NIC isn't working yet, because of the way Samba is explained I understand where the problem is and I've been able to use resources from the book to work on that problem.

Compared to "Corel Linus OS Starter Kit" or the official manual that comes with "Corel Linux Deluxe" I've found "Corel Linux for Dummies" to be the most helpful book that I own. I highly recommend "Corel Linux for Dummies".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative fun for the whole family, August 7, 2000

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Davon Harrison (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corel Linux for Dummies (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I've been using Corel Linux for some time now, and seriously would like to remove Windows once and for all from my computer and go all Linux. However, being as I am not the only person to use my computer I of course have to consider the needs of my parents. With my mother in mind, a lady who has never quite learned to master even Windows, I got myself a copy of this fabulous book. Funny thing though, my mother hardly got to read it at first, because to my great surprise, I found it to be very informative myself. It's the little things that count. I've learned some of intricacies involved with using KDE that have really saved me time and increased my productivity. While very similar, there are subtle diffrences in the ways you use KDE, verses Windows. This book pays great attention to those details, yet still manages to be brief. Believe me, this is no huge tomb. While this is no mean feat, what is even better is the author manages to present this info in a manor which is not mind numbingly boring. But, as they say, the proof is in the pudding. Thanks to this book, my mom for the first time truly feels comfortable using a Window based GUI. In fact, she won't touch anything but Linux now, unless I can find her a Steve Harris book for Windows!