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Lindows Fast & Easy (Fast & Easy (Premier Press))

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Lindows is the new kid on the block and this book is setup as a tutorial to help you navigate through the OS. It is easy to follow and easy to comprehend as it is written to the newcomer level.

The book walks you through fromt he installation to configuration of the OS. While the book has the "advanced" topics, it is not technically advanced.

Overall the book is well put together to make the transistion to the newest OS a whole lot smoother - well done.

This book is very basic. For someone familiar with the Windows or Mac OS, much of this book can be skimmed through. The authors assume you know how to turn on a computer, load a CD, and use a mouse, but not much else. For some users, this is perfect, though I do not know if users like this would be venturing into Linux-Land. The most important point in the first half of the book is "WRITE DOWN THE ROOT PASSWORD; DO NOT LOOSE IT". That is the Golden Rule for all UNIX based OS's. Otherwise, the book's information is good. There are a few typographic errors, but nothing major. I was hoping for something a bit more advanced, but this is the only thing I could find. One very useful tidbit is you can set the Click-N-Run to save to the local drive, which for some reason (according to the book) is not on by default. This lets you download the CNR files once, which is a blessing if you use a modem.

The book covered version 3.0 of the software. Current version is 5.0. Much of the content was still applicable. The screen shots really helped in grasping the procedures versus just text descriptions. It covers many topics at a basic level. Saved me time in getting the software configured quickly.