Linux(R) Desktop Garage [Paperback]

Susan Matteson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0131494198 | ISBN-13: 978-0131494190

Linux Desktop Garage is the inside tips and tricks book that every desktopLinux user wishes they had when they got started. While most Linux booksconcentrate on information for administrators who are running servers, thereare now many users adopting Linux for use in every day tasks. This book givespractical advice and instruction for the growing legion of Linux users whodon't need to know how to run a web server, just how to use their OS.Rightnow, if you are presented with a Linux desktop in your office or decide to try itat home, where would you look for help? Open source software is a wonderfulthing, but programmers can be lax in creating documentation. This book willhelp those users by providing a pointed, well written, and easy to use resourceof useful tips, advice, and links to the best places to find more information.Linux Desktop Garage is the missing book on the shelf that can teach newLinux users without intimidation and show experienced Linux users the worldbeyond the terminal.

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From the Back Cover

Enter your Linux Desktop Garage

Don't just survive with Linux: thrive

Find tools & info to do practically everything, such as:

Ripping your CDs (&DVDs)

De-Spam-ifying your email

Capturing, editing, organizing your digital photos

Chatting with your Linux-deficient IM pals

Tracking your contacts, appointments, life

Transforming Firefox into easy blogware

Finding great substitutes for your Windows apps

Diving into a veritable plethora of games

Where you get the truth (unvarnished)

Where you get productive (quick)

Where Linux is fun (honest)

Your guide: Susan Matteson, real user, real expert

She reveals the fun stuff (from MP3s to desktop wallpaper)

Demystifies the essentials (from file management to passwords)

Simplifies the tasks they said were easy, but weren't (until now)

Where there's even more (plenty)

• Step-by-step instructions for both Mandrake & Fedora Linux

• Zero-hassle tips for managing & personalizing your PC

• Gnoppix Linux on CD-ROM (run Linux without touching Windows)

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About the Author

Susan Matteson is an avid Linux user, Web developer, and creative writer in Portland, Oregon. Susan has contributed to Cold Fusion Developer's Journal and designed hundreds of websites. If you ask her what she does for a living, she will tell you that she is a super secret agent spy for the government working to interpolate Linux into every element of society, but that is when we just smile and try to ignore her.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (February 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131494198
• ISBN-13: 978-0131494190
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,721,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Linux Desktop Garage, March 12, 2005

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J. Akers - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linux(R) Desktop Garage (Paperback)

I was trying to learn how to use Linux, so I bought this book. Wow, this book was so easy to follow and learn from! I love that it was not a dry humorless procedure manual. I really learned so much from this book, and I am not really too computer savvy. I highly recommend this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for New Linux Users, March 12, 2005

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Bob Gunderson "BobG" (Erie, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Linux(R) Desktop Garage (Paperback)

I've been looking to try out Linux for years. Most Linux books talk about servers and commands. This book gets right to the things that real people want to do. I loved that the chapters were organized by stuff like Getting Email, Browsing Online, Playing Music, etc. It makes it easy to turn to right what I need to know.

The introductions to the chapters are funny and the book never really gets dull. the author looks at the boring system parts like most of us would and helps get through it. I loved this book and am now running fedora core 3.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars jccad007, March 13, 2005

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J. Weeks - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linux(R) Desktop Garage (Paperback)

I am a fledgling user when it comes to computers. A friend told me about Linux and told me to try it. Then I found the book, Linux Desktop Garage at the book store recently and bought it to help me get aquainted with linux. It was a fun read and even I could understand the hints and instructions. If you have thought about trying Linux as an alternative to Windows, this book should be packed in with the disc as an instructuion manuel.