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Linux Desktop Starter Kit

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In Linus Desktop Starter Kit, computer expert and professional consultant John Lathrop has assembled everything a user must know to install, configure, and get started with Linux. This complete book/cd-room kit covers all major distributions available, including Red Hat Linux, Caldera OpenLinux, TurboLinux, and SuSE Linux. Lathrop writes in an engaging, easy-to-understand, non-technical style and offers comprehensive, detailed, step-by-step instructions. Linus Desktop Starter Kit is a hassle free, highly recommended guide and reference that will be deeply appreciated by all who are new to Linux, and has a wealth of valuable material for even the experienced Linux user.

I have an AMS Roadster that gave me problems when installing red hat 6.2. I know that the red hat cd I had was good because it worked for my desktop. Knowing that laptops can be a struggle I got this book, one because it already had a good rating, and two, it comes with 4 versions of Linux! I had already tried the cumbersome method of downloading it off the net (just my opinion). I've already got the Caldera up and installed in one hour and all of the author's directions worked like a recipe book! I don't think this is as extensive of a book on linux as is readily available, but it seems to be the best book for the win 32 user that's trying to get up and running.

This book is very clear and provides step-by-step guides. That's all you need to get familiar with Linux.

I liked this book. It covers a lot of the Linux basics that many of the others WON'T cover. What I didn't like is a 98 page section on modem compatibility. This info is available on the web and those pages could have been used for something else. On the whole, the book is good for beginners who have no experience with setting up a Linux desktop in KDE or Gnome (bear in mind, this desktop setup is mostly geared to asthetics) and I enjoyed reading it.