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Sams Teach Yourself KDE 1.1 in 24 Hours

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Love the book- clear, concise, good layout, graphics, and organized well enough that you can put it down and play, but still pick up where you left off. Being new at the OS to some degree, optimizing the GUI is the first thing I want to do, then work the underlying files later. This is the book to show you how to run and tweek the environment.

This book is a good learning guide for people who have recently changed from MS products and enables a user to configure a Unix system to do the same things they did on a Windows box. There is not much advanced info for Admins as the program is all GUI anyway. My only critisism is that there is little mention of any OS other than Linux, I use this on FreeBSD and I know others using it on Solaris. Other than this small problem I an happy with the book and recomend it to both new users and admins who need to teach clients about this desktop.

Just the right book at the right time. Takes some of the mystery out of KDE's layout and utilities. I learned a lot, and use it as my KDE reference. Recommended!!

In the world of graphics one does not want to be stuck with just a command line. Break out of the restraint with KDE. I personally have used CDE for many years. However the opportunity came to use KDE and it is easy to fall in love with.
This book is like the 101 of KDE telling all the little secrets of how it works and how to get started. It even comes with a CD of goodies to get you up and running in the 24 hours implied in the title.
The subject of KDE is too large for an in-depth review so I will just cover the 24 hours.
Hour 1 Understanding the KDE Project
Hour 2 Installing KDE from Scratch
Hour 3 Starting and Exiting KDE
Hour 4 Reviewing the KDE Setup
Hour 5 Exploring the Desktop
Hour 6 Managing the KDE Environment
Hour 7 Configuring KDE Options
Hour 8 Using KDE Themes
Hour 9 Managing Files in KDE
Hour 10 Learning More KGE File Management
Hour 11 System Administration for KDE
Hour 12 Using KDE Utilities
Hour 13 Managing Network Connections in KDE
Hour 14 Managing Printing in KDE
Hour 15 Accessing the internet from KDE
Hour 16 Using Command Line in KDE
Hour 17 Using Graphics Utilities in KDE
Hour 18 Using KDE Text Utilities
Hour 19 Using KDE Business Tools
Hour 20 Using KDE for Entertainment
Hour 21 Finding and Installing Additional KDE Applications
Hour 22 Integrating Non-KDE Applications into KDE
Hour 23 Getting Started with KDE Development
Hour 24 Developing for KDE

Also a good section comparing KDE to GNOME.
All in all this is a good starting place short of taking a formal course.