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Add Red Hat Linux to Your Windows Desktop in a Weekend (With CD-ROM) (In a Weekend (Premier Press))

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This was surpising painless on my Windows 98 machine. I used Partition Magic to prepare my disk to dual boot. The GUI lead me through this effortless installation on Linux. I avoided Linux for so long because of the talk of the installation. I bought this because I had to learn Unix but intalling Unix on Intel machine can be a [pain] because of driver issues. Linux has more drivers to support PC devices. Go to Partition Magic website to get inside on installing for dual boot. MOst people say to install Windows first then Linux in dual boot situation.

This book is the most simplistic and basic introduction to Linux available. Proffitt opted to write a book that steps you through the process of installing and configuring the software with explanations. As a result, this book is basically a step-by-step instruction manual on how to install and configure Red Hat Linux (version 7.0, which is included on CDROM).

No advanced or intermediate topics are covered. After finishing this book, you definitely won't be a guru, but you will have installation headaches behind you so you can start really exploring Linux.

This is a pretty good book for the beginning computer user. Much of the information can be found without too much difficulty out on the net, so if you feel like saving a few bucks go there. If you don't feel like messing with searching around buy the book