Sams Teach Yourself Mandrake Linux in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself -- 24 Hours) (Paperback)

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Sams Teach Yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 Hours Starter Kit is a results oriented, step-by-step guide designed to help you learn about the Linux-Mandrake distribution in a non-threatening environment. It gives a tour of the operating system and many of the applications that come with the distribution. After reading this book and working through the exercises, you will be able to install and configure the Linux-Mandrake distribution on a variety of machines and possess a good knowledge of Linux in general. It provides a coherent introduction to command line usage and good opportunities for you to gain experience with command line usage as a logical part of a productive work exercise. You are also guided through these same or similar exercises using the graphical user environments.

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Sams Teach Yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 Hours Starter Kit is a results oriented, step-by-step guide designed to help you learn about the Linux-Mandrake distribution in a non-threatening environment. It gives a tour of the operating system and many of the applications that come with the distribution. After reading this book and working through the exercises, you will be able to install and configure the Linux-Mandrake distribution on a variety of machines and possess a good knowledge of Linux in general. It provides a coherent introduction to command line usage and good opportunities for you to gain experience with command line usage as a logical part of a productive work exercise. You are also guided through these same or similar exercises using the graphical user environments.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Sams (April 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672318776
• ISBN-13: 978-0672318771
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,942,333 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book for us (beginners)!, May 27, 2000

By	TheGonz (Lima, Peru) - See all my reviews

I was used to Windows (and it's 'blue screen of death' too!), but then I heard about Linux Mandrake and this book helped me learn Linux quickly. When i started reading, i had barely an idea of what Linux was, but this system and the book itself took me to a whole new world! I would reccomend this book for the novice to intermediate Linux user.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The one star is for the fact it comes with the CD..., October 26, 2001

By	Tyrone Mitchell "mitchellonline" (Milford, CT) - See all my reviews

This is NOT recommended. The book cuts corners, and I didn't appreciate it. The section describing how to install is almost nonexistent. I'm going to look around for a real source to help me just get installed.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not so helpful!, June 1, 2000

By	Antonio Bell (Syracuse) - See all my reviews

I'm a newbe to Linux, and I found this book as if the authorread some data somewhere and got a book out of it. I found that thisbook left to much information out... I used author's method to install linux didn't work. I did not want to partition my drive, so, I used lnx4win (not in the author's book). The book did not give me help for items linux didn't find' ie: modem, soundcard, zip drive. No help in these areas...