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"...Linux Format Top Stuff Award...9/10 Lots of ideas for making your machine do cool things..." (Linux Format, February 2004)
"...the book was good fun, entertaining and thought provoking..." (Linux Magazine, January 2004)
"...Linux Format Top Stuff Award...9/10 Lots of ideas for making your machine do cool things..." -- Linux Format, February 2004
"...the book was good fun, entertaining and thought provoking..." -- Linux Magazine, January 2004
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* Christopher Negus is the bestselling author of Red Hat Linux 8 Bible (0-7645-4968-5) and earlier versions, with more than 125,000 copies sold
* Readers learn to build sixteen fun and useful devices for home and office, using spare parts and free software
* Projects include transforming an answering machine into an e-mail converter, building an MP3 music jukebox, building a car entertainment center, and creating a TV video recorder/player
* Projects work with any version of Linux
* Companion Web site includes specialized hardware drivers and software interfaces, plus music and game software
* Readers learn to build sixteen fun and useful devices for home and office, using spare parts and free software
* Projects include transforming an answering machine into an e-mail converter, building an MP3 music jukebox, building a car entertainment center, and creating a TV video recorder/player
* Projects work with any version of Linux
* Companion Web site includes specialized hardware drivers and software interfaces, plus music and game software
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With a spare PC, the Linux operating system, a few added hardware pieces, and this book, anyone from a handy do-it-yourselfer to a Linux guru can end up with some fun and useful home or office projects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
home network server, fmpeg command, configure your video card, digital picture frame, arcade game player, configure your sound card, car controller, root user, crontab file, inittab file, conf file, rpm command, regular user account, new video card, install type, capture card, software creator, voice modem, voicemail boxes, music jukebox, television listings, old laptop, configuration window, disk quotas, installation script Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Hat Linux, Linux Toys, Personal Desktop, Ogg Vorbis, Apache Web, Intel Corp, Display Settings, System Settings, Hardware Browser, Force Record, Radio Shack, System Logs, Dallas Semiconductor, Internet Service Provider, Linux User Group, Robby Roto, Window System, Audio Out, Aunt Millie, Channel Editor, Configure the Web, Coyote Linux, General Public License, Linus Torvalds, Microsoft Windows New!
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With a spare PC, the Linux operating system, a few added hardware pieces, and this book, anyone from a handy do-it-yourselfer to a Linux guru can end up with some fun and useful home or office projects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
home network server, fmpeg command, configure your video card, digital picture frame, arcade game player, configure your sound card, car controller, root user, crontab file, inittab file, conf file, rpm command, regular user account, new video card, install type, capture card, software creator, voice modem, voicemail boxes, music jukebox, television listings, old laptop, configuration window, disk quotas, installation script Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Hat Linux, Linux Toys, Personal Desktop, Ogg Vorbis, Apache Web, Intel Corp, Display Settings, System Settings, Hardware Browser, Force Record, Radio Shack, System Logs, Dallas Semiconductor, Internet Service Provider, Linux User Group, Robby Roto, Window System, Audio Out, Aunt Millie, Channel Editor, Configure the Web, Coyote Linux, General Public License, Linus Torvalds, Microsoft Windows New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 4
books:
- Red Hat® Linux® Bible by Chris Negus on page 11, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Red Hat Linux Firewalls by Bill McCarty on page 201
- The Linux Bible by Matt Welsh in Front Matter
- Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell on page 4
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