Everyday Linux - Softcover

Miles, Kathy; Metsger, Ethan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130917621 ISBN 13: 9780130917621

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

This attractive installation guide and instruction manual equips students to understand the essentials of their Linux system.

About this title

About the Author

KATHY MILES and ETHAN METSGER have been collaborating on diverse projects for more than four years, including work to support a community-based Internet service provider. KATHY is a columnist for the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She has been working with Linux for over four years and UNIX for the past seven years. ETHAN has been working with UNIX for five years and Red Hat Linux for two.

From the Back Cover

• Linux complete: The only book you need to use Linux for all your computing needs!
• Master the easy GNOME desktop-and the command line interface
• Learn all the leading Linux applications: StarOffice, WordPerfect, GIMP, and more
• Foreword by Eric S. Raymond, President, Open Source Initiative, and author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Your complete "everyday" guide to Linux and its key desktop applications!

Until now, if you wanted to get productive with Linux, you'd have to buy one book for Linux, and another for each of your key Linux desktop applications. With Everyday Linux, one book covers it all!

You'll find easy, hands-on instructions for installing and configuring any current version of Linux, with extra step-by-step help for Red Hat Linux, the world's #1 Linux distribution. No matter which Linux you're running, Everyday Linux demonstrates exactly how to set up your hardware and multimedia devices, connect to the Internet, send email, manage your files, maintain your system, and a whole lot more.

Then, once you're comfortable in the Linux environment, Everyday Linux will grow with you-helping you master today's most powerful Linux desktop software, including StarOffice, WordPerfect, The Gimp for graphics, Netscape and other Internet applications, even Linux games!

Master all this, and more!

• Installing Linux and configuring it to meet your personal needs
• Working with both the GNOME desktop and the command line interface
• Efficient day-to-day system administration and maintenance
• Organizing, finding, and managing your files
• Getting productive with StarOffice: Writer, Calc, Impress, and more
• Using The Gimp and other Linux graphics tools
• Importing files from Windows systems
• Configuring Linux multimedia
• Games on Linux: finding, playing, and optimizing them

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130917621
• ISBN 13: 9780130917621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416