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Spring Into Linux(R) (Spring Into... Series)
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by Janet Valade
Sales Rank: 204243
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List Price: $29.99
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Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional May 5, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131853546
ISBN-13: 978-0131853546
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.9 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
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The fastest route to true Linux mastery!
You know your way around Windows (or maybe a Mac, or even UNIX). Now, you're ready for Linux.
And you don't have a minute to waste.
Welcome. This book's for you.
Janet Valade has spent thirteen years helping new users master Linux and related technologies. She knows the "magic words" that'll help you get the job done, fast. (And she knows exactly how to keep you out of trouble, too!)
You'll learn Linux through dozens of focused, bite-size examples, each one carefully designed to build on what you've learned before.
Need specific solutions? This book's carefully crafted, high-efficiency format delivers them instantly. Working on Fedora? Mandrake? SuSE? No matter. This book is for you.
No other introduction to Linux covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results!
All you need to succeed with Linuxwithout the hassles!
Choose the best Linux distribution for your personal or business needs
Get Linux installed quickly and running reliably
Handle your day-to-day tasks and efficiently manage your files
Master KDE, GNOME, and the Linux command line
Write documents and build spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org
Set up Web access, email, and instant messaging
Work with powerful Linux multimedia and graphics software
Find, install, and run new Linux software
Set up your printer to work with Linux
Supercharge Linux with shell scripts and customized configuration files
Includes concise Linux command reference and quick guide to building powerful Regular Expressions
Spring Into is a new series of fast-paced tutorials from Addison-Wesley Professional Publishers. Each book in the series is designed to bring you up-to-speed quickly. Complex technologies are reduced to their core components, and each component is treated with remarkable efficiency in one- or two-page spreads. Just the information you need to begin workingnow! And because the books are example-rich and easy to navigate, you'll find that they make great on-the-job references after you've mastered the basics.
© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
About The Author
Janet Valade has 20 years experience in the computing ?eld. Her background includes experience as a technical writer for several companies, as a Web designer/programmer for an engineering ?rm, and as a systems analyst in a university environment where, for over 10 years, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a state-wide data archive, provided technical support to faculty and staff, wrote numerous technical papers and documentation, and designed and presented seminars and workshops on a variety of technology topics.
Janet currently has two published booksPHP & MySQL for Dummies, Second Edition, and PHP 5 for Dummies. In addition, she has authored chapters for several Linux and Web development books.
© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
Customer Reviews & Comments
There's obviously no lack of books to help you learn Linux. One of the latest entries into the arena is Spring Into Linux by Janet Valade. If your goal is to get up and running quickly, this book will help... Contents: Understanding Open Source Software; Choosing a Linux Distribution; Getting Ready to Install Linux; Installation; Interacting with Linux; Using Your Desktop; Using the Command Line; Linux Accounts; File Management; Applications and Programs; Word Processing; Spreadsheets; Graphics; Printing; The Internet; Multimedia; Email, Messaging, and News; Editing Text Files; Shell Scripts; Regular Expressions; Command Reference; Index As with most successful books, this one has a particular style that helps to maintain the focus on quickly getting up to speed. Each chapter consists of "chunks", which are one to two pages of material covering a specific topic or skill. Each chunk starts at the top of the page, so it's pretty easy to find what you're looking for. Also, the chunk titles are also listed in the table of contents, so finding the topic for reference purposes is pretty easy. Due to the space constraints for each topic, there is a higher ratio of text to pictures than you'll find in a lot of other books. So if you want a lot of step-by-step pictures, you might not do too well here... The distribution coverage, while not exhaustively complete, does hit many of the major ones... Fedora, Mandrake, and SuSE. Again, this will not give you a complete reference to absolutely every option in your distribution of choice, but that's not the purpose of this book. It's enough to get you up and running. From there you can learn more of the details over time. There's a good mix of command line to desktop GUI material here, so you should learn enough in the way of skills to allow you to switch back and forth when necessary. And in addition to the OS material, Valade also covers some of the more significant desktop applications that are needed by nearly every computer user. Applications such as OpenOffice and GIMP will allow you to be as productive on the Linux desktop as you are in a Windows environment. For the right audience, this is a book I'd definitely recommend. It's focused, concise, and it will get you active with the software in short order...
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