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Author Grant, Rickford

Title Linux for non-geeks : a hands-on, project-based, take-it-slow guidebook / Rickford Grant
Published San Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 335 pages)
Contents Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Brief Contents -- Contents In Detail -- Preface -- Becoming A Penguinista -- Making Commitments -- A New Place To Call Home -- More Than Webbed Feet -- Dressing Up The Bird -- Gutenbird -- Putting Your Data On Ice -- Rpm Isn't A 1980 -- Atlanta-based Band -- Simple Kitten Ways -- Yes, Yet Another Way! -- Dining On Tarballs -- Data On Ice Revisited -- Tux Rocks -- Brush-wielding Penguins -- Penguins Back At Work -- Font Feathered Frenzy -- Tux Speaks Your Language -- Tux Untethered -- Leaving The Nest -- What To Do If Tux Starts Acting Up -- Launcher Specifications -- Resources -- Index
Summary A plain-English, highly accessible guide to Linux for anyone. Readers will find coverage of installation, using the desktops, going online, customization, printing, installing programs, the Linux terminal and command line, compiling programs from source code, accessing Windows partitions and USB devices, playing audio, adding fonts, Wi-Fi, and troubleshooting. Based on Red Hat's Fedora Core
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Linux. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94087892
Linux fast
Subject Operating systems (Computers)
operating systems.
Operating systems (Computers)
Form Electronic book
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