While Mac OS X garners all the praise from pundits, and Windows XP
attracts all the viruses, Linux is quietly being installed on
millions of desktops every year. For programmers and system
administrators, business users, and educators, desktop Linux is a
breath of fresh air and a needed alternative to other operating
systems.
The "Linux Desktop Pocket Guide" is your introduction to using
Linux on five of the most popular distributions: Fedora, Gentoo,
Mandriva, SUSE, and Ubuntu. Despite what you may have heard, using
Linux is not all that hard. Firefox and Konqueror can handle all
your web browsing needs; GAIM and Kopete allow you to chat with
your friends on the AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! networks; and the email
programs Evolution and Kontact provide the same functionality as
Microsoft Outlook, with none of the cost. All of these programs run
within the beautiful, feature-packed, and easy-to-use GNOME or KDE
desktop environments.
No operating system truly "just works," and Linux is no
exception. Although Linux is capable of running on most any
computing hardware that Microsoft Windows can use, you sometimes
need to tweak it just a little to make it work the way you really
want. To help you with this task, "Linux Desktop Pocket Guide"
covers essential topics, such as configuring your video card,
screen resolution, sound, and wireless networking. And laptop users
are not left out--an entire section is devoted to the laptop issues
of battery life, sleep, and hibernate modes.
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