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Linux Made Easy: The Official Guide to Xandros 3 for Everyday Users | 
 enlarge | Author: Rickford Grant
Publisher: No Starch Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 46543
Format: Illustrated
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Pages: 496
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1593270577
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.432
UPC: 689145705775
EAN: 9781593270575
ASIN: 1593270577
Publication Date: August 2005
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Product Description
Linux is an operating system, just like Windows or Mac OS. If you're looking at this book, you're probably somewhat of a Linux newbie. Maybe you're a Windows refugee--you just can't take it anymore or you want to stop paying through the nose for software and the latest buggy upgrade. Or you just want to try something new. Linux Made Easy is a hands-on, step-by-step, project-based guide that will make it easier than ever for you to join the world of Linux and start using it instead of Windows. And, thanks to the Xandros version of Linux (included with this book), the transition from Windows to Linux is easier than ever before. Linux Made Easy concentrates on the subjects most non-geeks care about, like installation (easy as pie); using the Internet; playing CDs, using scanners; working with digital cameras and photos; playing games; downloading software; syncing PDAs; printing; and making Internet phone calls (we even give you a 120-minute SkypeOut coupon). Whatever your level of experience, Linux Made Easy will show you how to do everything with Linux that you're used to doing with Windows--and more. And you've got everything that you need to get started right here: Xandros on CD and those free SkypeOut minutes so you can call Microsoft and ask for a refund on that unused version of Windows XP. TOC Introduction
Part I: Starting Out
Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Linux...A La Xandros
Chapter 2: Metamorphosis: Installing Xandros on Your Machine
Chapter 3: An Alternative Blue World: Getting to Know the Xandros Desktop
Part II: Getting Things Done
Chapter 4: An Untangled Web: Setting Up Your Internet Connection
Chapter 5: There's No Place Like Home: Working with Your Files in the Xandros File Manager
Chapter 6: Ports of Call: Working with Floppies, CDs, DVDs, and Other Removable Media
Chapter 7: Control Freaks: Getting Things the Way You Want Via the Control Manager
Chapter 8: The Keys to the Gates of Oz, or the Gates of Xandros Anyway: Expanding and Updating Your System Via Xandros Networks
Part III: Gadgetry
Chapter 9: Making Lasting Impressions: Setting Up and Using Your Printer
Chapter 10: Flatbed Memories: Working with Your Scanner
Chapter 11: Because Memory Sometimes Fails to Serve: Digital Cameras
Chapter 12: Keeping Tabs on Yourself: Working with Your PDA
Part IV: Applications
Chapter 13: Surf's Up: Internet Applications
Chapter 14: Ear Candy: Xandros Does Audio
Chapter 15: Couch Potatoes: Xandros Does Video
Chapter 16: Doing the Left Bank: Working with Graphics Applications
Chapter 17: Stuffed Shirts: Office and Other Productivity Applications
Chapter 18: Time to Unwind: Gaming
Chapter 19: Kids' Stuff: Applications for Children
Part V: For the More Adventurous
Chapter 20: Want to Get a Little Geeky?: Using Linux Commands
Chapter 21: Proxy Settings
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 Even comes with a CD install Linux February 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even though I decided to use Vista instead, this Linux made easy came with a Open Source version of Linux on CD. I think that is Very Considerate it gives one a chance to try it, in fact at some point I might just do a dual boot with Xandros 4 Professional to open up numerous avenues of communications.
Real Good Deal in a Digital Processing Computer Book.
 Great for a Beginner! January 10, 2007
This is a fantastic book for me, as a beginner in Xandros Linux. It has become a great reference for me. I am still learning alot, yet this book helped me gain the knowledge needed to get a head start.
also useful with xandros 4 December 22, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with the other reviewers' positive comments about this book, and would like to point out that the material carries over well to Xandros 4 (with some minor exceptions). I did not order the book because of the Open Circulation Edition (OCE) CD-ROM but because I had purchased -- and installed -- Xandros version 4 (Home Edition - Premium). I first checked out a copy of "Linux Made Easy" from the local public library, and was pleasantly surprised that almost all of the instructions apply in Xandros 4 as well. So I ordered a personal copy from Amazon.
Although my boxed set of Xandros 4 includes an approx. 400-page, bound User Guide (admittedly a nice bonus), its writing style is terse and a bit dry. Grant's book is livelier and includes tips and tricks not found in the official User Guide. I especially like that he has hands-on, step-by-step mini-projects in almost every chapter. He holds your hand some without being condescending.
As an example of a minor difference, the first project in Chapter 10 involves scanning a photo using the scanning application known as Kooka. My version of Xandros did not have Kooka pre-installed, so I had to sidetrack and download the program from Xandros Networks (XN) -- a painless operation. Once I had Kooka installed, the remainder of the project worked exactly as he describes ...
I still have much to learn about Xandros but as I explore this operating system and get my feet wet with Linux, I am grateful to have "Linux Made Easy" as a resource. I think it has already saved me enough time to pay for itself.
 Not Much Help November 28, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have installed Xandros version 4 and at the present time Xandros doesn't recognize my Canon printer nor my external DVD-rw drive. I haven't tried my scanner, yet.
I'm looking for a book that will help me get up and running and I don't think this is the book for me.
If I can't get my peripherals running I'm going to have to change OS.
Xandros for Beginners June 28, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm buying Xandros and this is a good start in learning the system basics. The author explains the system simple enough for a Mac user to understand. I enjoyed it very much.
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