Linspire 5.0: The No Nonsense Guide! (No Nonsense Guide! series)

By Eric Grebler

A visual reference to the components of Linspire, a full-featured, Linux-based operating system, this book demonstrates how Linspire 5.0 gives users all of the functionality of Windows or Mac OS at a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097373521X
• ISBN13: 9780973735215
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Mimosa Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

No Nonsense Guide

This is a well written and informative book for the average user. It doesn't get into the technical details. It instructs you on the use of Linspire 5.0. It is what the beginner needs when coming from Windows.

Linspire 5.0: No Nonsense Guide

Another great book that takes the novice of Linux/Linspire step by step and easy to read on how to manuver through Linspire and Linux. This book is dedicated to the Linspire version of Linux and offers great ways to get around the application. I really want to move to linux and linspire and get rid of Windows XP completely... there are a few drawbacks to the Linspire system that are detailed in this book. Some multimedia...

Basic, but easily understand due to many screenshots

Book arrived in good condition within timeframe given by seller. Basic, but easily understand due to many screenshots with arrows from the text to the appropriate place on the screen. Good for getting started, though does not cover more advanced topics.

Intended for the non-technical Linux user

This book is a follow-on to Eric Grebler's earlier work that described Linspire 4.x. But this is much more than a quick update with a few new screenshots. In "Linspire 5.0: The No-Nonsense Guide", Eric and the Mimosa Team have put together a new basic guide to using the very popular applications of this very popular Linux distro. Just about every page has one or two screenshots, so the book is appealing visually. On the...