Linux(R) Desktop Garage (The Garage Series)

By Susan Matteson

A guide to the Linux desktop covers such topics as system tools and utilities, browsing the Internet, email, office documents, instant messaging, playing games, and running Windows applications. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131494198
• ISBN13: 9780131494190
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Fun with Linux.

Rocking book if you are just looking for a good time with some tasty uh...wait. Yeah! It's basic stuff, but for those of you in search of a gentle baptism into the spooky scary halls of Linux, look no further. There be great examples on doing the day-to-day stuff, and said stuff is laid out so you can do it all Windows style. Not a book for those who are already cooking in the Linux world. Don't expect more than the basics. It's just a friendly way to rock the Linux with a GUI. Not as powerful as learning all the command line stuff, so *nix purist and wannabe monster *nix gods will want to steer clear. Also, even I can't say much for the included distro but if you have intertrons you can download the recommended Fedora or Mandrake. In fact, you will need to have some sort of internet access to take full advantage of this or any other Linux guide. We are dealing with constantly evolving open source software here. Of course just the fact that you can see this must mean you have a connection to the WWW. Anyhow, I gotta say, I generally dislike technical manuals. Okay, I hate them. This one however I can get behind, for serious. Besides, the chapter introductions make me smile. Really, that's all that should matter. Right? At least for a guy like me who just wants to make his computer get internets and play video games.

great book!

i'm kinda nerdy. :^) i can attest to the fact that she knows her stuff. it's lots of fun to read because it is put in terms that anyone can understand. Fun too because of the humor. Great book - i really recommend it!

jccad007

I am a fledgling user when it comes to computers. A friend told me about Linux and told me to try it. Then I found the book, Linux Desktop Garage at the book store recently and bought it to help me get aquainted with linux. It was a fun read and even I could understand the hints and instructions. If you have thought about trying Linux as an alternative to Windows, this book should be packed in with the disc as an instructuion manuel.

Linux Desktop Garage

I was trying to learn how to use Linux, so I bought this book. Wow, this book was so easy to follow and learn from! I love that it was not a dry humorless procedure manual. I really learned so much from this book, and I am not really too computer savvy. I highly recommend this book.

Great Book for New Linux Users

I've been looking to try out Linux for years. Most Linux books talk about servers and commands. This book gets right to the things that real people want to do. I loved that the chapters were organized by stuff like Getting Email, Browsing Online, Playing Music, etc. It makes it easy to turn to right what I need to know. The introductions to the chapters are funny and the book never really gets dull. the author looks at the boring system parts like most of us would and helps get through it. I loved this book and am now running fedora core 3.