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Linux Desktop Garage
Enter your Linux Desktop Garage
Don't just survive with Linux: thrive
Find tools & info to do practically everything, such as:
Ripping your CDs (&DVDs)
De-Spam-ifying your email
Capturing, editing, organizing your digital photos
Chatting with your Linux-deficient IM pals
Tracking
your contacts, appointments, life
Transforming Firefox into easy blogware
Finding great substitutes for your Windows apps
Diving into a veritable plethora of games
Where you get the truth (unvarnished)
Where you get productive (quick)
Where Linux is fun (honest)
Your guide: Susan Matteson, real user, real expert
She reveals the fun stuff (from MP3s to desktop wallpaper)
Demystifies the essentials (from file management to passwords)
Simplifies the tasks they said were easy, but weren't (until now)
Where there's even more (plenty)
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Step-by-step instructions for both Mandrake & Fedora Linux
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Zero-hassle tips for managing & personalizing your PC
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Gnoppix Linux on CD-ROM (run Linux without touching Windows)
Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
CONTENTS:
1. What Are You Getting Into?
2. The All-Expense-Paid Desktop Tour.
3. System Tools and Utilities.
4. What's Your Preference?
5. Browse the Internet.
6. Email & Newsgroups.
7. Schedules, Contacts, and Tasks.
8. Office Documents and Software Suites.
9. Photos and Graphics.
10. Instant Messaging and Chat.
11. Music and Movies.
12. Play Games.
13. Running Windows Applications.
FAQ.
Glossary.
Index.
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