Point and Click Linux!

Name: Point and Click Linux!
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ISBN: 9780131488724

ISBN-10: 0131488724

ISBN-13: 9780131488724

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robin Miller

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This book is a simple, highly illustrated introduction to the Linux Desktop forWindows users. It is filled with screenshots and short, easy-to-followdescriptions that teach readers how to replace common Windows programswith user-friendly Linux equivalents. It covers a wide range of topics includingemail, web-browsing, word processing, spreadsheets, slide presentations,graphics, instant messaging, digital photography, digital music, CD burning,personal finance, games and more. Readers can actually watch Miller do all ofthis with the integrated videos on DVD. And the "Point and Click Linux"guarantee ensures that readers will have Linux up and runningin 5 minutes with the bootable Mepis Linux…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 11/9/2004
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Robin Miller is the host of Food Network's Quick Fix Meals. She is also a contributing editor for "Health "magazine and writes for many other publications. Robin has a master's degree in Food and Nutrition from New York University and lives in Arizona with her husband and two young sons.



Forward


Introduction



Getting Started



What You Can Do with Linux



Running the SimplyMepis CD



Working with Linux: KDE and KWrite



Installing MEPIS Linux on Your Hard Drive



Linux Applications



KPPP - Easy Modem Dialer Application



Mozilla: Your Key to the Internet



Setting Up and Using Mozilla E-mail



Mozilla Web Browser



Making Web Pages with Mozilla



Introduction to OpenOffice.org: Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Slide Presentations, Graphics, and More



OpenOffice.org Writer



OpenOffice.org Presenter



OpenOffice.org Draw



OpenOffice.org Calc: Spreadsheets



OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, and StarOffice



CheckBook Tracker - Simple Bookkeeping with Linux



Kopete - IM, IRC, and General Chat



gFTP - An Easy, Powerful FTP Program



K3B - Easy CD Burning Program



The Gimp - Full-featured Graphics Application



Digikam - Importing and Organizing Digital Photos



Games! - Amusements Included with the SimplyMepis CD



Other SimplyMEPIS Applications



Beyond the Basics



Downloading and Installing Software



Cooperating with Windows



Customizing Linux



Dipping a Toe Into the Command-line Waters



Joining the Linux Community


Appendices



Guide to Other Popular Linux Distributions



Books that Can Help You Become More Proficient with Linux



About MEPIS and the SimplyMEPIS CD


Index