Test driving Linux : from Windows to Linux in 60 seconds / David Brickner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brickner, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

From Windows to Linux in 60 seconds

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, [2005]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For years, computer users have put up with the bugs, security holes, and viruses on Windows because they had no choice. Until recently, there has never been a good alternative to Windows. But now, Windows users can switch to Linux, the reliable, secure, and spyware free operating system. Linux is easy to use, runs on almost any PC, and enables you to perform all the tasks you can do with Windows. Getting to know Linux has never been easier, because now there's a way to test-drive Linux without changing, installing, or configuring a thing on your computer. It's called Test Dri

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Audience; System Requirements and USB Memory Key; Organization of This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Safari Enabled; We'd Like to Hear from You; Acknowledgments; Getting Started; What Is Linux?; What Do Open Source and Free Software Mean?; Many Distributions of Linux; Starting Up the Move CD; The KDE Desktop; A Quick Tour of the Kicker; Changing the kicker size; Adding items to the kicker; Making Selections; The Home Directory; Using a Typical KDE Application; The Open and Save File Windows; Controlling Windows; Window Features; Resizing and Moving Windows

Virtual DesktopsSetting Your Desktop Background; Linux Equivalents to Your Windows Programs; Logging Out of KDE; Surf the Web; Using Konqueror as a Web Browser; Browsing the Web; Searching from the Location Bar; Customizing Konqueror; Making Konqueror Remember Its Size; Setting a Homepage; Changing the Font Sizes; Simplifying the Toolbar; Disabling Pop-Up Ads; Exploring Tabbed Web Browsing; Teaching Konqueror to Lie; Using Bookmarks; Adding a Bookmark; Managing Bookmarks; Using the Bookmark Toolbar; Playing with the Bookmark and History Sidebar; Dealing with Helper Applications

Changing a Helper ApplicationFlash Player; RealPlayer; SHOUTcast; Accessing FTP Sites; The Mozilla Web Browser; File Management; Using Konqueror to Manage Files; Basic Navigation in Konqueror; Creating Files; Copying, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Files and Directories; Changing Your View; Accessing Network Files; Konquering Advanced Techniques; Using Tabs and Bookmarks; Zipping Files; Splitting Konqueror; Accessing Files on Your Windows HardDrive; Music and Videos; Playing Music Files; Watching Video Files; Ripping and Encoding Music Files; Burning CDs; Creating a Data CD; Copying a CD

Play GamesThe State of Gaming on Linux; Trying Out the Games on the Move CD; Getting Free Games on the Web; Trying Out Game Emulators for ClassicGames; Running Commercial Linux Games; Playing Windows Games on Linux; Accessing Linux Online Gaming Resources; Email, Organizers, and Instant Messaging; Making Kontact; Using Email; Configuring KMail; Creating and Using Email Identities; Specifying Network Email Servers; Giving KMail a Makeover; Getting Notified When New Email Arrives; Organizing Your Email; Sorting and Threading; Folders; Searching; Filters; Saved Searches; Organizing Your Time

Monthly CalendarTo-Do List; Calendar Resource List; Creating Appointments; Customizing KOrganizer; Create a Computerized Address Book; Instant Messaging with Kopete; Edit Digital Images; Getting Images; Viewing Images; Getting to Know the GIMP; Rotate Images; Resize Images; Crop Images; Remove Red Eye; Taking Screenshots; Customize Your Desktop; Basic Customization; Behavior; Multiple Desktops; Paths; Screen Savers; Customizing the Kicker Panel; Location, Location, Location; Adding More Items to the Kicker; Configuring the Kicker; The Arrangement tab; The Hiding tab; The Menus tab

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781306816298

1306816297

9780596154394

0596154399

9780596552985

059655298X