Linux Desktop Garage

Description

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)

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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.