Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux Author:Manuel Alberto Ricart This book covers: Preparing to install the system, Using shells and online documentation, The X Windows graphical interface, Networking and Internet, Administration, Configuring Linux for multimedia, A guide to available software and tool -This book provides a beginning-level installation and using guide to Linux 5.1, as well as a copy of the... more » operating system on CD-ROM. This inclusion of $50 worth of software is a terrific draw for users who havent yet installed Linux -No other book provides a beginners guide to installing and using Linux that provides just the right balance of information and explanation. Our book describes why the user is doing the tasks in order to convey Linuxs logic and conventions -Linux is growing in popularity. It provides a stable, cross-platform, 32-bit, multitasking operating system, and the code is freely distributed. Red Hat estimates the install base to exceed 5 million, the majority of whom were not previous« less