Linux for non-geeks [[electronic resource] ] : a hands-on, project-based, take-it-slow guidebook / / Rickford Grant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780457703321
• Autore: Grant Rickford
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco, : No Starch Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-59327-091-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 005.4/32
• Soggetti: Operating systems (Computers)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Dedication; Acknowledgments; Brief Contents; Contents In Detail; Preface; Becoming A Penguinista; Making Commitments; A New Place To Call Home; More Than Webbed Feet; Dressing Up The Bird; Gutenbird; Putting Your Data On Ice; Rpm Isn't A 1980; Atlanta-based Band; Simple Kitten Ways; Yes, Yet Another Way!; Dining On Tarballs; Data On Ice Revisited; Tux Rocks; Brush-wielding Penguins; Penguins Back At Work; Font Feathered Frenzy; Tux Speaks Your Language; Tux Untethered; Leaving The Nest; What To Do If Tux Starts Acting Up; Launcher Specifications; Resources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A plain-English, highly accessible guide to Linux for anyone. Readers will find coverage of installation, using the desktops, going online, customization, printing, installing programs, the Linux terminal and command line, compiling programs from source code, accessing Windows partitions and USB devices, playing audio, adding fonts, Wi-Fi, and troubleshooting. Based on Red Hat's Fedora Core.