How Is This Book Organized?
This book is organized in 19 chapters. Each chapter focuses on a topic, providing an overview and how-to information. The chapters are as follows:
Chapter 1, Understanding Open Source Software: Describes open source beliefs and practices. See how they differ from the beliefs and practices prevalent with proprietary software.
Chapter 2, Choosing a Linux Distribution: Provides the information needed to choose among the many Linux flavors.
Chapter 3, Getting Ready to Install Linux: Instructions for preparing your computer for a Linux install.
Chapter 4, Installation: Installation steps.
Chapter 5, Interacting with Linux: How to get work done using Linux.
Chapter 6, Using Your Desktop: How to use the two major Linux desktops—KDE ...
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