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)
- Step-by-step instructions for both Mandrake & Fedora Linux
- Zero-hassle tips for managing & personalizing your PC
- Gnoppix Linux on CD-ROM (run Linux without touching
Windows)
Chapter 1 What are you getting into?
Chapter 2 The all-expense-paid desktop tour
Chapter 3 System tools and utilities
Chapter 4 What's your preference?
Chapter 5 Browse the Internet
Chapter 6 E-mail and newsgroups
Chapter 7 Schedules, contacts, and tasks
Chapter 8 Office documents and software suites
Chapter 9 Photos and graphics
Chapter 10 Instant massaging and chat
Chapter 11 Music and movies
Chapter 12 Play games
Chapter 13 Running Windows applications
Windows to Linux switcher toolkit