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Point & Click Linux! Robin Miller

Point & Click Linux! By Robin Miller

Point & Click Linux! by Robin Miller

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With step-by-step instructions and how-to videos, the reader will master everything from word processing to the Web and email, instant messaging to CD burning. This work also includes a CD: which features SimplyMEPIS Linux, and a DVD: which features the author explaining all the reader needs to know in bite-sized video tutorials.

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Point & Click Linux! by Robin Miller

This book is a simple, highly illustrated introduction to the Linux Desktop forWindows users. It is filled with screenshots and short, easy-to-followdescriptions that teach readers how to replace common Windows programswith user-friendly Linux equivalents. It covers a wide range of topics includingemail, web-browsing, word processing, spreadsheets, slide presentations,graphics, instant messaging, digital photography, digital music, CD burning,personal finance, games and more. Readers can actually watch Miller do all ofthis with the integrated videos on DVD. And the Point and Click Linuxguarantee ensures that readers will have Linux up and runningin 5 minutes with the bootable Mepis Linux CD.Leo Laporte will write the Forward and provide a cover endorsement.

About Robin Miller

About the Author

Robin Roblimo Miller started writing professionally in 1983 as a freelance reporter and feature writer in Baltimore, Maryland. He first wrote about Linux in 1997, and by 1998 he was a full-time Linux user, working as a reporter, columnist, and editor for Andover News Network, which later become the OSTG (Open Source Technology Group) division of VA Software.

Roblimo, as he has been known online since the mid-1990s, was one of the first reporters to cover the Linux phenomenon. He has spoken at computing and Internet conferences in Saudi Arabia, Mexico, India, Trinidad, Jordan, and at least a dozen U.S. states. He's been the computer expert for the award-winning Rise and Shine morning show on Baltimore's WJZ TV, and has been a guest on many radio and several cable TV talk shows.

Point & Click Linux! is Roblimo's second book. His first, The Online Rules of Successful Companies, was published by FT Prentice Hall in 2002. He has written over 2000 articles for various newspapers, magazines, and Web sites on topics including Linux (of course!), child support, college campus drug use, metallurgy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), software development, telemarketing, crime prevention, tax policy, online business, TV news reporting, taxi driving, and political shenanigans.

Before becoming a full-time writer and editor, Roblimo worked as a limo owner/driver (hence Roblimo), taxi driver, electronics technician, soldier, and auto mechanic. He is currently editor in chief of OSTG, and lives with his wife, the artist Deborah Miller, in Bradenton, Florida.


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Table of Contents

Forward.

Introduction.

SECTION I: GETTING STARTED.

1: What You Can Do with Linux.

2: Running the SimplyMepis CD.

3: Working with Linux: KDE and KWrite.

4: Installing MEPIS Linux on Your Hard Drive.

SECTION II: LINUX APPLICATIONS.

5: KPPP - Easy Modem Dialer Application.

6: Mozilla: Your Key to the Internet.

7: Setting Up and Using Mozilla E-mail.

8: Mozilla Web Browser.

9: Making Web Pages with Mozilla.

10: Introduction to OpenOffice.org: Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Slide Presentations, Graphics, and More.

11: OpenOffice.org Writer.

12: OpenOffice.org Presenter.

13: OpenOffice.org Draw.

14: OpenOffice.org Calc: Spreadsheets.

15: OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, and StarOffice.

16: CheckBook Tracker - Simple Bookkeeping with Linux.

17: Kopete - IM, IRC, and General Chat.

18: gFTP - An Easy, Powerful FTP Program.

19: K3B - Easy CD Burning Program.

20: The Gimp - Full-featured Graphics Application.

21: Digikam - Importing and Organizing Digital Photos.

22: Games! - Amusements Included with the SimplyMepis CD.

23: Other SimplyMEPIS Applications.

SECTION III: BEYOND THE BASICS.

24: Downloading and Installing Software.

25: Cooperating with Windows.

26: Customizing Linux.

27: Dipping a Toe Into the Command-line Waters.

28: Joining the Linux Community.

APPENDICES.

Appendix A: Guide to Other Popular Linux Distributions.

Appendix B: Books that Can Help You Become More Proficient with Linux.

Appendix C: About MEPIS and the SimplyMEPIS CD.

Index.

Additional information

CIN0131488724G
9780131488724
0131488724
Point & Click Linux! by Robin Miller
Robin Miller
Used - Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
20041125
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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