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Linux Made Easy: The Official Guide to Xandros 3 for Everyday Users

Format: Paperback
Author: Rickford Grant
ReleaseDate: 01 June, 2005
Publisher: No Starch Press
Rating:

Xandros for Beginners
The author explains the system simple enough for a Mac user to understand. I'm buying Xandros and this is a good start in learning the system basics. I enjoyed it very much.

The Best Linux Distribution and Guide Book
Pick up a copy and go for it. If you are a mainstream computer user, tired of the cost and vulnerabilities of the Microsoft Windows operating environment and ready to switch to Linux, this book and the included CD with the Xandros Linux distribution will give you the means and show you how. End of review - the rest is detail.

I installed the single Xandros Desktop 3. 0 Open Cirulation CD on my old desktop computer that already was loaded with Windows ME and Linspire 5. 0. I expected Xandros to overwrite Linspire, but it snugged up next to it in sisterly harmony. On reboot it offered a choice of Xandros, Windows, or Linspire, making it easy to compare the three. Xandros automatically recognized my router and broadband connection and allowed access to the Windows partitions on the computer as well as on my Windows XP laptop connected via Wi-Fi. It accessed all three partitions on a USB-connected external hard drive and recognized my Wacom Tablet as soon as I plugged it in. I also managed to install my network printer.

The basic Xandros Open Circulation distribution includes many Linux productivity programs, such as the Mozilla-Firefox browser, OpenOffice. org office suite, a paint program, a vast collection of multi-media tools, a calculator, personal organizer programs (including a Palm Pilot tool), some games, in short, most everything you need in daily computer use.

The book provides valuable guidance in getting the most out of the included programs. What is not obvious, until you read the book, is the inclusion of a utility called the Xandros Networks that makes it easy to find, download, and painlessly install a large number of additional programs on the Web. I used it to install several programs that were not included on the Xandros disk, as shown in detail in the book. I also used it to locate and download a driver for my scanner. Included with the book is a coupon for 120 minutes of free worldwide PC-to-phone calling with Skype.

In summary, if you want to get started with Linux, Linux Made Easy with the included CD is your best bet. This is the book that should have been called Linux for Non-Geeks.
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Great Ideas on a Good Book of Easy Linux
The book gives you the extra step that might be missing. This is great help on a great OS, It's like getting more answers then does express on Xandros manual.