About the Book
Point & Click Linux"Robin s book will show you the benefits of switching to Linux immediately. Your computer will run faster and more reliably than you ever believed possible. Surfing the net will no longer be an exercise in paranoia. And you ll discover a whole new world of powerful, free software that can run rings around the programs available for Windows." From the Foreword by Leo Laporte, Host of Call for Help on G4TechTV Canada and The Tech Guy on KFI 640 AM Los AngelesThe perfect gift for that Linux beginner in your life!Have Linux up and running in 5 minutes or less with the incredible SimplyMEPIS bootable CD-ROMEasy-to-follow videos on DVDLinux made easy...incredibly easy!Tired of Windows viruses, spyware, licensing hassles, and high costs? Try Linux! Not sure Linux is up to the job? It is. Not sure you can learn Linux? You can. Linux expert and Open Source Developers Network (OSDN) editor-in-chief, Robin "Roblimo" Miller, will teach you Linux the easy way: using the point-and-click skills you already have!With the bootable SimplyMEPIS Linux software included on CD, you ll be running Linux in 5 minutes...no formatting, no partitioning, no technical hassles...just insert the CD, reboot your computer, and you re ready to go!
!!You don t need to be a computer expert! With Roblimo s step-by-step instructions and how-to videos, you ll master everything from word processing to the Web and email, instant messaging to CD burning...you name it.Linux has never been this easy, this productive, or this much fun! Navigate Linux visually, the easy way, with KDE Get on the Web, send email, even build your own Web sites Create Microsoft Office-compatible documents with OpenOffice.org Instant-message and chat with all your friends--no matter what network they re on Import, edit, and manage your digital photos Burn CDs and DVDs Play the world s best open source games Download all the free software you ll ever need Coexist easily with Windows usersCD-ROM AND DVD-ROM INCLUDEDCD features SimplyMEPIS Linux: start running Linux in 5 minutes, and get all the software you need to be productive!DVD features Roblimo explaining all you need to know in bite-sized video tutorials. All the Linux skills you really need are covered here...just watch, and do!(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
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.
About the Author :
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. A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
