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Appendix A: Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809
Appendix B: Entering the Linux Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
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Insert the DVD or CD that comes with this book into a PC. Within five minutes, you??™ll be able
to try out Linux with a full range of desktop applications. Within an hour, you can have a fullblown
Linux desktop or server system installed on your computer. If you are like most of us
who have been bitten by the Linux bug, you won??™t ever look back.
Linux Bible 2008 Edition is here to open your eyes to what Linux is, where it came from, and where
it??™s going. But, most of all, the book is here to hand you Linux and help you get started. Because
Linux is the operating system of free speech and free choice, Linux Bible gives you choices in selecting
the Linux that is right for you.
On the DVD and CD that come with this book are 16 different Linux distributions that you are free
to install, try out, and keep. You learn how those distributions are alike or different, and the book
leads you through the basics of installing and setting up your Linux system as:
A desktop computer??”You have a full range of office, music, gaming, graphics, and
other applications to use.
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