A server computer??”Using some of the world??™s best server software, you can set up
your computer to be a Web server, file server, mail server, or print server.
A workstation??”You can draw on thousands of open source programming tools to
develop your own software applications.
The Linux systems you have in your hand don??™t contain trialware or otherwise hobbled software. On
the contrary, they feature software created by world-class development projects, the same teams that
build the software that powers many professional businesses, schools, home desktops, and Internet
service providers. In other words, this is truly first-rate software from developers who have made a
commitment to producing software that can be used in the ways that you choose to use it.
Several of the Linux distributions offered on the DVD and CD that come with this book are live CDs
that let you try a Linux distribution without installing. Some of those live CDs include features that
let you install the contents of those live CDs to your hard disk. For example, you can try out Gentoo,
Ubuntu, and Mandriva as live CDs, and then install those distributions permanently to your hard
drive from icons on the desktops of those live CDs.
Unlike some other books on Linux, this book doesn??™t tie you to one Linux distribution.
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