Microsoft has struck agreements with Linux companies
including Novell, Linspire, and Xandros to form partnerships that primarily
protect those companies against threatened Microsoft lawsuits. Oracle has
begun producing its own Linux system called Unbreakable Linux, to try to
stem the flow of customers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
What does this all add up to? A growing swirl of excitement around the
operating system that the big guys can??™t seem to get rid of. For people like
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IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding Linux
Using Linux
Linux myths, legends, and FUD
Starting with Linux
you, who want the freedom to use your computer software as you like, it means great prospects
for the future.
Let this book help you grab your first look at the distributions, applications, services, and community
that make up the phenomenon that has become Linux.
Taking Your First Step
In your hands, you have 16 Linux distributions (on CD and DVD), thousands of applications, and
descriptions for getting it all running on your own computer. For you right now, the worldwide
Linux phenomenon is just a reboot away.
Linux Bible 2008 Edition brings you into the world of free and open source software that, through
some strange twists and turns, has fallen most publicly under the ???Linux??? banner.
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