Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux

There's a part of each of us that likes to head off the beaten path.. take the road less traveled. Sound like you? Maybe you're ready for an inexpensive alternative to Windows? The last thing you need when you're trying to be a trailblazer is to be bogged down with bulky books, piles of manuals, and expensive software. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux is the perfect balance of information and explanation. Here's how to do it. Here's why. (And you get Linux, too!)

Manuel Alberto Ricart is a trainer and engineer for Paradigm Research, Inc. (PRI), where he develops instructional materials on several major programming object technologies. He is the author of the Apache Server Survival Guide, published by Sams.net. Alberto has provided Unix and PC system administration support since the mid-1980s. He founded a software company in 1992 that develops commercial software for the NEXTSTEP Unix environment.