作者：Marcel Gagné
副书名：Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! Second Edition
出版日期：6/29/2008
出版社：Addison Wesley
页数：512
ISBN：0-321-35640-3
文件格式：CHM



Praise for Marcel Gagné's Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

“This is kind of a funny book for me to berecommending to readers of a Windows newsletter, but a lot of peopleask me about this topic, so here goes. Author Marcel Gagné is acolumnist for Linux Journal, and in Moving to Linuxhe's prepared a step-by-step guide to converting a Windows PC toLinux—or just trying it! The book includes a bootable CD with a versionof Linux that you can poke around in without touching or changinganything about your Windows installation. If your boss is asking,'What's with this Linux stuff?', moving to Linux is a great way to showthat you know what you're talking about.” —Brian Livingston, Editor, WindowsSecrets.com

“Pros: Too many to list in the available space. Weliked the book from the very first page right through to the end. Gagnéhas done a solid job of exposing Linux and all its components in a waythat is both inviting, useful, and easy to understand . . . We reallyliked this book—highly recommended.” —Howard Carson, Kickstart News, www.kickstartnews.com

“Marcel walks the user through each technique in avery chatty and comfortable style. In fact, when I put the book down, Ihad a momentary impression that I'd just finished watching a goodcooking show with an entertaining chef. (Australian readers mayunderstand if I say that it felt like having just watched Ian Parmenterdo an episode of 'Consuming Passions.')” —Jenn Vesperman, Linuxchix.org

“Gagné's Moving to Linuxis a straightforward exposition of just how a non-hacker PC user canget rid of 'The Blue Screen of Death'. If you have a friend, aco-worker, a significant other, or a relative who periodically screams,sighs, bursts into tears, or asks for help, here's the simple solution.It comes with a bootable CD of Knoppix, Klaus Knopper's variant ofDebian.” —Peter H. Salus, writing in ;login: The Usenix Magazine

“This is a book aimed not at you, deardeveloper/techie/guru, but at your friends, acquaintances, and familywho are lowly users of Windows. Yes, such people do exist even in thetightest of families. Fear not, however, because salvation is at handshould any of them decide that this Linux thing might be worthinvestigating. No longer will you be faced with the unenviable task ofwalking them through the process of switching OS. Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!is a big, bold, and friendly guide to help them along. The emphasis isfirmly on using Linux as a desktop system—this isn't a book about Linuxas a file, print, or Web server.” —Tech Book Reports

Say Goodbye to Windows®-Related Crashes, Viruses, Hassles, and Costs!

Today, Linux is more powerful, useful, and practical than ever before! Moving to Linux, Second Edition,can help you migrate from Windows to the latest and best versions ofLinux in just hours. By the time you're finished, you'll be able to dovirtually anything in Linux—without the aggravation, crashes, securityrisks, or high costs of running Windows!

This is not a book for techies! It's for people whowrite documents, create spreadsheets, surf the Web, use email, listento music, watch movies, and play games—and want to do it in Linux,without becoming technical experts.



Convert your Windows PC to a Linux system that does more for less money—one step at a time
Take control of Linux the easy way, with the quick, efficient KDE graphical environment
Browse the Internet using Firefox, the fast, powerful browser that's quickly replacing Microsoft Internet Explorer
Send and receive email and instant messages using your existing AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! accounts
Manage all your digital photos, without the hassle, using digikam
Rip music, burn and play CDs, and watch movies
Discover the world of Linux games and learn how to run Windows games on your Linux PC
There's more! Create documents, spreadsheets, andpresentations with OpenOffice.org 2.0—the free office suite for Linuxthat's now easier, more powerful, and even more compatible withMicrosoft Office.

Say goodbye to expensive software upgrades,burdensome Microsoft licensing, Windows viruses, and “blue screens ofdeath.” Say hello to computing the way it's supposed to be—with Linux!