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 About the CD-ROM
 
 Includes special bootable Linux "Knoppix" CD:
 prove the power, simplicity, and value of Linux
 to yourself without touching your current
 Windows system!  About the Author
 
 Marcel Gagni is best known as the award-winning
 author of Linux Journal's "Cooking with Linux"
 series, for which he received the Readers'
 Choice award for favorite column two years in a
 row. He is also the author of the highly
 acclaimed book, Linux System Administration: A
 User's Guide, also published by Addison-Wesley.
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 19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
 
 5 out of 5 stars The Book I Wish I'd Had When I
 Started Using Linux, October 30, 2003
 
 Reviewer: [90]"scotdb" (Edinburgh, Scotland) -
 
 I've been running Linux myself for a number of
 years, and have been trying to encourage
 friends, colleauges and family to convert from
 Windows.
 
 They are always worried about the complexity (or
 at least the feeling of complexity from using
 something different).
 
 But now this book (coupled with the modern Linux
 distributions) provides all that even a nervous
 migrator needs.
 
 I bought the book on the strength of the
 author's previous book and thoroughly enjoyed
 reading it. I've also recommended it to a number
 of people already.
 
 If everyone wrote computer books in such a clear
 and enthusiastic way then more people would read
 them.
 
 And it's probably the first time that I've found
 a long term use for a CD accompanying a book.
 I'm able to use this CD to boot up a Linux
 system wherever I go, without affecting the host
 computer at all. So I can use my familiar Linux
 tools anywhere to fetch email, browse the web or
 whatever. And the Knoppix distribution even
 looks beautiful ...  even my Windows loving
 family were impressed !!!
 
 Thoroughly recommended for all Linux users ...
 and a MUST BUY for all folks even remotely
 tinking of trying Linux.
 
 24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
 
 2 out of 5 stars Good direction, but bias will
 affect user experience, October 25, 2003
 
 Reviewer: A reader
 
 A book *like* this has been needed for a long
 time. I think this book does a decent job of
 explaining things in a way that Windows users
 can understand. However, I fear that Gagne's
 obvious slant toward certain applications will
 negatively affect a newbie's experience with
 linux, thus bruising any notion of Linux's
 proliferation on the desktop.
 
 For (just one) example, Gagne pushes Konqueror
 pretty hard as an alternative web browser.
 Unfortunately, Konqueror, as supplied with
 Redhat 9 and Mandrake 9.1 (the two most popular
 desktop distributions in the US) is incapable of
 properly navigating some of the most used sites
 on the internet, like aol.com, parts of
 yahoo.com, cnn.com, and others.
 
 I'm an advanced Linux user who has moved several
 windows users to Linux, successfully, and I
 think Gagne might do well to stick to a more
 'best of breed' approach in future editions and
 put his personal favorites aside.
 
 

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