Moving From Windows to Linux, w. DVD-ROM

Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1 LINUX FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1 Making the Move from Windows to Linux
Chapter 2 Linux Distributions
Chapter 3 Installing Linux
Chapter 4 Basics of the Linux Operating System
PART II THE LINUX GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Chapter 5 System Configuration in KDE
Chapter 6 Using KDE for Everything You Used to Do in Windows
Chapter 7 Linux Administration from KDE
Chapter 8 The GNOME Interface
PART III MOVING FROM MICROSOFT OFFICE TO OPEN OFFICE
Chapter 9 Moving from Microsoft Word to Open Office Writer
Chapter 10 Spreadsheets with Open Office Calc
Chapter 11 Moving from Microsoft PowerPoint to Open Office Impress
Chapter 12 Other Open Office Applications
PART IV IMPORTANT LINUX APPLICATIONS
Chapter 13 Web Browsers, Email, and Internet Applications
Chapter 14 Moving from Adobe Photoshop to GIMP
Chapter 15 Miscellaneous Linux Applications
Chapter 16 Web Servers in Linux
Chapter 17 Fun and Games in Linux
Chapter 18 Linux Shell Commands
Chapter 19 System Admnistration from the Shell
Chapter 20 Basic Shell Scripting
Chapter 21 Advanced Shell Functions
Chapter 22 Samba, Printing, and More
Appendix A About the DVD-ROM
Appendix B Other Resources
Appendix C Glossary of Linux and Operating System Terms
Appendix D Answers to Review Questions
Appendix E PC Hardware
Index

Chuck Easttom (McKinney, TX) is the author of several programming books, including Learn JavaScript, Learn VB.NET, C++ Programming Fundamentals, and Moving from Windows to Linux. He is currently the IT manager of a Dallas insurance company, and previously was the Department Chair of the Computer Information Systems department at a private technical college. He has also worked as a professional software engineer. Bryan Hoff (Surrey, BC) is a freelance Web designer, digital artist, and animator whose credits include movie and television effects, online games, 3D corporate animation, and Flash and traditional Web site design. He has written articles for Element K Journals, Linux World Magazine, and InformIT.com. In addition, he has also written ebooks on blogging and Web site creation for beginners and regularly teaches classes for Element K online.