Book description

* This compact book is the perfect solution for the hobbyist or the professional who is familiar with Linux-and maybe more likely to use binary installs rather than compiling from source code-but wants to get quickly up to speed, solve problems, and perform tasks
* The fast, focused approach includes topics such as installation, set-up, the shell, the desktop, apps, and more, while avoiding extraneous information that is too low level or too high-end
* Coverage moves quickly into the most popular applications for the Web, productivity suites, and e-mail; setting up a server (Apache, Samba, CUPS); and security


Biography
Christopher Negus is the author of the bestselling Fedora and Red Hat Linux Bibles, Linux Toys II, Linux Troubleshooting Bible, and Linux Bible 2008 Edition. He is a member of the Madison Linux Users Group. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Chris served for eight years on development teams for the Unix operating system at AT&T, where Unix was created and developed. He also worked with Novell on Unix development and Caldera.

Francois Caen hosts and manages business application infrastructures through his company Turbosphere LLC. As an open-source advocate, he has lectured on OSS network management and Internet services, and served as president of the Tacoma Linux User Group. Fran