Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop

Audience

We wrote this book for people who want to use and to learn JDS quickly. We aim to provide you with an immediate understanding of the computer, while you become familiar with the simplest ways to get things done. You will learn to navigate the desktop and Internet, and to use applications such as the StarWriter word processor.

Whether you have just begun using personal computers or you’re a veteran, you will find this book helpful, as it contains plenty of examples and information on how to make the most of a desktop computer environment. Regardless of your sophistication with computers, there’s plenty of material between these covers for you to learn.

You will also discover that this book works as a reference guide. At times we encounter tasks that we rarely use in everyday life. You may do something once on the JDS system and then forget about it. You may want to keep this book handy so that you can quickly find how to do those things which you only use occasionally.

This book contains things many people find central to their computing experience at work and at play. Yet the system is so powerful that people could study it for years. Our intention is to help new, everyday users become highly productive using JDS. We’re not trying to develop Unix system administrators, as there are already many books available for that purpose. However, many system administrators can find much useful information here.