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Moving to Linux®: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! Second Edition
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Moving to Linux®: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! Second Edition

by Marcel Gagné
August 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
512 pages
10h 11m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
Content preview from Moving to Linux®: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! Second Edition

Chapter 1. Introduction

Welcome to the Linux universe, one and all! Welcome also to this, the second edition of MOVING TO LINUX: KISS THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH GOODBYE!

Trying to pin down when something finally hits the mainstream is a crazy kind of game, fraught with danger. Linux has definitely hit the proverbial mainstream, and I'll explain shortly how I came to that conclusion. These days, the first question I get from people is no longer “What is Linux?” but, rather, “What do I have to do to get Linux on my system?” You can finally buy PCs with Linux preinstalled from Wal-Mart. The big names—HP, IBM, and Dell—all offer systems with Linux, and yet there is a better marker out there. Recently, my game-crazy 13-year-old nephew Paul asked me to ...

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