Linux For Non-Geeks -- Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: Becoming a Penguinista—Welcome to the World of Linux
Chapter 2: Making Commitments—Installing Linux on Your Machine
Chapter 3: A New Place to Call Home—Getting to Know the Desktop
Chapter 4: More than Webbed Feet—Doing the Net with Linux
Chapter 5: Dressing Up the Bird—Customizing the Look, Feel, and Sound of Your System
Chapter 6: Gutenbird—Setting Up and Using Your Printer
Chapter 7: Putting Your Data on Ice—Working with Floppies and CDs
Chapter 8: RPM Isn’t a 1980s Atlanta-Based Band—Installing Programs with RPM
Chapter 9: Simple Kitten Ways—Getting to Know the Linux Terminal and Command Line
Chapter 10: Yes, Yet Another Way!—Downloading, Installing, and Updating Programs with APT and Synaptic
Chapter 11: Dining on Tarballs—Compiling Programs from Source (Made Kind of Easy)
Chapter 12: Data on Ice Revisited—Windows Partitions and USB Storage Devices
Chapter 13: Tux Rocks—Music à la Linux
Chapter 14: Brush-Wielding Penguins—Linux Does Art
Chapter 15: Penguins Back at Work—Getting Down to Business in Linux
Chapter 16: Font Feathered Frenzy—Adding New Fonts to Your System
Chapter 17: Tux Speaks Your Language—Linux for Multilingual Users and Language Learners
Chapter 18: Tux Untethered—Going Wireless with Linux
Chapter 19: Leaving the Nest—Getting Ready to Move Out on Your Own
Chapter 20: What to Do If Tux Starts Acting Up—Problem Solving
Appendix A: Launcher Specifications
Appendix B: Resources

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