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Linux-Announce Digest #188
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Fri Jul 22 12:13:06 2005
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Linux-Announce Digest #188, Volume #5 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:13:04 EDT
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No Starch Press Releases "Linux Made Easy" (Kerry Beck)
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:17:31 CST
From: Kerry Beck<nostarchpr@oreilly.com>
Subject: No Starch Press Releases "Linux Made Easy"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact: Patricia Witkin
patricia@nostarch.com
415.863.9900 x303
LINUX MADE EASY GETS NOVICES UP & RUNNING WITH EASE
Linux For Non-Geeks author returns with guide to Xandros; includes Xandros
Open Circulation on CD, plus SkypeOut coupon
July 21, 2005, San Francisco - Sick of rebooting Windows and fighting bugs
and viruses? Interested in trying Linux, but too intimidated to go it
alone? For Linux newbies, "Linux Made Easy: The Official Guide to Xandros 3
for Everyday Users" (No Starch Press) takes the uncertainty out
of switching operating systems.
Author Rickford Grant ("Linux For Non-Geeks") has a knack for introducing
the uninitiated to Linux in clear, understandable language, and "Linux Made
Easy" - with its companion CD of the Xandros Open Circulation OS - is a
complete, hassle-free package that will have readers using Linux in no
time. The book is notable, too, for the way it helps readers get
comfortable and gain confidence using Linux by walking them through
projects with real value, such as setting up the system for MP3 encoding
or installing fonts. The book also helps readers get the most out of their
Linux system once it's set up by familiarizing them and helping them work
their peripherals and the numerous applications that come with the
system.
Based on Xandros 3 for the desktop, arguably the most user-friendly
version of Linux available today, "Linux Made Easy" is a hands-on,
step-by-step, project-based guide that makes it easier than ever for
novices to join the world of Linux. Author Grant deliberately concentrates
on the subjects most newbies care about: installation; using the Internet;
playing CDs; working with digital cameras and photos; playing games;
downloading software; synching PDAs; printing; and making Internet phone
calls. Those who purchase "Linux Made Easy" also receive a coupon good for
120 free minutes using Skype, the Internet-based phone service, to call
regular, non-Skype phone numbers, which ordinarily require a fee.
"['Linux Made Easy'] should be required reading for anyone looking to take
advantage of all the features of Xandros Desktop 3... lots of tips &
tricks you won't find anywhere else," said Jason Perlow, Linux Magazine.
"Linux Made Easy" is the first product of an agreement announced earlier
this year between Xandros, the leading developer of easy-to-use Linux
solutions, and No Starch Press, which will create official books on the
Xandros line of Linux-based desktop and server products.
"Regardless of experience level, readers of 'Linux Made Easy' will no longer
have any reasons not to dump Windows in favor of Linux," said Bill
Pollock, founder of No Starch Press. "The book includes everything they
need to get started - Xandros on CD - plus the added bonus of a SkypeOut
coupon. It's the perfect opportunity to escape the beast from Redmond."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rickford Grant, author of Linux for Non-Geeks, has been
a computer operating system maniac for more than 20 years, from his early
days with an Atari XL600 to his current Linux machines. Rickford spent the
past seven years as an associate professor at Toyama University of
International Studies in Japan before returning to Portland, Ore.
Linux Made Easy: The Official Guide to Xandros 3 for Everyday Users by
Rickford Grant. August 2005, 496 pp., $34.95, CD-ROM, ISBN 1-59327-057-7
Available at fine bookstores everywhere, from www.oreilly.com/nostarch, or
directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com,
800.420.7240).
ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS: Founded in 1994, No Starch Press is one of the few
remaining independent computer book publishers. We publish the finest in
geek entertainment - unique books on technology, with a focus on Open
Source, security, hacking, programming, and alternative operating systems.
Our titles have personality, our authors are passionate, and our books
tackle topics that people care about. See www.nostarch.com for more. (And
by the way, most No Starch Press books use RepKover, a lay-flat binding
that won't snap shut. Hungry geeks love it.)
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