Moving to the Linux Business Desktop
Posted by geetarista May 10, 2006
Touching upon what I recently talked about, I read another book on Linux: Moving to the Linux Business Desktop. This was another book that was made for people who can’t figure things out on their own. It wasn’t a bad book, it just didn’t have very much that was original. In my opinion, the book should have just been named Moving to the Linux Desktop. The book mainly goes through the most popular applications that are used in Linux and shows how to use them step by step. It does go into a little more detail than the Linux for Dummies book, and it does cover a few more complex situations that are very important to beginning Linux users. Between the two books, I would probably choose this one for a newbie to read and get aqcuainted with Linux.
The book does come with a bootable CD-ROM that includes an altered version of Knoppix that has most of the applications in the book. This way, the reader can go along with the tutorials and learn faster through hands on experience. It is nice to have a few lessons on how to use Linux, but it just isn’t enough. Eventually, one must delve deeper into Linux to find out what it’s really all about. I just don’t think beginner books like these are going to help more people become aware of the power of Linux.
