Linux! - I Didn't Know You Could Do That... (Paperback, 2Rev ed)

Turn your Windows-using friends green with Linux envy! Using this completely updated and revised book, you can take all you know about Linux and do it faster, easier, and better! Learn how to soup up your Linux box to suit your own personal style. Boasting over 70 pages of new material, this book has easy-to-follow instructions, tips, tricks, and valuable software that will allow you to run your home office on Linux, set up a cash-free Web server, manage your finances, automate everyday tasks, blast your MP3 tunes, and more!

Supercharge your office with Linux apps: Get the most out of Applixware, WordPerfect, Koffice, and other business productivity packages to keep your office running smoothly. Brand new chapters cover KDE and GNOME, compression, graphics utilities and instant messaging. Learn how to run your Windows and Unix applications, view Microsoft Word files, create a fax server, utilize graphics tools, and track your business contacts in Linux.

Serve up your own Web pages and even connect to NT networks: Extend the Apache Web server by adding modules, create a proxy server, and fine tune your server to support massive Web traffic. Discover how to clone or access a Windows NT server from your Linux system!

Work smarter and have more fun than a barrel of monkeys!

Put Linux and the dozens of software packages included on the CD to work.

• Play MP3 files, watch TV, listen to the radio, and burn CDs
• Create the ultimate Linux game system--blow your competition away!
• Use the Internet to send instant messages to friends
• Create custom Web searches
• Enhance network security
• Disaster-proof your system
• Show off your own Web photo album