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The reviews are in! Now that the "Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!" is out, people are talking, and they are saying very nice things.
 This book was different. "Moving to Linux" was an easy, friendly read, and it fearlessly led me through the process of trying out Linux with its handily enclosed Knoppix CD. I could try out the new operating system without reworking my computer or affect my current system. I loved that CD! It ran slowly, as the author warned it would, since the operating system was being read from a CD ROM and not my hard drive. It was worth my patience, though, because it was easy, required no commitment and didn't mess up my machine. -- Linuxbeginner.org
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As I read Marcel Gagné's Moving to Linux I was conflicted. In many ways I was envious because this is the book I wish I had written. On the other hand I wished I could add a little more detail here and there. However, without a doubt this is an excellent resource for the uninitiated Linux desktop user. I enjoy Marcel's conversational style and subtle humor, which make this book more interesting than the many Linux books that aim to supplement readers' existing Linux knowledge rather than start them on their journey into the Linux desktop. -- Mark R. Hinkle, LinuxWorld Magazine
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For those who want to run Linux, this is probably the kindest, gentlest and least presumptuous guide to the process we've seen. Still, for a person with no computer skills, the book represents a challenge. For anyone with an intuitive sense of computing or experience with mid-level Windows operation, it will be a piece of cake. -- Andrew Allentuck, Globe and Mail
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If you are a Windows user, and you would like to know how Linux can benefit you, without all the technical jargon that could put an insomniac asleep? This is the book you have been waiting for . . . All in all, the book is great, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in trying Linux. If you want a no nonsense, non confusing and all around easy to read and understand book about Linux, this is it. -- SJ LUG Book Reviews
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This is a book aimed not at you, dear developer/techie/guru, but at your friends, acquaintances and family who are lowly users of Windows. Yes, such people do exist even in the tightest of families. Fear not, however, because salvation is at hand should any of them decide that this Linux thing might be worth investigating. No longer will you be faced with the unenviable task of walking them through the process of switching OS. Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! is a big, bold and friendly guide to help them along. The emphasis is firmly on using Linux as a desktop system - this isn't a book about Linux as a file, print or web server. -- Tech Book Reports
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There are many Linux books, but few of them focus on the user that just wants to get things done without becoming a technical expert. Moving to Linux promises to be just such a book. After carefully reviewing this 348 page manual, it's obvious Gagné has achived this goal. Fans of Linux Journal magazine will remember Marcel Gagné from his "Cooking with Linux" column. His column is known for its lively personal style that engages the reader and Moving to Linux is no different. His style can be summed up in the phrase - learn by doing. -- Jason Wallwork, KCC Newsletter
Read the entire review (PDF) here. The review is also available from the Peterborough Linux User Group website at http://plugintolinux.org/articles5.html.
Pros: Too many to list in the available space. We liked the book from the very first page right through to the end. Gagné has done a solid job of exposing Linux and all its components in a way that is both inviting, useful and easy to understand. . . We really liked this book - highly recommended. -- Howard Carson, Kickstart News
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This is the best book I've read so far that talks about how to install and run Linux as a typical user. It also covers all the applications you will want to run on a regular basis. Truly a very good book. -- Thomas Duff, Portland Domino/Notes User Group
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Gagné's "Moving to Linux" is a straightforward exposition of just how a non-hacker PC user can get rid of "The Blue Screen of Death". If you have a friend, a co-worker, a significant other, or a relative who periodically screams, sighs, bursts into tears, or asks for help, here's the simple solution. It comes with a bootable CD of Knoppix, Klaus Knopper's variant of Debian. -- Peter H. Salus, writing in ;login:, the Usenix magazine. You can also download a PDF version of the document by clicking here.
Moving to Linux is definitely a beginner's book. It's a big fluffy puppy of a book that will help ease new users into Linux without scaring them with tons of commands to know. In fact, the book is almost wholly devoted to life at the GUI, which means that Windows and Mac users should feel fairly comfortable with the switch. -- One problem that many Linux books for beginners face is trying to cover all of the various window managers that users might run into. Gagné avoids this by sticking with KDE throughout the book. Some might quibble that this doesn't give users the full spectrum of possibilities with Linux - but I like Gagné's approach. -- Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, UnixReview.com
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Marcel Gagné, true to form, has written another excellent book. What's more, its release couldn't have been timed better and the formula he proposes for Linux migration is just what we need right now. With his book you have the possibility of trying Linux with no pain and no strings attached. If you like what you see, you can get yourself some Red Hat or Mandrake CDs and then, using this book as your guide, you'll be "Moving to Linux" and handing the hat to viruses and lost productivity and of course, kissing the blue screen of death goodbye. -- Michael Jordan, Linux.org
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Marcel walks the user through each technique in a very chatty and
comfortable style: in fact, when I put the book down, I had a momentary
impression that I'd just finished watching a good cooking show with an
entertaining chef. (Australian readers may understand if I say that it
felt like having just watched Ian Parmenter do an episode of 'Consuming
Passions'.) -- Jenn Vesperman, Linuxchix.org
Visit any bookstore and you'll find several shelves filled with technical books about Linux, but few, if any, are specifically designed for ordinary mortals who want to migrate their everyday computing environment from Windows to Linux. That's the niche this book fills. It is aimed at the ordinary Windows user who, for whatever reason, would like to get up to speed and become productive under Linux with a minimum of hassle. The book takes you through the installation of Linux and jumps right into customizing your setup, connecting to the Net, and using the typical productivity applications that just about everybody uses: word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, multimedia, and games. The book even includes a bootable CD containing a Linux distribution that you can try without touching your current Windows setup. The huge amount of mostly technical material about Linux can be rather intimidating, making this book the perfect starter for those who want to dabble in this thing called Linux. -- Netsurfer Digest, Issue 09/19/03
This is kind of a funny book for me to be recommending to readers of a Windows newsletter, but a lot of people ask me about this topic, so here goes. Author Marcel Gagné is a columnist for Linux Journal, and in Moving to Linux he's prepared a step-by-step guide to converting a Windows PC to Linux - or just trying it! The book includes a bootable CD with a version of Linux that you can poke around in without touching or changing anything about your Windows installation. If your boss is asking, "What's with this Linux stuff?", Moving to Linux is a great way to show that you know what you're talking about. -- Brian Livingston
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