Linux for Windows Addicts: A Twelve Step Program for Habitual Windows Users

Many Systems Administrators and "Power Users" remain wedded to various flavors of Windows because mission critical applications running on Windows, as well as fears of potential downtime, discourage use of the more robust Linux operating system. This book enables that audience to mingle the two, and move in comfortable baby steps to Linux. The freely available Linux operating system runs on multiple hardware platforms, and supports a vast array of Internet and IT infrastructure functions and standards, which the intended audience would like to use. With its accessible and engaging style, this book eases the reader from the world of Windows graphical interfaces to the command-line underpinnings of Linux. The book contains two parts: the first is a set of three essays comparing and contrasting Linux to Windows; the second part contains 12 chapters describing a 12-step program for mingling with, and for overcoming dependence on, Microsoft products. Written for Windows network administrators and power users seeking to overcome the Microsoft habit, this is a small, practical guide to understanding and running Linux. It includes practical direction and advice on: installation and configuration; networking; Internetworking with Windows and NetWare; printing; and advanced topics, including email, user management, and file sharing.

許多系統管理員和「高級使用者」仍然堅持使用各種版本的Windows，因為在Windows上運行的關鍵應用程序以及對潛在停機時間的擔憂，阻礙了對更強大的Linux操作系統的使用。這本書使這個讀者群體能夠將兩者結合起來，並以舒適的步伐過渡到Linux。這個免費提供的Linux操作系統可以在多種硬件平台上運行，並支持廣泛的互聯網和IT基礎設施功能和標準，這正是目標讀者希望使用的。通過其易於理解和引人入勝的風格，這本書將讀者從Windows圖形界面的世界引導到Linux的命令行基礎。該書分為兩部分：第一部分是三篇文章，比較和對比Linux和Windows；第二部分包含12章，描述了一個12步計劃，用於與Microsoft產品交流並克服對其的依賴。這本書是為了幫助Windows網絡管理員和高級使用者克服對Microsoft的依賴而寫的，是一本小而實用的指南，用於理解和運行Linux。它包括有關安裝和配置、網絡、與Windows和NetWare的互聯網工作、打印以及高級主題（包括電子郵件、用戶管理和文件共享）的實用指導和建議。