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LINUX DESKTOP APPLICATIONS

Linux is becoming a contender on the desktop, but users who are transitioning from other platforms face a significant challenge in learning the Linux tools and interface. This guide will help ramp up on open source tools and Linux for daily tasks such as e-mail and word processing as well as to build useful Linux applications. Product reviews, installation tips and troubleshooting advice are also provided.

This newsletter will benefit IT professionals who are integrating Linux into their enterprise.

Eric Foster-Johnson has written 14 books on Linux, Unix, programming and open source tools. Eric can be reached at Eric.FosterJohnson@itworld.com or at http://www.pconline.com/~erc.

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Vi and Cream? - 09/26/2002
Web-based Database Applications - 09/19/2002
More Replacements for Access - 09/12/2002
Use OpenOffice to Access Databases - 09/05/2002
It's All About Choice - 08/29/2002
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GNOME Revisited at 2.0 - 07/25/2002
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Word Processor Updates - 02/08/2001
Chat Away With Linux - 02/01/2001
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A Plethora of New Mail Clients - 01/18/2001
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The Star of the Open Office - 11/02/2000
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