"While Microsoft Windows is still the dominating operating system for personal computers, it is by far and away not the only one. Linux distributions are much friendlier to the user than they used to be, to the point of making the difference between it and Windows almost nil. By reducing the hurdle that once made Linux installation arduous, the choice of an operating system is now a question of which one better suits your needs.
"In her book, Spring into Linux, Janet Valade describes how to install and use Linux and the most common applications that currently run on that platform..."
